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Hathaway Ranch & Oil Museum

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Hathaway Ranch & Oil Museum

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The Hathaway Ranch & Oil Museum in Santa Fe Springs, California is a museum of five generations of Hathaway family and Southern California history. The five-acre facility includes hundreds of artifacts and buildings showing the initial usage of the land in farming and ranching, as well as the major transition when oil was discovered in the area.The property includes a machine shop with multiple antique machine tools that are powered with flat belts from an overhead line shaft. This system, which allowed all the machinery to be powered by one steam engine, rather than individual electric motors on the machines, was common in machine shops a century ago. The shop is fully intact from when it was in use, and looks as though the machinist just stepped out for a moment.The property has a 1933 Spanish-Mediterranean-style ranch house on it, as well as another home, in which members of the Hathaway family lived. The home's architecture and contents represent a time capsule from that era.The numerous outbuildings are a reflection of the needs of a working ranch as well as the oil industry. The museum houses one of the largest collections of steam engines, antique farm machinery, vintage diesel engines, and oil field equipment in the region.

Address: 11901 Florence Ave, Santa Fe Springs 90670
Phone: (562) 944-7372
Parking: Lot
State: CA
City: Santa Fe Springs
Street Number: 11901 Florence Ave
Zip Code: 90670
categories: landmark & historical place


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Reviews
I visited the Hathaway Museum with my 4 year old. We had some other errands to run in the Santa Fe Springs area, and saw this was nearby on our Passport2History Museum Program. The grounds are large and there is a lot to see. Watch for the sign as I drove by it the first time. It's a little confusing where to park, as when I went in I thought just the house on the left was the museum, but the entire grounds are the museums, so you can park anywhere. Just watch out for the chickens, roosters and cats running around! The docent was already mid tour, so another staff member caught us up to him. Full disclosure... by this time in the day, my toddler was in a bit of a mood, so he wasn't in the best place for a tour. The first staff member had told us there they had 25 baby goats, so my son was eager to get to that part of the tour. Our docent was very kind and knowledgable and gave a very detailed tour. It was a bit too detailed for my son's speed, so we had to cut it kind of short, but if you're intro history, I would definitely come back and check this place out because there is a lot to see! He said we only caught about a third of the place. There is a lot of cool oil stuff in the big mental oil tower which is now part of the museum. We didn't make it to the house across the street that I'd LOVE to see! We did get to see all the baby goats though! There is a ton to see here, but make sure you give yourself enough time. I'd go when they open so the kids are a bit more ready for a tour. I wish this were a bit more self guided so we could still see everything but go at our own speedy pace. Our docent while doing his best, wasn't really picking up on the cues that we needed the speedy tour. But if you're adults only, you'll love this! I hope to get back there! You can make a decent day trip out this way from LA. Look up what else is around. There are some cool historic restaurants, other museums, and King Richard's Antique Center, which is supposedly the largest in CA!
A great museum, they'd excellent tour guides that are very knowledgeable on historical facts about the City of Santa Fe Springs. It's a great idea to visit Heritage Park after seeing the museum.
I came her today I had been wanting to come for several months but didn’t have the chance to. There’s a lot to see! I was the only one there so the person in charge asked if I wanted to walk around on my own or have him give me a tour so I went with him which was better. There’s two houses. The smaller one anyone can go into but the bigger one isn’t open to the public normally but Alfonso the guide let me go in and look around anyway. There’s a watchtower on the roof and he showed me that too. They’re a gray and white cat that followed us around the whole time. Cool place to visit at least once
I donated my time at the museum. It's a great place to learn the history about the place and area around it. The curator of the place is very knowledgeable of the place and family. Plus he gives you information of the city's surrounding the museum house. You have to see the one of a kind equipment they have in the yard. Take your kids for a great day of discovery.
Old equipment and pictures from reflecting the days of the oil boom on ranch. Old belt driven machine shop.Visited onWeekdayWait timeNo waitPrice for adult entryFree
It was an informative experience. Personally, I wasn’t very fond of how the time was spent but if you are a historian then this place is perfect for you. You also need a ton of time to actually get to see anything. And if you plan on going here for a fun first date, I highly recommend against it. Mainly because you won’t have anytime to actually talk to your date. The tour guide nonstop talks.
Very knowledgeable, Christine was very good as a guide, and I got to volunteer to help out with feeding the animals after the tour. Will definitely recommend this place to anyone who likes local history, animals, or learning what it would take to have a small homestead
We were in the area to visit Heritage Park that I saw this house in my Passport 2 History booklet. Showing up later in the day with a 3y be and 6yo the museum itself would have probably been painful for both myself and the docent/groundskeeper David, bbu he still legl is on a tour of the property that my boys loved. They got to see all the cool old vehicles, including an actual steam powered steam roller. They met goats and chickens, saw fruit trees, etc. David even sent us home with a few pieces of fruit and some awesome feathers. Even without seeing the museum's inside out was a great stop.
My friend and I visited yesterday, and we will definitely be back soon! Our guide, Richard, was so informative, warm and welcoming! We wanted to listen to his stories of this family, the ranch and southern CA forever! What a delightful hidden jem!
Just an amazing place to learn how it was done and learn how our grandfathers made the world we live in today. The machine shop is incredible, how they made what they did. The labratory was prime for its day. The machinery and ingenuity of inventions are mind blowing.
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