Our permanent collection features Monterey Furniture, California Rainbow Pottery, a wide variety of California tile, and many other period collectible pieces representing California's rich history. The Museum’s “period rooms” include a 1930’s kitchen modeled after Merle Norman’s, the businesswoman who began her cosmetics career in her Santa Monica home kitchen. The Museum's pantry and kitchen also host changing pottery and kitchenware exhibits and have included the brightly glazed production ware of California companies including Bauer, Catalina, Vernon, Pacific and Sascha Brastoff.