Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site

Public Hours
2025-01-15 10:00 - 2025-01-19 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Rancho Los Cerritos, 4600 Virginia Road, Long Beach, CA, 90807, United States
Rancho Los Cerritos is open Wednesday through Friday from 1 pm – 5 pm, on Saturdays from 10 am – 5 pm, and on Sundays from 1 pm – 5 pm.
Visiting, tours, and parking are free thanks to continuous donations. Visitors are required to provide their contact info for contact tracing. You can do so ahead of time here or provide your information at the check-in desk.
Things to Do:

Take a stroll through the gardens,
take a self-guided tour using one of our handouts (sanitized between uses),
take a tour using our digital tour in the Clio app,
take a docent-led tour (tours are in English first come first serve, for Spanish tours please email Rancho@RanchoLosCerritos.org)
enjoy a fun scavenger hunt with the family (in English and Spanish),
visit our outdoor market (offering unique gifts, accessories, books, toys, and handmade items inspired by nature and history),
grab lunch and have a picnic in our picnic area,
or explore our historic adobe home.

If you find that visiting our site in-person is inaccessible, use these links to explore the Rancho virtually:

Order from our shop online: https://rancho-los-cerritos-museum-shop.square.site/.
View our virtual exhibits: https://old.rancholoscerritos.org/exhibits/
Take a virtual tour of our adobe home: https://old.rancholoscerritos.org/virtual-tour/

Bilingual Storytime / Storytime Bilingüe en persona
2025-01-18 10:00 - 10:30
¡Leamos! Let’s read!
Nosotros hemos recolectado los mejores libros para niños de diversos autores y los leeremos bajo la sombra de los árboles de nuestro jardín. Leeremos cuentos y cantaremos canciones para el tercer sábado de cada mes a las 10 am.
– La Hora del Cuento está disponible para todos los niños y sus familias.
– Este es un programa gratuito.
– El Rancho instalará bancos en frente del gran arbol en el jardín.
– Las familias podrán traer cobijas, cochecitos y bocadillos.
– Todos los participantes deben de seguir los protocolos pandémicos del sitio.
Nosotros estaremos leyendo cuentos y cantando canciones contigo en español e inglés.
Para unirse con nosotros para la Hora del Cuento, siga las señales de Storytime, Cruce el estacionamiento y entre por el portón verde del jardín.
Es necesario recolectar la información de contacto de todos los que entran el sitio. Puede completer el formulario a continuación antes de llegar al sitio o puede darnos su información al llegar.

Our staff and volunteers have collected the best young children’s books from diverse authors to read to you under the shade of the trees in our backyard garden. They will read stories and sing songs for your family every third Saturday morning at 10 am.
– Storytime is open to all young children and their families.
– This is a free program.
– RLC will set up benches.
– Families are welcome to bring blankets, strollers, and snacks.
– All participants must follow the site’s current pandemic protocols.
We will be reading stories and singing songs in Spanish and English.
To join us for Storytime, follow the Storytime signs, cross the parking lot and enter through the green gate of the garden.
Contact information must be provided for all who enter the site. You may fill out the form below ahead of time or provide your contact information at the event.
