Simi Valley Historical Society & Museum at Strathearn Park

We look forward to the day when we can safely open our museum, and our amazing docents are able offer inside tours of our historic structures once again! Until then...please come by when the Park is open, and take a FREE outside audio tour of Strathearn Historical Park using your smartphone! The audio tour will take you around the Park in about twenty stops. Each stop is one to three minutes long. Strathearn Park is open Monday-Friday from 9am-3pm and on weekends 1pm-4pm. We hope you'll come by soon!

We've had a great Dia de los Muertos observance here at Strathearn Park! Thanks to those of you who dropped by to admire the beautiful altars. For those who weren't able to make it, take a listen to the Dia de los Muertos audio tour. You can see photos and listen to descriptions of the altars!

Thank you for dropping by, ladies!

Come down to Strathearn Park today from 12-5pm for Day of the Dead event. Free to the public. Outdoor marketplace with all kinds of great items for sale.

Did you remember to 'turn back the hands of time?' We hope so, because we would hate for you to miss the Dia de los Muertos oberservance today at Strathearn Park! (Nov. 1 from 12pm-5pm)!

Happy Halloween from the Simi Valley Historical Society!

The first altars are up in the barn! Please visit SimiHistory.com for more information about our modified Dia de los Muertos observance this Sunday (Nov. 1)!

Our resident rock artist is at it again! Look at these beautiful painted rocks! These rocks are going out for the Dia de los Muertos Observance at Strathearn Park this Sunday Nov 1. Some of them will go out Sat Oct. 31. Most of them will be hiding on Sunday Nov 1, 2020. You can take the park Audio Tour anytime the park is open and this Sunday take the Audio Tour and see the Altars in the Barn. For more info on Dia de los Muertos... https://www.simihistory.com/park-events/ See more

Don't forget! Our modified Dia de los Muertos event is taking place in just a couple of days! Please visit us on Sunday, Nov. 1st from 12pm-5pm!

October 20 through 23, from 10am-3pm at Strathearn Park....dolls in the barn! Face masks required, and please practice physical distancing while walking through the barn. There is no fee for this exhibit! While you are at the park, check out our audio tour!

Most likely in the 1920s, someone in the Hare family was admiring the Santa Susana Depot at twilight, took this photo, and placed it in a photo album for us to discover 100 years later....

Published exactly 58 years ago in the Enterprise, on October 17, 1962. Announcing the opening of El Gallito Restaurant, at the location which is now El Patio.

See the man-bats seeking blood! Bring a brave friend who will hold your hand when you become hysterical! Fifty-three years ago, on Friday, the thirteenth on October, 1967, the Simi Drive-in showed five horror films in one night! Two dollars per carload....