Museum Hours

The Presidio

Every Day
10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Casa de la Guerra

Thursday — Sunday
12 to 4 p.m.


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UPCOMING EVENT

Join us for 1st Thursday!

Thursday, October 2, 2025
5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Casa de la Guerra • 15 East De la Guerra Street

Join us for 1st Thursday to see our latest exhibit at Casa de la Guerra titled, Santa Barbara 1925 – 2025: A Portrait in Maps. 

The exhibit is curated by Dennis Doordan, with assistant curator Mary Louise Days and designer Isabella Botello.  The exhibit is sponsored by The Henry W. Bull Foundation, the Santa Barbara Conservancy, Citizens Planning Association, AIA-Santa Barbara and Fermina Murray Historical Consulting. 

Santa Barbara 1925 – 2025: A Portrait in Maps is part of a larger community-wide commemoration of the 1925 earthquake that shook Santa Barbara awake early on the morning of June 29, 1925. 

In addition to “Santa Barbara 1925 – 2025: A Portrait in Maps,” learn about Chumash arts and culture with Mia Lopez of The SPACE, and view a new exhibit, Once a Don, Always a Don: 150 Years of Santa Barbara High School.

1st Thursday is presented by Downtown Santa Barbara.

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