Founding-era heritage preservation in Carlsbad Village runs through the Carlsbad Historical Society, which operates a museum inside the 1887 Shipley-Magee House at 258 Beech Avenue. The Craftsman-style residence was built by Samuel Church Smith, co-founder of the Carlsbad Land and Water Company, and its permanent collection includes period furnishings, fine art, and archival photographs documenting Carlsbad from the 1880s land boom through its 1952 incorporation, housed in the same Village block where St. Michael's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church has served the community since the early settlement period. Magee Park also contains Heritage Hall, originally built in 1926 as the sanctuary of St. Patrick's Catholic Church and later repurposed as Carlsbad's first City Hall, first library, and a community meeting space. The surrounding historical gardens feature a nationally registered Rose Garden with over 125 varieties across 15 rose families, earning Carlsbad the American Rose Society's designation as an American Rose City in 2002—a horticultural legacy distinct from the precision-engineering exhibits at the nearby Craftsmanship Museum. Docent-led tours guide Carlsbad Unified third-grade students through curriculum-aligned exhibits each spring, and the Twin Inns Granary, donated to the city in 1985 and restored by the Carlsbad Evening Rotary Club, anchors the park's agricultural heritage display.