Santa Cruz Surfing Museum
The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum is a museum which was established in May 1986 to document the history of surfing. With collections dating back to the earliest years of surfing on mainland United States, the museum houses a historical account of surfing in Santa Cruz, California.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: Monday and Thursday—Sunday noon—4:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: surfing museum in Santa Cruz, California, USA
- Also known as: “Abbott Museum” and “Mark Abbott Museum”
- Address: West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Seal Rock and Giant Dipper.
Giant Dipper
Roller coaster
The Giant Dipper is a historic wooden roller coaster located at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, an amusement park in Santa Cruz, California. The Giant Dipper, which replaced the Thompson's Scenic Railway, took 47 days to build and opened on May 17, 1924, at a cost of $50,000. Giant Dipper is situated 1 mile northeast of Santa Cruz Surfing Museum.
Garfield Park Branch Library
Historic building
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Garfield Park Branch Library is a historic building, which is situated 4,200 feet northwest of Santa Cruz Surfing Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santa Cruz and Twin Lakes.
Santa Cruz
Photo: Don DeBold, CC BY 2.0.
Santa Cruz is a coastal city in Santa Cruz County, at the north end of Monterey Bay in California, about 40 miles south of San Jose and 75 miles south of San Francisco.
Twin Lakes
Village
Twin Lakes is a census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. The population was 4,944 at the 2020 census, up from 4,917 at the 2010 census. Twin Lakes is situated 2 miles northeast of Santa Cruz Surfing Museum.
Opal Cliffs
Village
Opal Cliffs is an unincorporated community in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. The population was 6,458 at the 2000 census. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau defined Opal Cliffs as a census-designated place. Opal Cliffs is situated 3½ miles east of Santa Cruz Surfing Museum.
Santa Cruz Surfing Museum
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Santa Cruz County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.95146° or 36° 57′ 5″ northLongitude
-122.02671° or 122° 1′ 36″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Operator
http://www.santacruzsurfingmuseum.org/Open location code
848VXX2F+H8OpenStreetMap ID
node 368174060OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
5393103Wikidata ID
Q7419431
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Santa Cruz Surfing Museum” goes by many names.
- French: “Santa Cruz Surfing Museum”
- Japanese: “サンタクルーズ・サーフィン博物館”
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