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Since
its founding in 1975, the Santa Monica Historical Society has been
collecting and preserving the history, art and culture of the Santa Monica
Bay Area. Today, the museum has one of the most extensive
collections on the Santa Monica Bay Area history that includes historic
documents, photographs and negatives, maps, telephone directories, rare
books, school yearbooks, textiles, paintings, artifacts, and
memorabilia. The museum's image archive contains over 500,000 images
and negatives comprised of the Museum Collection, Outlook Newspaper
Collection, Bill Beebe Collection, Bob Smith Collection, City Scene
Newspaper Collection, Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce Collection, and US
Bank Collection.
The museum's exhibits and programs draw upon the museum's entire collection to tell the stories of the past years of the Santa Monica Bay Area. |
