This is the first in a new series of blog posts we think you will enjoy called “Then and Now,”  where we check in with long-time current...

by Amanda Gonzalez In the foreground, SBTHP Director of Education, Karen Anderson learns to spread masa onto corn husks with her daughter...

Kathy Chalfant gathers the students around the Canon Perdido Street entrance to the Presidio to relate the story of "The Lost Cannon" in...

Interpreter José de Jesus Perez stands ready to help kids make their own adarga, a leather shield used by the soldiers stationed at the...

by Meredith Brockriede Participants listen to Diana’s instruction in the historic Presidio Chapel. A group of women gathered on a warm,...

By Karen Schultz Anderson El Coro Performing in the Presidio Chapel. Photo by Harry Schiffke. Do you love to sing? Do you love to warm up...

by Michael Orth 910 Santa Barbara Street, early 1920s. This adobe portion of the Presidio was used variously as the lieutenant’s...

by Amanda Gonzalez Karen Osland teaches the group about the history of tule reed. Photo by Amanda Gonzalez. On Saturday, October 8 the...

By Diana Replogle-Purinton Las Fiesteras, sponsored by the Reina del Mar Parlor #126 of Native Daughters of the Golden West, performing...

By Karen Schultz Anderson Sugar Skulls Decorated by Stephanie Ingoldsby at Dia de los Muertos Craft Day When children come to our Dia de...

By M. Kay Van Horn The Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation began plans in 2009 for an Asian Festival to honor and remember the...

On Saturday October 1, SBTHP hosted our second annual living history day featuring Santa Barbara’s Asian American traditions at El...

Sushi-making instructor Fukiko Miyazaki. Photo by Amanda Gonzalez. By Amanda Gonzalez On Saturday, September 10 the first of four...

Last Friday we gave a tour of the Presidio to five travel agents from the United Kingdom who had never been to California, let alone...