April 18, 2024 Date

Upcoming Events

Trouble in Paradise: Geology of Santa Barbara Field Course
Saturday, April 20
Saturdays, April 20–May 25May 4 session will begin at 11:00 AM
THIS COURSE IS SOLD OUT
Cover millions of years in this dynamic six-week field course! Geologist Sabina...
9:00 AM–12:30 PM
Ocean Ambassador Beach Cleanups
Sunday, April 21
Be part of the solution to marine pollution! Come gain community with fellow ocean-lovers, and earn community service hours if you need them to graduate. The Sea Center hosts beach...
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
The Global Climate Crisis: What To Do About It
Monday, April 22
Featuring co-authors William D. Fletcher and Craig B. Smith
Global warming is one of the most important, and most complex, issues that our scientists, nation, and world face today....
7:30 PM–9:00 PM
Splendid Plumage Exhibit Opens to Public
Friday, April 26
Feathers are evolutionary marvels: aerodynamic, insulating, and beautiful. Birds of paradise, herons, toucans, and hummingbirds have evolved an amazing diversity of feather form,...
10:00 AM–5:00 PM
Trouble in Paradise: Geology of Santa Barbara Field Course
Saturday, April 27
Saturdays, April 20–May 25May 4 session will begin at 11:00 AM
THIS COURSE IS SOLD OUT
Cover millions of years in this dynamic six-week field course! Geologist Sabina...
9:00 AM–12:30 PM
Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival
Saturday, April 27
Join the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and Sea Center at the Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival at Alameda Park on Saturday, April 27 from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Staff...
11:00 AM–5:00 PM
Southern California’s Other Avifauna: Trends, Traits, and Troubles of Our Naturalized Bird Species
Thursday, May 2
Having lived in the “outdoor aviary” of Los Angeles County nearly all his life, Kimball Garrett learned early on that non-native (“exotic”) bird species...
7:30 PM–9:00 PM
Trouble in Paradise: Geology of Santa Barbara Field Course
Saturday, May 4
Saturdays, April 20–May 25May 4 session will begin at 11:00 AM
THIS COURSE IS SOLD OUT
Cover millions of years in this dynamic six-week field course! Geologist Sabina...
9:00 AM–12:30 PM
Archaeological Perspectives on the 19th-Century “Illegal” Slave Trade along the Rio Pongo, Guinea, West Africa
Monday, May 6
This free public lecture by University of South Carolina Professor Emeritus Ken Kelly, Ph.D., is presented by the Santa Barbara County Archaeological Society. 
In the early nineteenth...
7:30 PM–9:00 PM
Wild Talks Featuring Ian Shive, Lynn Scarlett, and Geoffrey L. Haskett
Thursday, May 9
America’s Wildest Places: Two Decades of Our National Parks and National Wildlife Refuge System
Wild Talks is a lecture series hosted by Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network...
6:00 PM–7:15 PM