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Leonis Adobe Museum Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #1
Award-Winning Living History Museum Welcome to the Leonis Adobe Museum page!

As Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #1, the Leonis Adobe Museum is dedicated to restoring, preserving, and sharing the last of the old west. Here, you can experience California rancho life of the late 1800s, visit a Victorian-style early Los Angeles home, see what a jail was like in the Wild West and enjoy a picnic in picturesque Calabasas Creek Park next door with its re-created Chumash village, antique ironwork and lovely gardens. We host many budget-friendly & family-friendly community events through out the year. We also offer school tours and private tours by appointment only.

10/12/2026

Just another day at the office. 🐓🐓💗

Only in LA do you get a flock of hens donated to the Rancho, but they arrive chauffeur-delivered and roaming completely loose in the back of a Cybertruck.

The warmest thanks to this lovely couple for the new additions to the Leonis Adobe posse and the most futuristic poultry delivery of all time!

Tell me you live in LA without telling me you live in LA. 😍🐓🐓🐓🐓

10/09/2026

A huge THANK YOU to our incredible community and supporters for making our 60th Anniversary Celebration so much fun and our auction an absolute success! 🎉⭐️

As a nonprofit living history museum, we rely on the generosity of our community. Our sponsors and donors make a huge difference in keeping history alive, and quite simply, we could not do this without you.

We are deeply grateful to everyone who contributed. Please join us in thanking our incredible sponsors and donors who made it all possible:

SPONSORS:
AnOriginal Custom Cake Art, Bank of America, Calabasas Pediatrics, City of Calabasas, The Gsell Group, Homegrown Events, Leonis Family Foundation, Merrill Lynch, Nadine N. Moseley Foundation, The Old Oak Foundation, Oscar & Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation, Rotary Club of Calabasas

DONORS:
Brent’s Deli, California Cactus Ranch, Cheesecake Factory, Horowitz A+D, Island Packers Cruises, Jim Salvati, Johnny Was, JunebugMonograms, Kidspace Children’s Museum, Kittybird Blooms, LA Philharmonic, The Library Calabasas, Little Blue Boutique, Lure Fish House, Moorpark Teaching Zoo, Porta Via Calabasas, Skirball Museum, Trader Joe’s Calabasas, Westlake Golf Course

Bank of America Calabasas Pediatrics City of Calabasas

Brent's Deli The Cheesecake Factory 🍰 Johnny Was June Bug Monogram Kidspace Children's Museum KittyBird Blooms LA Phil Renee Zeff Little Blue Boutique Lure Fish House The Teaching Zoo at Moorpark College Porta Via Restaurants Skirball Cultural Center Trader Joe's Vespaio Restaurant Westlake Golf Course

🧁Photos courtesy of An Original

09/26/2026

Our 60th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION is today! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Saturday, September 26, 2026
5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
DINNER, LIVE MUSIC, DANCING, AUCTION, SPECIAL HONOREE AWARDS & More!

09/18/2026

We’re counting down the days till our 60th Anniversary Celebration! 🎉 6️⃣0️⃣

Don’t forget, you’re invited! 🥳

Saturday, September 26, 2026
5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
DINNER, LIVE MUSIC, DANCING, AUCTION, SPECIAL HONOREE AWARDS & More!

Purchase tickets on our website: leonisadobemuseum.org

PHOTOS:

- 2nd Photo: 1965 newspaper article featuring the ongoing restoration of the Leonis Adobe prior to its opening as a nonprofit living history museum the following year, in 1966. Pictured are Leonis Adobe Association President, Ray Philips, and Mrs. Jack Landeen of the San Fernando Valley Volunteer League.

- 3rd Photo: 1987 invitation letter to a 25th Anniversary fiesta celebrating being designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 1; the formation of the Leonis Adobe Association by Mrs. Kay Beachy; and the purchase and the beginning of the four-year-long restoration of the Adobe.

The 25th anniversary celebration was held at the Sagebrush Cantina, and included a barbecue dinner, live music, and dancing! We are happy to keep that tradition going at our 60th anniversary event on September 26th! 🎉 🎼 💃🏻

09/09/2026

In addition to all the festivities, including a fantastic barbecue dinner, live music, dancing, auction, and more, the Leonis Adobe Museum will be recognizing special honorees from the community!

Meet historic preservation advocate and author, KEN BERNSTEIN, recipient of the Leonis Preservation Award.

Join us in celebrating our Diamond Jubilee Anniversary! 6️⃣0️⃣ 🥳

Saturday, September 26, 2026
5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
DINNER, LIVE MUSIC, DANCING, AUCTION, SPECIAL HONOREE AWARDS & More!

Purchase tickets on our website: leonisadobemuseum.org

09/08/2026

Since opening our doors as a nonprofit museum 60 years ago, one of our most important objectives is to share history through education.

Did you know that the Adobe’s history is part of the California elementary school curricula and that we host over 12,000 students annually through our award-winning school tours?

We’re honored to share our story with the next generation of history makers and thrilled to celebrate 60 years of our educational programming.

Join us in celebrating this milestone! 6️⃣0️⃣ 🎉

Saturday, September 26, 2026
5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
DINNER, LIVE MUSIC, DANCING, AUCTION, SPECIAL HONOREE AWARDS & More!

Purchase tickets on our website: leonisadobemuseum.org

PHOTOS:

- 2nd Photo: Original display of Leonis Family items and artifacts, 1960s

- 3rd Photo: Original Leonis Adobe Museum sign from the early 1970s.

09/04/2026

Our 60th Anniversary event is just around the corner! In addition to a fantastic evening, we are thrilled to announce that we will be recognizing special honorees from our community.

Meet our first special honoree:
ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA

Saturday, September 26, 2026
5:30 PM - 10:00 PM
DINNER, LIVE MUSIC, DANCING, AUCTION & More! 🎉

08/31/2026

Join us in celebrating our DIAMOND JUBILEE! 6️⃣0️⃣ 🎊

2026 marks our 60th ANNIVERSARY as a 501 (c)(3) Non-Profit Living History Museum dedicated to historic preservation and sharing early California history.

What started out as a grassroots community movement to save the Leonis Adobe, which had been left abandoned and derelict for years, turned into a pioneering role in the Los Angeles historic preservation movement, which was essentially non-existent at the time.

Four years were spent painstakingly restoring and preserving the historic residence and grounds. We proudly opened our doors to the public in 1966. 🎉

We are also proud to have been designated the City of Los Angeles’ First Historic-Cultural Monument in 1962, preventing the Adobe’s demolition.

We are celebrating our Diamond Jubilee with a special Anniversary event on:
Saturday, September 26, 2026
5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
DINNER, LIVE MUSIC, DANCING, AUCTION & More!
Purchase tickets on our website: leonisadobemuseum.org

PHOTOS:

- 2nd Photo: The Leonis Adobe, ca. 1930

- 3rd Photo: The current barn was built in 1912 by Juan Menendez, Espiritu Chijulla’s son, and Pedro Orsua, the husband of Espiritu’s adopted granddaughter, Maria. The barn was originally located on two other sites that were part of the property, but was ultimately moved to where it stands now to make way for the 101 Freeway.

4th Photo: The Leonis Adobe TODAY.

08/18/2026

YOU’RE INVITED TO A VERY SPECIAL EVENING! 📢🎈🥳

Saturday, September 26, 2026
5:30 PM - 10:00 PM

JOIN US FOR OUR 60th ANNIVERSARY as a Non-Profit Living History Museum!
Dinner, Live Music, Dancing, Auctions & More! 🎉 6️⃣0️⃣ 🎊

For tickets, visit leonisadobemuseum.org

Our Backstory 📖:

After being saved from demolition, the Leonis Adobe was designated the City of Los Angeles’s FIRST HISTORIC-CULTURAL MONUMENT in 1962.

After four years of meticulous restoration, the Adobe opened its doors to the public in 1966 as a Living History Museum dedicated to sharing and preserving California history.

08/17/2026

60 YEARS since opening our doors to the public as a Living History Museum in 1966!

60 years of sharing the extraordinary story of the Leonis Family and 19th century Los Angeles history.

Help us celebrate our 60th ANNIVERSARY on Saturday, September 26, 2026
5:30 PM - 10:00 PM
DINNER, LIVE MUSIC, DANCING, AUCTION & More! 🎉 🎊 6️⃣0️⃣

Visit leonisadobemuseum.org for TICKETS!

Second Photo:
- upper left - Juan Menendez, son of Espiritu Chijulla Leonis, with his accordion
- upper right - The widowed Espiritu Chijulla Leonis in black Victorian mourning attire
- lower left - Juan Menendez as a young man with his half sister Marcelina Leonis
- lower right - Miguel Leonis

Address

23537 Calabasas Road
Calabasas, CA
91302

Opening Hours

10am - 4pm

Telephone

(818) 222-6511

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