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Our Museum
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The second largest history museum in San Diego County, the Escondido History Center was founded as the Escondido Historical Society on February 3, 1956 and incorporated on June 28. In 1975, Heritage Walk was established, incorporating the barn, a windmill, wagon, and small blacksmith shop. In 1978, a Victorian house from Ivy St. was moved here, but it was lost to arson in 1979 and in 1980, the Hoffman House was donated to replace it.  In 2006, the name was changed to the Escondido History Center.

Collections include thousands of photographs, ephemera, artifacts, directories, and books related to Escondido and the surrounding area.  Exhibits in our five buildings and Pullman train car provide a view of history dating back hundreds of years in the Hidden Valley.

Our Team 

Staff

Cynthia Castaneda - Executive Director
castaneda@escondidohistory.org

Hannah Ramirez - Administrative Assistant
hramirez@escondidohistory.org

Board of Directors

June Rady, President
Kent Baker, Vice President
Stephanie Glanz, Secretary
Robert Johnson, Treasurer
Edith Hillebrecht
Tom Humphrey
Ruth Kingcade
Sheila Stone

 

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ADDRESS

321 N. Broadway (in Grape Day Park)

Escondido, CA 92025

MAIL

P.O. Box 263

Escondido, CA 92033

HOURS

Research Center

Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm

Museum Complex

Saturday 1-4pm

PHONE

760-743-8207

EMAIL

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