Press Releases
April 24, 2025
On Sunday, May 4 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History will host Astro Fest, a day of special activities to celebrate astronomy, included with general admission.
April 18, 2025
The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History’s twenty-fifth annual Mission Creek Gala: Flora & Fauna took place Saturday, April 12 at the Museum.
April 14, 2025
One of Santa Barbara’s summer favorites is in the running for the nation’s Best Butterfly Garden: the Sprague Butterfly Pavilion at Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (SBMNH).
April 14, 2025
Opening April 25, 2025, the new exhibition Drawn from Nature: The Maximus Legacy at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (SBMNH) marks 30 years of appreciating the art of science.
April 11, 2025
A team of professional paleontologists and eager volunteers from the Museum and Sea Center recently excavated the skull and other fossilized bones of a small baleen whale from the Miocene Epoch.
April 3, 2025
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History has again achieved accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the highest national recognition afforded to the nation’s museums.
March 20, 2025
The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is proud to announce Salvatore “Tory” Milazzo has been re-elected as Chair of the Museum’s Board of Trustees.
January 30, 2025
Honoring Michael Glassow, John Powell, Peter Sawyer, and Paul Wieckowski
January 23, 2025
A new exhibit at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History features the living art of Chumash basketry, a tradition with deep roots in the region.
January 14, 2025
The Sea Center on Stearns Wharf is offering free admission to its Underwater Parks Day Festival this Saturday, January 18, 2025 with activities from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
December 20, 2024
The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, in collaboration with the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, proudly presents Fashion Fatale: The Human Obsession with Feathers.
October 10, 2024
From Saturday, September 28 to Sunday, October 13, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History will host its 6th Annual The Artist’s Table Art Show, a fundraiser for Museum education programs.
September 17, 2024
Lucy Firestone, Gregory Fuss, and Greg Giloth have been appointed to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History’s Board of Trustees for a three-year term.
September 12, 2024
In February 1824, Chumash people at three local missions took up arms against soldiers and missionaries, kicking off a regionwide struggle that took months to resolve.
August 2, 2024
A groundbreaking new study has shed light on the remarkable diversity of galeommatoidean bivalves, a little-known group of marine mollusks, from the western coast of South Africa.
July 16, 2024
The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History proudly announces the addition of two distinguished professionals to its dynamic team.
July 9, 2024
One of the most popular books by staff at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (SBMNH) is finally back in print. Chumash Ethnobotany by Jan Timbrook is now available.
June 3, 2024
Come celebrate World Oceans Day at the Sea Center on Stearns Wharf
during a festival from 10:00 AM–3:00 PM on Saturday, June 8, 2024. Free admission from 10:00 AM to
5:00 PM.
May 20, 2024
The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History will open its extremely popular annual summer exhibit Butterflies Alive! on Saturday, May 25 through Monday, September 2 (Memorial Day through Labor Day wee
May 10, 2024
The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History’s latest exhibit depicts birds with some of the most elaborate feathers in the world.
