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.
More Mesa Musings
A talk in partnership with More Mesa Preservation Coalition
Wednesday, February 11
5:30 PM
Reservation required. Tickets are here
SOLD OUT
Join historian Hattie Beresford for the story behind More Mesa Open Space. Discover its people and tales of epic heat, disastrous floods, and droughts -- all followed by murder most foul. Attend a 1901 beach party, and view the final remains of Rancho la Goleta.
This presentation is co-hosted with More Mesa Preservation Coalition, an organization committed to preserving More Mesa as open space in perpetuity.
More Mesa Musings
A talk in partnership with More Mesa Preservation Coalition
Thursday, February 12
5:30 PM
Reservation required. Tickets are here
Join historian Hattie Beresford for the story behind More Mesa Open Space. Discover its people and tales of epic heat, disastrous floods, and droughts -- all followed by murder most foul. Attend a 1901 beach party, and view the final remains of Rancho la Goleta.
This presentation is co-hosted with More Mesa Preservation Coalition, an organization committed to preserving More Mesa as open space in perpetuity.
1925 Earthquake History Downtown Walking Tour
A walking tour of downtown
Saturday, February 21
10:00 AM
TICKETS
Join the Museum 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.
1st Thursday
Join us after hours
Thursday, March 6
5-8:00 PM
Location: Museum
Free. All ages welcome
Join the Museum for music, wine, and more! Our latest exhibitions, The Gift: Recent Additions to Our Story and Ludmilla Pilat Welch: Serene Santa Barbara along with our permanent galleries, will also be open for visitors. All ages welcome.
What's in a Name? The Streets of Santa Barbara
A talk by Neal Graffy
Wednesday, March 11
Two opportunities!
11:00 AM TICKETS
5:30 PM TICKETS
In February of 1851, Antonio de la Guerra and Judge Joaquin Carrillo were appointed by the City Council to apply names to the new streets resulting from the Salisbury Haley survey. Unlike other towns whose streets bore the unimaginative A - Z, numbers or names of presidents, they gave names to 51 streets that portrayed the geography and botany of our town, honored the Chumash, early settlers, governors and showed a distinct sense of humor and sarcasm.
1925 Earthquake History Downtown Walking Tour
A walking tour of downtown
Thursday, March 19
5:30 PM
TICKETS
Join the Museum 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.
Concierto Íntimo: José Antonio Rodríguez
Exquisite music in our candlelit adobe!
Saturday, March 21
7:00 pm
Tickets are HERE
Join us for an intimate concert by acclaimed guitarist José Antonio Rodríguez. A magical, intimate experience in the Covarrubias Adobe, co-hosted by Flamenco! Santa Barbara.
1st Thursday
Join us after hours
Thursday, April 2
5-8:00 PM
Location: Museum
Free. All ages welcome
Join the Museum for music, wine, and more! Our latest exhibitions, The Gift: Recent Additions to Our Story and Ludmilla Pilat Welch: Serene Santa Barbara along with our permanent galleries, will also be open for visitors. All ages welcome.