Marina del Rey Historical Society is on a Mission

Abbot Kinney would have been impressed! Spanning more than a century, various plans for a commercial port in the Venice-Playa del Rey area led to the creation of a world-class manmade recreational harbor. Marina del Rey’s construction required federal, state and...

Volumes of Early MDR News Clippings Emerge

An extraordinarily comprehensive history of Marina del Rey Harbor’s early years, as told by the collected newspaper clippings of that era, has been made available to Marina del Rey Historical Society (MDRHS). The eight-volume large format scrapbook collection includes...

Maureen Hunt

The Marina del Rey Historical Society welcomes its new Board member. Maureen was born and raised locally in Santa Monica. She moved to the Marina del Rey area in the late 1970’s, where she owned a moving and storage business for 25 years. She recently retired,...

To Greg Wenger: A Debt of Gratitude

by MdRHS President Willie Hjorth The ninth anniversary of Marina del Rey Historical Society’s official federal non-profit status was September 10, 2016. Sadly, longtime renowned photographer Greg Wenger, co-founder of the Society, passed away in early October....
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