Missions of California

The Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library provides excellent resources to assist fourth graders and their parents with the California Mission projects. The following e-books and websites offer a great place to start your research.

 

E-Books

Simply click on a Mission name, to access its e-book, and use the tool bar at the top to turn the pages, search for terms and zoom in or out.

Link and year

 

Recommended Mission Web Pages


California Missions Resource Center is a comprehensive online resource for historical information on the twenty-one California Missions. The website contains important key facts, images, historic drawings, slide-shows, architectural drawings of the churches, an illustrated description and history of Native Californians and other reference materials for each mission. A unique feature of the site is its "Ask the Expert" section which contains answers to specific questions and allows students to submit their own questions.

 

MissionTour provides “virtual tours” of all of the twenty-one California Missions, complete with history, full-color photographs and descriptions, and the hours and contact information for each of the Missions.

 

CMSA is a scholarly association dedicated to the research and preservation of the California Missions. Their website contains an illustrated glossary of terms, contact information for the missions and an extensive website bibliography with links to additional information about the missions and Native Californians.