December 2020
ARTHUR BEAUMONT: Art of the Sea
The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is delighted to announce that Arthur Beaumont: Art of the Sea--an exhibit of 53 paintings chronicling the accomplishments of the US Navy, from the USS Constitution to atomic bomb tests and expeditions to the North and South Poles—will be at the Museum for just six months, the last show on the West Coast before it leaves for the East Coast. Beaumont used Impressionist techniques in…
April 2021
ARTHUR BEAUMONT: Art of the Sea │A Zoom Presentation by Geoffrey Beaumont
SBMM is delighted to announce that Geoffrey Campbell Beaumont will offer a fascinating presentation about his father Arthur Beaumont’s life and work as the US Navy’s official “Artist of the Fleet.” Beaumont will share personal stories of the various paintings and provide viewers with his unique insight into this incomparable exhibit, the art and the artist. Arthur Beaumont: Art of the Sea--an exhibit of 53 paintings chronicling the accomplishments of…
June 2021
Paddle Out for SBMM
Celebrating the Santa Barbara Channel Leadbetter Beach, Sunday, June 6, 2021 1:00 – 4:00 pm Join us for the inaugural Paddle Out for SBMM focused on our mission to celebrate the Santa Barbara Channel and illuminate our rich connections with the sea. The community is invited to participate by sponsoring the event or a paddler, paddling out in an organized group (on a self-powered craft, watching from the shore, creating Love Letters to the…
Detecting and Capping Leaking Oil Wells in Summerland │A Zoom Webinar presentation by photographer & filmmaker Harry Rabin
For decades, oil has been leaking from the wellheads of some of the first offshore oil rigs in the world, over 400 of them right here in Santa Barbara County. The beaches in Summerland were the source, and the oil spread as far southeast as Carpinteria and northwest along the coast to Miramar, Hammonds, and East Beach. Finding the exact locations of these leaks and making the determination that they…
July 2021
HAWAIIANS, CATHOLICS, AND THE TOWN WITH A BAY IN FRONT AND AN AMPHITHEATER OF HILLS BEHIND: The Education of Richard Henry Dana Jr. in Santa Barbara
About Richard Henry Dana, Jr. and his visit to Santa Barbara As many of the children and parents who have participated in SBMM’s Spirit of Dana Point Tall Ship program know, Richard Henry Dana was a Massachusetts-born writer and lawyer, who was descended from America’s earliest settlers, and who championed the powerless in society, including seamen, fugitive slaves, and freedmen. According to Professor Kennedy, “The classic book, Two Years Before…