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.
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.
1925 Earthquake History Downtown Walking Tour
Join us for a walking tour by Neal Graffy
Wednesday, June 25
5:30 pm
Location: Museum
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Join us for a walking tour that will lead you to the sites of buildings that crumbled, rescues and recovery, and resilient structures that inspired the city’s iconic Spanish Colonial Revival style. Discover how Santa Barbara transformed tragedy into opportunity—and how the quake reshaped not just the skyline, but the spirit of the community.
The tour will begin at the Museum with a glass of wine at the Museum.
The exhibition is being held in conjunction with EQ2025: A City Transformed. For more information click here.
Fiesta History Celebration
Friday, July 18
Tickets on sale June 1
Celebrate over a century of Old Spanish Days Fiesta in our community with our latest exhibition Project Fiesta: Santa Barbara News-Press Edition with tacos, cocktails, music, and dancing. The evening will include lively performances by the 2025 Spirit and Junior Spirit of Fiesta, Mariachi Alcala, latin jazz band Mezcal Martini and dancing with DJ Adam. Guests are encouraged to dress in festive Fiesta attire.
Our exhibition is dedicated in memory of our friend Erin Graffy de Garcia. Erin was a tireless advocate for preserving Santa Barbara’s incredible history, and most recently, our efforts to acquire the Santa Barbara News-Press archive.
Una Fiesta de los Adobes
Friday, July 25
Tickets on sale June 1
Our annual fundraiser, an intimate event in our adobe courtyard featuring dinner, world-class performances, and dancing into the evening.
Patron tickets ($1,000) and tables ($4,000-$10,000) are available now. For more information contact dacia@sbhistorical.org
