The Hermosa Beach Museum is proud to present Stars, Cars & Guitars, a traveling exhibit created by the California Surf Museum.

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this “blast from the past” exhibit demonstrates how, in less than a decade, from the years from 1958 to 1965, surfing related elements came to dominate popular culture forming a lasting effect on California, America and the world at large.

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“It is amazing when you consider how quickly this subculture developed,” notes Jim Kempton, Executive Director of the California Surf Museum in making the announcement. “In just a few short years an entirely new social structure was formed with its own vernacular, mode of dress, art, musical sound, modes of transportation, hair styles, and rituals all its own.”

From iconic record albums, period surfboards, fashion artifacts, seminal photographic images and memorabilia, visitors will get a clearer sense of why this era is considered the “golden age” of surfing and the surfing lifestyle.