Museum Events
Join our community of Santa Barbara enthusiasts for lively talks (with wine!), walks, concerts, and other opportunities to connect with local history.
Watch past talks on TVSB or online HERE.
Don Louis Perceval: His Vision of the West
Join us to celebrate a new exhibition
Thursday, May 1
5:00-6:30 PM
Location: Museum
As a young man, Don Louis Perceval (1908-1979) became fascinated with the Hopi and Navajo people and began documenting their life through his sketches. After studying at the Royal Academy and service to the Royal Navy, he was drawn back to the west and commissioned to create advertisements for the Rio Grande Oil Company.
This exhibition was created by Marlene R. Miller.
Members should RSVP to [email protected]
1st Thursday
Join us after hours
Thursday, May 1
5-8:00 PM
Location: Museum
Join the Museum for after-hours wine and music while you enjoy our latest exhibitions.
Free. All ages welcome.
Flamenco Íntimo
Join us for an intimate tablao co-hosted by Flamenco! Santa Barbara
Friday, May 16
Location: Covarrubias Adobe
A lively show featuring Isaac Tovar, an award-winning dancer from Sevilla, Spain, who is currently performing with the LA Opera, and was a longtime soloist with Ballet Nacional de España and Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía. Joining him also from the LA Opera is award-winning singer Alfredo Tejada, from Granada, Spain. They will be accompanied by renowned musicians, guitarist Andres Vadin (Cuba) and percussionist Diego Alvarez (Venezuela).
Reservations are required:
7:00 pm TICKETS
8:30 pm TICKETS on sale soon
1925: Santa Barbara Remembers the Earthquake
Join us for our opening with an optional talk by Neal Graffy
Wednesday, May 21
Location: Museum
5-7:00 PM EXHIBITION OPENING
6-6:30 PM COMPLIMENTARY TALK BY NEAL GRAFFY (OUTDOORS)
Tickets for this event are free. RSVP [email protected]
Boom! At dawn on June 29, 1925, our city shook with a 6.3 earthquake leaving much of downtown destroyed or heavily damaged. The twin towers of Mission Santa Barbara collapsed, and many commercial buildings in our downtown were destroyed or badly damaged. A failed dam in the foothills released forty-five million gallons of water, and a gas company engineer became a hero when he shut off the city’s gas supply and prevented fires like those that destroyed San Francisco twenty years earlier. Out of the rubble would come a new Santa Barbara with the headline, “Spanish Architecture to Rise from Ruins.”
The exhibition is being held in conjunction with EQ2025: A City Transformed. For more information click here.
Santa Barbara Cemetery Tour
In honor of Memorial Day, join historian David Petry for a guided walk through the Santa Barbara Cemetery
Sunday, May 25
10 AM
Location: Santa Barbara Cemetery
RESERVATION REQUIRED
Overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Santa Barbara Cemetery has been the final resting place for some of our city’s most notable leaders as well as major figures in entertainment, business, industry, and other fields.
David Petry, author of The Best Last Place: A History of the Santa Barbara Cemetery, will lead the one-mile walking tour and shares fascinating biographies at the gravesites of Charles Fernald, Thomas More Storke, David Nancarrow, Ronald Colman, Laurence Harvey and many more.
1st Thursday
Join us after hours
Thursday, June 5
5-8:00 PM
Location: Museum
Join the Museum for after-hours wine and music while you enjoy our latest exhibitions.
Free. All ages welcome. No RSVP required.