The Palos Verdes Historical Society is trying to get permission from the City of Rancho Palos Verdes to build a 5000 square foot museum near the PV Interpretive Center, just inland on that large open field. They would be within walking distance of each other. We have thoroughly studied this and think we have covered most of the bases.

Below is one of the concepts for the museum (and my favorite): it would blend into the landscape so as to be nearly invisible from PV Drive South or from the houses to the west. We have funding in place and are just awaiting City approval of the concept.

As you can imagine, we have literally tons of priceless artifacts from the beginning of the Palos Verdes Project in the 1920's but, with nowhere to display them, they have been in storage since 2006. A museum would allow those interested in Palos Verdes history to view them, in addition to watching videos on the history of Palos Verdes and attending live talks in the lecture hall included -- a repository of PV history easily accessible to the public.

Consideration of this will be on the City Council's agenda imminently, so if you would like to see a museum dedicated to the history of Palos Verdes (all other South Bay cities have them), please email Matt Waters with the Parks and Recreation Dept at MattW@rpvca.gov and the City Council at cc@rpvca.gov.