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The Rancho de Guadalupe Historical Society, formed in 1989 by residents wishing to preserve the rich cultural and economic 150+ year history of the area, gained nonprofit status in 1993.  In 2002 a Museum site was obtained in a corner of the Veterans' Memorial building at 1005 Guadalupe Street/Highway 1, Guadalupe, CA 93434.

Open 1-3 PM Saturdays and Sundays or call for appointment: 805-343-5901.

Historic Jail open last Sunday of each month 1-3PM, or by appointment. 

Visitors will find a growing collection of photos of early days, early pioneers and enterprises that formed the now-incorporated City (1946) from a Mexican land grant of 1840.  Artifacts from the no longer extant adobes are on display, as well as items representative of the European, Chinese, Filipino, Swiss-Italian, Japanese, Mexican, Portuguese, Spanish cultures arriving as the Native Americans, the Chumash, ebbed. 

A reference (non-circulating) library holds 124 volumes of area history from old autos to shipwrecks, to Tequila!

Items are available for purchase!

  • "Colorful Guadalupe" (brief history)
  • Refrigerator magnets, 1926 Jail and 1928 elevated tank
  • Logo mugs
  • Logo pens
  • Key chains/lanyards (blue, green, burgundy) with imprint
       GUADALUPE<CALIFORNIA
  • 4 pack assorted notecards by Krouse of local buildings
  • Black & white postcards (12 scenes) plus City Hall and Cemetery
  • Electrical insulators removed in undergrounding

Visit our friends at SouthCountyHistory.org

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