Gardens & Gables + Greene & Greene Neighborhood Walking Tour Combo

$15 members | $30 non-members

Tour begins at 10:00am

Once you’ve explored the treasures inside the Gamble House, you may be eager to fit the house into the larger picture of Greene and Greene’s work and its setting of Pasadena. This docent-guided tour combo allows for both, offering an exploration of the exterior of the house, grounds, and setting, followed by a walking tour of the nearby Park Place tract, where ten earlier Greene and Greene houses can be found (1902-1907; exteriors only). These houses, including Charles Greene’s own home, illustrate the firm’s developing aesthetic, which responded to the landscape of the nearby Arroyo Seco.

 One-hour Docent-led Tour of the Gamble House

$20 per person | $17 for Seniors, Students, and 13-18 years

Tours offered every half hour (schedule varies) starting at 11:30 a.m.

The Gamble House is a National Historic Landmark and exemplifies the work of Greene & Greene, the Pasadena firm whose architecture and furnishings helped to shape the American Arts and Crafts movement and contributed significantly to Southern California’s early 20th century artistic heritage and built environment. Your docent will lead an hour-long exploration of the house and its history through rooms lined with rare woods, featuring handcrafted details, fixtures, and furnishings designed by the architects and unique to the house. 

Metal Manifestations:  Artistic Expressions in Arts & Crafts Metalwork (1900-1920)

$10 members | $15 non-members

Arrive at 5:00 for a glass of wine in front of the Bookstore and self-guided walk-throughs of the exhibition until 6:00 pm; talk begins at 6:30 pm. Attend the lecture in person or on Zoom.

We recognize Arts and Crafts objects more from the ideas that they embody than by their particular "style." Many of these handmade objects were commercial production that satisfied a market for artistic goods for the home. Others reflected the idiosyncracies of their makers. Inspiration from nature, local materials, history, and an artist's own internal sense of whimsy are all expressed in the medium of metal. Certain themes and motifs became popular, as in any period, and artists and makers grasped the possibilities of the material for their own purposes. As Greene and Greene started to incorporate metalwork into their architecture and interior design, their metalwork designs were keyed to the ideas of each commission and served the larger expression of the home by the architects. This visually-based presentation by Bryan Mead (Hammered and Hewn) will explore how the ideals and theories of the Arts and Crafts movement are reflected in the great variety of metalwork during the period. This lecture will be available on Zoom for those who can't attend in person! See the ticketing link.