I'm glad I visited the museum, but it's not worth a repeat trip. There is essentially nothing regarding Native American habitation. 90% of the exhibits focus on visits of famous people to the island between the '20s and '40s. Most of the exhibits are photographs...More

The Catalina Island Museum is now located under the Catalina Island Casino but, it will be relocated in mid June to a new building just for the museum itself. So, the museum now is a bit small but does give the Island visitor an idea...More

We have come to this small museum located on the ground floor of the Casino for many years. It was updated since our last visit and as others have mentioned it is currently the story of Catalina from the perspective of all the "famous" people...More

We went for a walk and halfheartedly entered the museum just for a change of pace and scenery. We were pleasantly surprised and amused! It is very well done, engaging, and interesting. We saw everything in about 90 minutes with a 7-year-old, which was just...More

In my last visit to the Museum, I had the chance to see the new facilities being built, as well as the promotional materials in preparation for the grand opening on June of this year. This is going to be a major step for this...More

This museum is not really about the story of Catalina Island, but about the few rich and famous that intersected with the island years ago. There is very little about the history of the true residents of the island. There is nothing about the flora...More

Love the presentation and the information. I only wish there was more information on the indigenous peoples of the island.