Hathaway Ranch Museum — Attraction in Santa Fe Springs

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...

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...

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...