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"Sew Many Pieces: American Crazy Quilts in the Late 1800s" The Banning Museum is pleased to announce our new exhibition "Sew Many Pieces." Crazy quilting…

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Phineas Banning

Patrick Hannifin is one of our 2021 Wisteria Scholarship Award Winners. In this creative essay, he imagines a conversation with Phineas Banning. Patrick graduated from…

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Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Livestream presentation of the Phineas Banning Virtual Birthday Celebration on August 26. We were so excited…

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This year, in an effort to help more Banning High School seniors who may have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Friends of Banning…

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We are pleased to announce that Banning Heritage Week is now available virtually with two options for participation. The first option is the Virtual Banning…

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The Friends of Banning Museum and the City of Los Angeles, Department of Recreation and Parks are working to prepare the Banning Museum for re-opening.…

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For the past 15 years, the Annual Tea and Tunes event at the Banning Museum was an elegant affair consisting of live music and afternoon…

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Through funding from Marathon, Valero, and also from generous supporters, Friends of Banning Museum is proud to announce our first-ever virtual field trip for third…

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We are extremely excited to announce that through a generous grant from The Port of Los Angeles, Friends of Banning Museum was able to work…

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Normally this time of year, we welcome thousands of visitors to enjoy our annual Victorian Christmas. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 crisis, we were unable…

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