Hemet Museum

10/09/2026

Come in and take a gander at all the artifacts and items at the Hemet Museum. And meet our fantastic docents.

10/02/2026

10/02/2026

Hi today's is Friday Oct. 2,2026 its National Smile Day..

09/27/2026

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09/26/2026

Hemet Apricot Picker Family
Description:
Group photo of members of the Venegas, Lozano, and Vasquez Families from the Riverside Eastside neighborhood. They stand posing with their daughters and sons for a photo in Hemet during the apricot season. The photo includes men, women, teens, and very young children as well, they sit and stand on and around wooden crates.
Bob Chaparro
Hemet, CA

09/26/2026

A post by Bruce Little.
He comments:
Lake Hemet brand Red Ball orange crate label. #2 of 3 versions. Grown and packed by the Hemet Orange Growers Association, Hemet, Riverside County, CA. Printed by Schmidt Litho. Company, Los Angeles; 1920 - 1930.
Bob Chaparro
Hemet, CA

09/17/2026

Article: Hemet Depot 1898
Article courtesy of Gregg Cowdery on the Facebook Patterson House Museum - Wi******er, CA. group.
Description:
Newspaper article from January 24th 1898 about the building of Hemet’s depot.
My Notes:
The railroad built the first Hemet Depot at the southeast corner of Latham Avenue, between State and Harvard Streets in 1893 (or 1894 by some accounts). This depot burned down in 1897.
In 1898 the railroad built a second permanent depot on the same site as the first with passenger and freight facilities. Originally this was a 20-foot x 104-foot structure.
The freight house section was doubled in length in 1906. That freight house eventually would become part of the third depot, built in 1914. The freight house now is home to the Hemet Museum.
Bob Chaparro
Hemet, CA

09/06/2026

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