Visit – Santa Barbara Historical Museum
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Visit – Santa Barbara Historical Museum
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Founded in 1932, the Santa Barbara Historical Museum is committed to preserving and sharing local history. Its mission is to be a repository, interpreter and communicator of the rich history of the Santa Barbara region. Through exhibitions, scholarship, educational programs and preservation of the region’s material culture, their goal is to connect people of all backgrounds to historically important ideas, people and objects.
The Museum’s extensive holdings include paintings, furniture, saddles, decorative arts, and costumes that represent over 500 years of Chumash, Mexican, Spanish and American history.
Visitors to the Museum’s campus may experience history through the signature exhibition, The Story of Santa Barbara, the historic adobes buildings onsite and also through the Gledhill Research Library.
The Museum is located in the historic district of downtown at
136 East De la Guerra Street
, just two blocks off of State Street.
Entrance is currently free.
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Founded in 1932, the Santa Barbara Historical Museum is committed to preserving and sharing local history. Its mission is to be a repository, interpreter and communicator of the rich history of the Santa Barbara region. Through exhibitions, scholarship, educational programs and preservation of the region’s material culture, their goal is to connect people of all backgrounds to historically important ideas, people and objects.
The Museum’s extensive holdings include paintings, furniture, saddles, decorative arts, and costumes that represent over 500 years of Chumash, Mexican, Spanish and American history.
Visitors to the Museum’s campus may experience history through the signature exhibition, The Story of Santa Barbara, the historic adobes buildings onsite and also through the Gledhill Research Library.
The Museum is located in the historic district of downtown at
136 East De la Guerra Street
, just two blocks off of State Street.
Entrance is currently free.
Archives
September 2023
August 2021
January 2021
October 2020
February 2020
December 2019
November 2019
April 2019
February 2019
October 2018
July 2018
February 2017
January 2017
December 2016
November 2016
October 2016
August 2016
May 2016
January 2016