Museum Blog – The Logbook

SBMM is a hub for news including exciting happenings, events, and press releases. Check out the latest!

Hang Loose Real McCoy Rum Cocktail

Our Curator, Emily Falke, created this cocktail recipe for our Surf the Big Wave fundraiser using Real McCoy Rum. Toast ...
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Dearest Minnie: A Sailor's Story

Dearest Minnie: A Sailor’s Story

Dearest Minnie: A Sailor’s Story A presentation about Teddy Roosevelt’s Great White Fleet as told by Leslie Compton, through historic ...
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Interview with Leslie Compton, author of Dearest Minnie: A Sailor’s Story

Greg Gorga called Leslie to have a conversation about her book, Dearest Minnie: A Sailor's Story and asked her some ...
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Cooking with Our Curator

It's almost Mother's Day. When Emily Falke, our Deputy Director & Curator, isn't designing, installing, and hanging our captivating exhibits, she's ...
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Santa Barbara Mermaids Exhibit

Mermaids: Visualizing the Myths and Legends through Photography

Mermaids: Visualizing the Myths and Legends through Photography by Ralph Clevenger and some of his friends Art Exhibit Opening and ...
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Interview with Teresa Newton-Terres, author of Mystery of the Marie 

In light of The Mystery of the Marie lecture being canceled, Greg Gorga, our Executive Director, interviewed Teresa Newton-Terres over ...
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Teresa Newton-Terres

The Mystery of the Marie

The Mystery of the Marie Presentation by Teresa Newton-Terres, PMP® Where: Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Way, Santa Barbara ...
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We The Voyagers - Our Moana

We the Voyagers: Our Moana

We the Voyagers: Our Moana Film Screening and Q & A with Mimi George, PhD, a cultural anthropologist and sailor ...
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The Ranger - Classic Fishing Yacht

RANGER HAS REJOINED THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FLEET OF THE CLASSIC YACHT ASSOCIATION

RANGER HAS REJOINED THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FLEET OF THE CLASSIC YACHT ASSOCIATION The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) is thrilled ...
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Santa Barbara Non Profit of the Year

Santa Barbara Maritime Museum named Non-Profit of the Year

Santa Barbara Maritime Museum named Non-Profit of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce of the Santa Barbara Region! Santa ...
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Shipwreck Photo

Channel Islands Shipwrecks – Heroism, Heartbreak, and High-Seas Scalawaggery

Over the last two centuries, some 300 ships have met their fate among the rocks and reefs of the Santa ...
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Dwight Hwang Fish Prints

Fishing with Paper & Ink: Nature Prints Demonstration

Fishing with Paper & Ink: Nature Prints Demonstration by Dwight Hwang with Commentary by Emily Miller Where: Santa Barbara Maritime ...
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