Storytime Under the Oaks with Pasadena Public Library
October 3, 2026 - 11:00 am
Free drop-in event. No reservations required.
Join Tiffany Dueñas from Pasadena Public Library Youth Services for a fall-themed storytime at the Gamble House. Through stories, songs, and movement, children will be introduced to American Sign Language in a fun and interactive way, with simple signs woven throughout the program.
Event will be canceled in instances of rain or heat over 100° f
Book Club: DUST JACKET JOURNEYS
Tuesday, October 13, 2026, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Metropolitan Stories by Christine Coulson
Join us for our book club, Dust Jacket Journeys, where we invite you to explore perspectives around architecture, art, identity, and place.
Dust Jacket Journeys is currently held on the second Tuesday of the month from 5:30-6:30pm.
Each gathering will offer an opportunity for exploring diverse perspectives, sharing discoveries, and the exchange of ideas which make for a meaningful reading experience. In honor of the 60th anniversary of the Gamble House opening to the public, the theme this quarter is Museum Musings. Together we will delve into the personal, cultural, and societal impacts of museums both big and small. We look forward to sharing a literary journey to new perspectives and new understandings one book at a time.
Metropolitan Stories: A Novel
Hidden behind the Picassos and Vermeers, the Temple of Dendur and the American Wing, exists another world: the hallways and offices, conservation studios, storerooms, and cafeteria that are home to the museum's devoted and peculiar staff of 2,200 people—along with a few ghosts.
A surreal love letter to this private side of the Met, Metropolitan Stories unfolds in a series of amusing and poignant vignettes in which we discover larger-than-life characters, the downside of survival, and the powerful voices of the art itself. The result is a novel bursting with magic, humor, and energetic detail, but also a beautiful book about introspection, an ode to lives lived for art, ultimately building a powerful collage of human experience and the world of the imagination.
Purchase Metropolitan Stories at shop.gamblehouse.org and receive a 20% off coupon for the next featured book.
Now Available @ Gamble House
Our friends at Jones Coffee Roasters created this house blend and named it after us!
We're thrilled to be able to offer 12oz bags in the bookstore -- come take a tour and take some coffee home with you.
Looking for Something Else?
We're a specialized bookstore, which means we don't carry a lot of titles you might find in other stores.
But don't fret, you can still support us whether you're a lover of fiction or cookbooks or just about anything else!
Purchases made at our Gamble House Bookshop site also support our museum.
Shop from our "Staff Picks" lists or use the search bar at the top of the page to find your latest read.
The Gamble House Bookstore is a drop-off site for Pasadena For All, a local grassroots mutual aid and advocacy organization who come together every Saturday to distribute items to our unhoused neighbors.
Items currently in high demand:
Men's shoes, tents, tarps, sleeping bags, NEW socks, NEW underwear, Men's clothing sizes L, XL, XXL & up, NEW toiletries, Backpacks, First aid supplies
Please refrain from donating stained or torn clothing. Please launder items prior to donation.
