Stumbled across this place on yelp while at Dolores Park, made the hilly trek, had a truly lovely time, especially with the slides being steeper than we expected . What a gem.

This place is a true local treasure, being the heart of the original Rancho San Pedro. Well worth a visit. Make sure to look at the old maps on the walls. Its also a great place for an event!

Its a cluster of lamps that brightens from a distance. As you closely approach and start singing Riris Shine bright like a diamond..., it becomes a photo op, but with a huge crowd because everyone wants to work their angle without having someone photo bomb their picture.

Beautiful place to visit. Well surely get back there

Beautiful grounds surrounded by beautiful groves of trees that offer many unique spaces for a wedding, reception, or event. We were hired by a lovely couple to provide an All You Can Drink Beverage Station for their baby shower. Given that it was a very hot day, their guests were able to fill up on limitless beverages. The adobe provides a picture perfect backdrop for any event Highly recommended venue!

Good staff and the facilities is not that bad.

Staff is rude and dont even know their own rules, first they said they cannot tell us whether or not we can be in the church because its NOT their property then threaten to call the cops on us for visiting the church ?They themselves said they cant tell us what to do in regards to the church side yet threaten my family with the cops!?! Really... Get yourselves on the same page before you threaten a nice family going to church again.

Very nice ,peaceful place.The grounds are beautiful. The tour was very good. A good place to learn California history.

This is a great places to bring our children to learn history

Great place to visit and learn the history of Manuel Dominguez and his family. I recommend the 30 minute tour of the adobe. Its very beautiful.

One of the earliest Adobes in California this was a fun place to visit. The grounds have a rose and cactus garden, neither historic. The house is historic, but only open with a tour. no exploring on your own. The tour is great and well worth a visit. Free tour and parking with the tour lasting a bit over an hour and another 40 min to explore the park it is a quick stop.

We didnt know about this museum and grounds before. The rose garden is large and lovely. Needs some weeding however. The cactus garden in back of the homestead is amazing with many huge varieties. Our tour guide was very informative and took us through the entire house. Very historical narrative with gobs of artifacts and antiques.

This place is beautiful. I went for their Día de los Muertos workshop. The presenter was very knowledgeable. I will be returning this year and Im going to have to make an effort to go to the battle reenactments too.

I was excited to visit this historical museum. The docent was happy to take us around. I thought he couldve offered more information and allowed us to view the artifacts but instead rushed the tour. I know it was free but he still couldve offered more since this is very important history. Also, I thought maybe the docent wasnt well read in California history. I expected more.

We like pretty much,small facility.They had a lot of history to tell

A hidden gem in Compton, this place is all about tranquility, peace and nature in the middle of the city.

Beautiful private park, very interesting museum and succulents garden

Awesome tour give on Saturdays @1,2,3pm

The place was beautiful my review is about the employees there that give the tour! They are super rude with kids.

Beautiful well taken care of property with so much historical material.

A good place to learn California history.

Quite peacefull

Nice place to learn history. It has a little chapel. And the tours are free.

Nothing but rude and horrible staff. These staff doesnt know how to treat people because they always have an attitude.

A well-kept museum adjuscent to and cared by the Community of the Claretians.

What a beautiful community of brothers and priest that give all to God and now they are relaxing in a beautiful place.

Great informative tour.

Great place to learn about history of California, before it became a State.

Favorite field trip by far! The staff there are so welcoming and helpful. We had two groups, fifth and fourth grade. One group went on a tour while the other group participated in activities. The tour itself was fantastic. It was educational. My students learned a lot about their city and how it’s changed over time. Due to all the scary movies they have seen, there was one room with dolls that scared them. But other than that, great tour. The activities were extraordinarily good! They “panned for gold” and they played Victorian era games. All in all, best field trip ever!

Beautiful lush property and a nice little museum that captures the rich history of the Dominguez family. Great location for an outdoor catered breakfast or lunch.

I love this museum! So awesome to see how the southbay really started and how people lived at that time! I love walking through house and looking in detail at all the furniture, clothing and all the other things used in that time. Its fun to pretend you climbed in a time machine and visit all the wonderful historical items. I highly recommend a visit!

The Claretian Chapel is where I hear morning mass with the retired Fathers - there I find perfect peace n solitude in prayer!

Great selection , great prices

History here is amazing! Come for a free tour and gift shop prices are great.

Place is a little lonely. When you enter it looks like a nice place to have picnic..very spacious. But like I said lonely.

This is a hidden gem in the city of Long Beach! A must visit if you are interested in Long Beach, American, and Mexican history

The Catalan picnic for dia de Sant Jordi was fantastic!

Nice place to come to learn a lot of the history of Los Angeles. There is a small adobe museum house that gives tours year round. Very peaceful park and grounds to take a walk or let the kids run.

This is truly a hidden gem! First of all this place is beautiful. The museum is the first Spanish land grant in the state of California. The house itself is almost 200 years old! This place has the history of the south bay and the Dominguez family. Given that it is a non-profit (FREE) museum, I encourage you all to visit!

Such a lovely place in the middle of our city

Its a verry detaild nice palce

Absolutely, hands-down, without a shadow of a doubt(!) a must-go and see historical site. The wealth of history is amazing, the site is well kept and easily accessible. Dont let the location fool you...this is a must visit if you want to understand Los Angeles.

It was an awesome place to relax as we enjoyed the civil war reenactment

Its a proud historical place of CA.

A small yet beautiful museum that has so much history to offer to the public. I recommend a visit. Admission is free and they have great events for the family all year round.

Great museum!

Great place. Short history lesson on how the sorroundong cities got their name from, plus much more.

I have family that lives there its a pretty nice place.

Great place to learn about history in California

Its a place full of history, very interesting and well kept

Very educational and interesting tour of early history of California.

Beautiful ️

Great history. Low admission. Convenient to get to and park.

A beautiful story, incredible history and a true sense of wonder for the history of and a $0.02 of wonder for the history of the area from Rosecrans to Compton

Cool place to get lost in...

Went there 30 years ago, looks all new now, that was the site of the 1st fly in air show in LA basin over a 100 yrs ago.the college was new and mostly undeveloped, i lived in the modular home parf above it and could sit on my porch and look down on the old building, watch disneyland fireworks every night & could see catalina island from my front porch. good memories from than

Love this place so beautiful.

Its nice and serene the land is beautiful.

Sucked!!!! Rude Rude people... I stopped by to quickly see the place as it is located in the middle of heavy oil and railroad industry.. I went on one of the two days it is open. The place seemed interesting, but not a lot to see from the outside. I took one picture of a fountain that was sparsely working and I was notified that I needed to check in and pay for the tour before I took pictures, even though Im outside and just feet from the parking lot.. I agreed and went inside and offered to pay the fee although I did not have the time to take the tour.. She then upped the fee to a monstrous FIFTY BUCKS to take a few pictures!!! Of What- A broken fountain and a wooden wagon that ready to fall apart.. Fifty bucks to take a few pictures.. This may be interesting to someone, but god forbid you take a camera.. This is history and should be enjoyed by everyone, and we should be able to remember the place with a few simple snap shots,, But Noooo.. Its better to push visitors away by being rude and greedy.. Rude-rip off.. There are a lot of wonderful places to see in Los Angeles and Orange County, but not this one... Sucks Very Disappointing.

Beautiful event

Great place why didnt I go here before great Beautiful historic place and the tour guide is Hullarious greatEST tour and guid ever.!!!

It carries a history that is nice to know about.

Tou may find inner peace..

I went there for my field trip today and it was so cool!!! the homemade butter and dressing up was AWESOME!!!!!

Beautiful place

Pretty cool if your into history.

Great history

Beautiful

Great history

Lovely scenery.

Awesome

Go back in time.

Lovely place.

Friendly and such a beautiful place

The begining of CA and aerospace

Very educational.

Beautiful grounds, nice people