Our Collections – Santa Barbara Historical Museum
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The first Europeans to settle in this region were the Spanish with the founding of the Santa Barbara Presidio in …
Beginning in the last quarter of the 19th century, Santa Barbara developed into the most important art colony between San …
Santa Barbara became the center of the movie-making world when the Chicago-based American Film Manufacturing Company opened the largest production …
On April 25, 1908, Santa Barbara welcomed the Great White Fleet and it’s estimated fifteen thousand sailors with a tremendous …
Santa Barbara, like many California cities, once had a Chinatown. Beginning in the 1850s, Chinese immigrants began arriving in Santa …
With Mexico’s independence from Spain in 1821, Alta California came under Mexican rule. Arguably two of the most important results …
In 1932, the Santa Barbara Historical Museum was founded by civic leaders and members of the community intent on preserving …
Spanish native Don José de la Guerra y Noriega (1779-1858) was the founding patriarch of the family in this country. …