Upcoming Events
Tuesday, October 27
Presented by the Santa Barbara Audubon Society and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Join award-winning writer and wildlife biologist Sophie Osborn for an illustr...
Join award-winning writer and wildlife biologist Sophie Osborn for an illustr...
7:00 PM–8:30 PM
Saturday, October 31
Come enjoy the Museum and Sea Center in animal costume for Halloween! Push the easy button and put on that animal onesie that's sitting in your closet, or go all out and cr...
10:00 AM–5:00 PM
Saturday, October 31 – Ongoing
Join us for fun, learning, and a splash of ocean magic as Sea Center staff and volunteers share stories of the sea in the middle of our Dive In exhibit. All ages are welcom...
10:30 AM–10:45 AM
Saturday, October 31 – Ongoing
Join us for some weekend fun and learning in the outdoors as Museum staff and volunteers share a brief story of nature and science at the stump circle in the Museum Backyar...
11:30 AM–12:00 PM
Saturday, October 31
Fly along with us at one of two special showtimes to meet our resident planetarium witch and her horde of supernatural ghoul-friends. All ghosts, goblins and monsters are f...
12:00 PM–3:00 PM
Sunday, November 1 – Ongoing
Join us for fun, learning, and a splash of ocean magic as Sea Center staff and volunteers share stories of the sea in the middle of our Dive In exhibit. All ages are welcom...
10:30 AM–10:45 AM
Sunday, November 1 – Ongoing
Join us for some weekend fun and learning in the outdoors as Museum staff and volunteers share a brief story of nature and science at the stump circle in the Museum Backyar...
11:30 AM–12:00 PM
Sunday, November 1 – Ongoing
Learn about shark biology from our experts as they make sure the animals in Shark Cove at the Sea Center are healthy and satisfied. Enjoy a 15-minute interpretive talk by a...
11:30 AM–11:45 AM
Tuesday, November 3
Learn how to press algae for fun, art, and scientific preservation! Join us at the Sea Center on Stearns Wharf for a two-part course on Tuesday evenings, November 3 and 17,...
6:00 PM–7:30 PM
Saturday, November 7
The Museum will be closed all day on Saturday, November 7 for the Santa Barbara Fall Tasting Festival.
Celebrate the flavors of the season at this new outd...
Celebrate the flavors of the season at this new outd...
10:00 AM–5:00 PM
