Pasadena Museum of History, Local history museum in Pasadena, United States

Pasadena Museum of History is a local history museum occupying two acres with exhibition galleries, research archives, and several historic buildings on the grounds. The main structure is the Fenyes Mansion, a restored residence that displays period furnishings and shows how prominent families lived in early Pasadena.

The museum was established in 1924 to preserve and share the history of Pasadena and its surroundings. The Fenyes Mansion was built in 1906 and eventually became the museum's home starting in 1970, anchoring the institution as the main keeper of the city's historical records.

The museum keeps the papers and objects of the Fenyes-Curtin-Paloheimo family, who lived in the 1906 mansion for four generations. Its costume and textile collection holds more than 3,000 pieces dating from 1880 to 1970, and the archives preserve bound copies of the Pasadena Star from 1886 to 1924.

The Research Library and Archives sit on the lower level of the History Center and are open Thursday through Sunday, 1–4 p.m. Free parking is available in the museum lot. Docent-led tours of the Fenyes Mansion and its gardens run on a regular basis, so check times before visiting.

The grounds include a Finnish Folk Art Museum housed in a reconstructed 19th-century farmhouse filled with original artifacts that tell the story of Finnish immigration to the area. The Paloheimo family gathered these pieces starting in 1948, creating a rare window into how Nordic newcomers preserved their heritage in California.