Culture in Pasadena

A curved brown building at Colorado and Orange Grove holding a collection that runs from Dutch painting to Degas to South and Southeast Asian sculpture, with a sculpture garden behind it built around a pond. It is small enough to do properly in ninety minutes. Admission is free to everyone on the first Friday of the month from four until seven, and always free for students with ID and anyone eighteen or under.

Mon, noon to 5pm. Closed Tue and Wed. Thu, noon to 5pm. Fri and Sat, noon to 7pm. Sun, noon to 5pm. Last entry 4:15pm, or 6:15pm Fri and Sat

Charles and Henry Greene designed this in 1908 for David and Mary Gamble of Procter & Gamble, and it is the American Arts and Crafts house everything else gets measured against: joinery left visible, sleeping porches, art glass in the front door. The Gambles' family deeded it to the City of Pasadena in 1966 and it is now a National Historic Landmark run by the Gamble House Conservancy. The exterior and gardens are free to walk around whenever the site is open.

Open Tuesday and Thursday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm, closed Monday and Wednesday