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CURATOR’S LOG: What Is a Curator & What Do They Do?
A Conversation with Curator Emily Waingrow Falke by Rita SerotkinIn this Curator’s Log entry, Santa Barbara Maritime Museum’s Curator Emily ...
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Curator’s Tour of the Classic Yacht: Ranger
By Rita SerotkinYou’ve probably seen her at her berth in front of the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum and leading the ...
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Curator’s Log: Maritime on the Move – Developing an Education Program
by Rita SerotkinAs you may know, the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum’s (SBMM) Education Programs encourage curiosity through exhibits, experiential learning, ...
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Curator’s Log: Patti Jacquemain & SBMM’s Children’s Gallery Mosaic Mural
Credit: Rita Serotkin About the Mural How many times have you walked through the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum and past ...
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Curator’s Log: Arthur Beaumont: Art of the Sea │ A Curator’s View
Credit: Rita Serotkin Back in 2019, The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum was offered an exciting opportunity—the chance to host Arthur ...
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Curator’s Log: First Order Fresnel Lens from the Point Conception Lighthouse
Credit: Rita Serotkin Photo credit: Dennis Schuett On October 18, 1542, as Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo explored the California ...
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Curator’s Log: Love Letters to the Sea
Despite the Covid-19 restrictions, SBMM’s Education Programs have continued to encourage curiosity through exhibits, experiential learning, and community outreach by ...
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Curator’s Log: Our 2 Echo Periscope
The following article by Catherine French, an SBMM Volunteer, Founding Donor and freelance author, first appeared in the March/April 2000 ...
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Curator’s Log: A Matter of Scale
One of the common questions visitors ask on seeing the Brooks models is “What scale is that?” Sometimes they ask ...
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Curator’s Log: Sea Mew – The Little Boat With A Long History
(Log credit: John Hill, Docent. Article clipping reference: Morning Press, Volume L, Number 202, 26 May 1922) Every sailor remembers ...
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Curator’s Log: And the Award Goes To…
(Log credit: John Hill, Docent) After seeing the Brooks models visitors often ask which one is biggest, fastest, most complicated, ...
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Curator’s Log: Santa Barbara Lighthouse, Julia Williams
Julia Williams Lighthouse Keeper 1865-1905 (Log credit: John Hill, Docent) Julia, who was born in New Brunswick, Canada, followed her ...
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