November 2021
Mermaids: Visualizing the Myths and Legends – Photography by Ralph A. Clevenger & Friends
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum Presents Mermaids: Visualizing the Myths and Legends - Photography by Ralph A. Clevenger & Friends The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is pleased to announce the long-awaited re-opening of the exhibit Mermaids: Visualizing the Myths and Legends - Photography by Ralph A. Clevenger & Friends, 16 images printed on canvas by Ralph Clevenger and friends. Originally scheduled to open on April 22, 2020, the exhibit was postponed…
January 2022
A Whale of a Tale
CALLING ALL CHILDREN! MAIL US YOUR OCEAN ARTWORK The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is excited to announce its newest exhibit and educational program Whales Are Superheroes! To celebrate and launch all things whale, the Museum is calling on all kids in kindergarten through 6th grade to submit their whale and ocean-related artwork. Art submissions will be brought to life in “A Whale of a Tale” – an interactive experience of whales…
February 2022
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum Presents “They Came, They Saw, They Shelled” A Free Zoom Webinar on February 17
On February 23, 1942, at 7:15 pm, a submarine sitting off the coast shelled the Ellwood Oil Field near Goleta. In commemoration of that event, the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) will present “They Came, They Saw, They Shelled,” a Zoom webinar with Neal Graffy, Santa Barbara’s unofficial historian, on Thursday, February 17, 2022, at 7pm PT. The webinar is free, but registration is required, and donations are welcome. Register…