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  • Ended March 10 Big Cats & Wild Dogs Antique prints of nature art
  • Ended January 24 Chumash Life Past exhibit
  • Ended October 13, 2024 The Artist's Table Art Show Celebrated local artists benefit the Museum
  • Ended September 15, 2024 Images of Infinity Captivating views from the James Webb Space Telescope
  • Ended September 8, 2024 Splendid Plumage Summer exhibition in Maximus Art Gallery
  • Ended March 31, 2024 Space Sciences Take a trip through the universe to learn about unique forces and materials in the Milky Way and beyond.
  • Ended March 10, 2024 Voyages of Discovery: Natural History Exploration Winter exhibition in Maximus Gallery
  • Ended September 10, 2023 Curious by Nature The bright, bold, geometric imagery of Charley Harper is made for nature-lovers.
  • Ended July 2, 2023 Drawn by a Lady Early Women Illustrators
  • Ended April 30, 2023 Storytelling: Native People through the Lens of Edward S. Curtis A conundrum of breathtaking beauty and an iconography of contradictory emotions
  • Ended February 5, 2023 A Parliament of Owls 300 years of illustrations of the owl family
  • Ended September 5, 2022 Hummingbirds 20 original hand-colored lithographs of exotic hummingbird species by John Gould
  • Ended September 5, 2022 Rare Earth Marvel at minerals at their finest, from precious stones to choice fossils
  • Ended April 18, 2022 Gem & Minerals Enjoy the amazing natural beauty of touchable minerals, beautiful gems, vibrant fluorescent and phosphorescent specimens
  • Ended April 4, 2022 Curiosity Lab Explore the wonders of the natural world in this dynamic learning lab.
  • Ended April 3, 2022 What's in our Drawers Maximus Gallery Presents Art and Objects from the Museum’s Collections
  • Ended January 7, 2022 Wonderful Waters Interact with animals from the SB Channel at the Museum
  • Ended September 6, 2021 A Medicine to the Mind Early Gardening Catalogs from the 17th and 19th Centuries
  • Ended May 2, 2021 Beneath a Wild Sky Stories of America's Lost Birds
  • Ended April 25, 2021 Dinorama Miniatures through the Mesozoic
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