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 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 is being created by Marlene R. Miller.
Members should RSVP to reception@sbhistorical.org
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. No RSVP required.
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)
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 eighty-five percent of the commercial buildings 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.
Tickets for this event are free. RSVP to:
reception@sbhistorical.org
