Exhibits

Exhibits are a prime public responsibility of our museum. Access to objects and ideas that pertain to the natural history of the Santa Barbara Region are the focus of the exhibits program at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Most museum exhibits are object-centered and provide a unique visitor experience that cannot be found elsewhere. They are the tangible expression of a museum's mission.

Exhibits educate and entertain. They stimulate interest, heighten awareness and convey knowledge. Museum visitors learn from and experience exhibits on many levels, both intellectual and emotional. Exhibits communicate to all of the senses through a blend of media techniques.

Current Exhibitions
• Butterflies Alive!
• Running the Numbers: An American Self Portrait by Chris Jordan
• Moorpark Southern Mammoth

At the Sea Center
• Wyland Clean Water Tour
• Camouflage
• SHARKS...bite size

Upcoming Exhibitions
• The Plant Hunters
  stories of science and imperial ambition
  (Opens June 12, 2009 in the Maximus Art Gallery)

Exhibition Halls
• Dennis M. Power Bird Hall
• Chumash Indians
• Mineral & Gem Gallery
• Mammal Hall
• Cartwright Hall of Plant and Insect Interactions
• Marine Life
• Geology/Paleontology
• Space Lab / Planetarium
• Nature Trail
• John & Peggy Maximus Gallery

Traveling Exhibitions
• Romancing the Indian