Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum in Santa Barbara, California. organization is a 501 non-profit which operates both a flagship Mission Canyon campus located along Mission Creek in the Upper Eastside, and the ocean-focused Sea Center located on Stearns Warf.Photo: Jllm06, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: natural history museum in Santa Barbara, California
- Also known as: “SBMNH” and “sbnature.org”
- Address: 2559 Puesta Del Sol, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mission Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.
Mission Santa Barbara
Church
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mission Santa Barbara is a Spanish mission in Santa Barbara, California, United States. Often referred to as the 'Queen of the Missions', it was founded by Padre Fermín Lasuén for the Franciscan order on December 4, 1786, the feast day of Saint Barbara, as the tenth mission of what would later become 21 missions in Alta California. Mission Santa Barbara is situated 980 feet south of Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Hospital
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is a teaching and tertiary care hospital in the city of Santa Barbara, California. It is owned and operated by the Cottage Health System. Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is situated 1 mile southwest of Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden
Park
Photo: Summerrrz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden is a park located in Santa Barbara, California. It consists of one entire city block, bounded by Santa Barbara, Micheltorena, Garden and Arrellaga Streets. Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden is situated 1 mile southeast of Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mission Canyon and Santa Barbara.
Mission Canyon
Village
Photo: Arminnius, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mission Canyon is a census-designated place and an unincorporated suburb of Santa Barbara, California, in Santa Barbara County, United States. The population was 2,540 at the 2020 census, up from 2,381 at the 2010 census.
Santa Barbara
Photo: Raduranga, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Santa Barbara is a city and metropolitan area less than 100 miles from Los Angeles but vastly different in pace from its huge neighbor to the south. With a temperate climate and lush natural environs, the "Riviera of the West" is a pleasant day or weekend trip from L.A.
Hope Ranch
Hamlet
Photo: Antandrus, Public domain.
Hope Ranch is an unincorporated coastal suburb of Santa Barbara, California, located in Santa Barbara County. It is bounded on the east by Santa Barbara, on the north and west by the unincorporated area of the eastern Goleta Valley, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. Hope Ranch is situated 3½ miles west of Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
- Categories: nonprofit organization, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Santa Barbara County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.44102° or 34° 26′ 28″ northLongitude
-119.71439° or 119° 42′ 52″ westElevation
302 feet (92 metres)Open location code
8562C7RP+C6OpenStreetMap ID
node 368174527OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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In Other Languages
From Japanese to Russian—“Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “サンタバーバラ自然史博物館”
- Russian: “Музей естественной истории Санта-Барбары”
- “SBMNH”
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