Name
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Image
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Town/City
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County
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Region
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Type
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Summary
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Agricultural History Project Center & Museum |
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Watsonville |
Santa Cruz |
Monterey Bay |
Agriculture |
website, located at the entrance to the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, tools, plows, tractors and implements of yesterday's farming, operated by the Agricultural History Project
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Agriculture Museum of Ventura County |
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Santa Paula |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Agriculture |
website, history, people, crops, and technologies of agriculture in the county
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Albinger Archaeological Museum |
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Ventura |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Archaeology |
website, information, operated by the city of Ventura
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Alvarado Gallery |
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Monterey |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
Art |
website, city's art exhibits gallery in the Monterey Conference Center
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Aptos |
Santa Cruz |
Monterey Bay |
Local history |
website
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Art, Design & Architecture Museum |
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Goleta |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Art |
Part of the University of California, Santa Barbara
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Aviation Museum of Santa Paula |
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Santa Paula |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Aviation |
website, includes different personal collections of antique, classic and experimental aircraft; automobiles including race cars; motorcycles; an enormous antique radio, juke box and phonograph collection; paintings and photographs; model aircraft and a variety of aviation artifacts
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Bigfoot Discovery Museum |
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Felton |
Santa Cruz |
Monterey Bay |
Entertainment |
website, myths, legends and sightings of Bigfoot
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Boronda History Center |
![Jose Eusebio Boronda Adobe 2012-09-25 11-44-35.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Jose_Eusebio_Boronda_Adobe_2012-09-25_11-44-35.jpg/120px-Jose_Eusebio_Boronda_Adobe_2012-09-25_11-44-35.jpg) |
Salinas |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
Historic house |
Operated by the Monterey County Historical Society, includes the Boronda Adobe
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California Oil Museum |
![Union Oil Company Building.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Union_Oil_Company_Building.jpg/120px-Union_Oil_Company_Building.jpg) |
Santa Paula |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Industry |
Local history and the history of the oil industry in California
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Cabrillo College Gallery |
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Aptos |
Santa Cruz |
Monterey Bay |
Art |
website, part of Cabrillo College, hosts 12 exhibitions annually
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CAF – So Cal Wing Aviation Museum |
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Camarillo |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Aviation |
website, operated by Commemorative Air Force, Southern California Wing at Camarillo Airport
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Camarillo Ranch |
![Camarillo Ranch House 2.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Camarillo_Ranch_House_2.jpg/120px-Camarillo_Ranch_House_2.jpg) |
Camarillo |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Historic house |
Queen Anne style Victorian home furnished to appear as from 1914 to the 1930s
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Camp Roberts Historical Museum |
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Camp Roberts |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
Military |
website, history of the California National Guard post
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Capitola Historical Museum |
|
Capitola |
Santa Cruz |
Central Coast |
Local history |
website
|
Carmel Mission |
![MissionCarmelSEGL2.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/MissionCarmelSEGL2.jpg/120px-MissionCarmelSEGL2.jpg) |
Carmel-by-the-Sea |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
History |
Historic Roman Catholic mission church with several museums of local and mission history
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Carnegie Art Museum |
![Carneige Art Museum, Oxnard.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Carneige_Art_Museum%2C_Oxnard.jpg/120px-Carneige_Art_Museum%2C_Oxnard.jpg) |
Oxnard |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Art |
Collection of primarily 20th century California artists
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Carpinteria Valley Museum of History |
![Museumsign.JPG](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/97/Museumsign.JPG/120px-Museumsign.JPG) |
Carpinteria |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Local history |
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Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Transportation |
website, carriages, wagons, saddles
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Casa de la Guerra |
![USA-Santa Barbara-Casa De la Guerra-1.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/USA-Santa_Barbara-Casa_De_la_Guerra-1.jpg/120px-USA-Santa_Barbara-Casa_De_la_Guerra-1.jpg) |
Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Historic house |
Residence of the fifth commandant of the Presidio of Santa Barbara
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Casa del Herrero |
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Montecito |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Historic house |
1920s estate, tours by appointment
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Casa Dolores |
|
Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Art |
Popular arts of Mexico
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Carmel |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
Art |
website, photography
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Central Coast Veterans Memorial Museum |
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San Luis Obispo |
San Luis Obispo |
Central Coast |
Military |
website
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|
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Oxnard |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Maritime |
website, maritime art, ship models dating back to 1622, local maritime history, art exhibits
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Chumash Indian Museum |
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Thousand Oaks |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Native American |
website
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Colton Hall |
![Colton Hall.JPG](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Colton_Hall.JPG/120px-Colton_Hall.JPG) |
Monterey |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
Local history |
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Conejo Valley Art Museum |
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Thousand Oaks |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Art |
website
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Conservation Corps State Museum |
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San Luis Obispo |
San Luis Obispo |
Central Coast |
Military |
History of the Civilian Conservation Corps in California
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Dallidet Adobe |
![Dallidet Adobe and Gardens.JPG](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Dallidet_Adobe_and_Gardens.JPG/120px-Dallidet_Adobe_and_Gardens.JPG) |
San Luis Obispo |
San Luis Obispo |
Central Coast |
Historic house |
website, 1850s adobe and gardens
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Dana Adobe |
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Nipomo |
San Luis Obispo |
Central Coast |
Historic house |
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DigiBarn Computer Museum |
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Boulder Creek |
Santa Cruz |
Monterey Bay |
Computer |
Birth and evolution of personal, interactive computing, open by appointment
|
Dudley House Museum |
![Dudley House from Southeast.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Dudley_House_from_Southeast.jpg/120px-Dudley_House_from_Southeast.jpg) |
Ventura |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Historic house |
1892 Victorian farm house, operated by San Buenaventura Heritage
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Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery |
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Santa Cruz |
Santa Cruz |
Monterey Bay |
Art |
website, part of Cowell College of the University of California, Santa Cruz, focus is art of the Monterey Bay region
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Elverhoj Museum of History and Art |
![Elverhøj Museum of History & Art.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Elverh%C3%B8j_Museum_of_History_%26_Art.jpg/120px-Elverh%C3%B8j_Museum_of_History_%26_Art.jpg) |
Solvang |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Multiple |
website, local history and art, Danish heritage and Danish-American pioneers
|
Estrella Warbird Museum |
![OV-10 Bronco at Estrella.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/OV-10_Bronco_at_Estrella.jpg/120px-OV-10_Bronco_at_Estrella.jpg) |
Paso Robles |
San Luis Obispo |
Central Coast |
Aviation |
Military aircraft and memorabilia, Woodland Auto Display
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|
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Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Historic house |
website, operated by the Santa Barbara Historical Association, Queen Anne-style Victorian home
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Fillmore and Western Railway |
![FWRY Engines.JPG](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/FWRY_Engines.JPG/120px-FWRY_Engines.JPG) |
Fillmore |
Ventura |
Santa Clara River Valley |
Railroad |
Heritage railroad
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|
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Fillmore |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Open air |
website, includes the 1905 Hinckley House, Rancho Sespe Bunk House, and Southern Pacific Railroad Depot
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Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village |
![Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village (3).jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Grandma_Prisbrey%27s_Bottle_Village_%283%29.jpg/120px-Grandma_Prisbrey%27s_Bottle_Village_%283%29.jpg) |
Simi Valley |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Art |
Folk art "village" of shrines, walkways, sculptures, and buildings from recycled items
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Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center |
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Guadalupe
|
Santa Barbara
|
Central Coast
|
Local and Natural History
|
website, historic Craftsman bungalow with local and natural history exhibits about the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, art gallery, artifacts from The Ten Commandments
|
Gull Wings Children's Museum |
|
Oxnard |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Children's |
website
|
Hans Christian Andersen Museum |
|
Solvang |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Biographical |
website, life and works of Hans Christian Andersen
|
Hearst Castle |
![Ext hearst castle.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Ext_hearst_castle.jpg/120px-Ext_hearst_castle.jpg) |
San Simeon |
San Luis Obispo |
Central Coast |
Historic house |
Palatial mansion, home of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst
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History Center of San Luis Obispo |
![SLO historical museum.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/SLO_historical_museum.jpg/120px-SLO_historical_museum.jpg) |
San Luis Obispo |
San Luis Obispo |
Central Coast |
Local history |
Changing exhibits of local history and culture
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Jack House and Gardens |
|
San Luis Obispo |
San Luis Obispo |
Central Coast |
Historic house |
Victorian period home
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John Steinbeck House |
![SteinbeckHouse.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/SteinbeckHouse.jpg/120px-SteinbeckHouse.jpg) |
Salinas |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
Historic house |
Victorian birthplace of author John Steinbeck, also a restaurant
|
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum |
|
Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Library |
Changing exhibits from its literary and historic documents collections
|
La Purísima Mission State Historic Park |
![La Purisima Mission.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/La_Purisima_Mission.jpg/120px-La_Purisima_Mission.jpg) |
Lompoc |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Open air |
Includes restored mission church, shops, living quarters and blacksmith shop
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Larkin House |
![Larkin House.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Larkin_House.jpg/120px-Larkin_House.jpg) |
Monterey |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
Historic home |
Home of Thomas O. Larkin.
|
Lompoc Museum |
|
Lompoc |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Local history |
Chumash Indians, archeology and history of the Lompoc Valley and Santa Barbara County
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Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad |
![Nuestra Senora del la Soledad chapel.JPG](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Nuestra_Senora_del_la_Soledad_chapel.JPG/120px-Nuestra_Senora_del_la_Soledad_chapel.JPG) |
Soledad |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
History |
Restored late 18th century Spanish mission
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Mission San Antonio de Padua |
![Mission San Antonio de Padua modern.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Mission_San_Antonio_de_Padua_modern.jpg/120px-Mission_San_Antonio_de_Padua_modern.jpg) |
Jolon |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
History |
Historic Roman Catholic mission church with museum of history and archeology of early California and Native American cultures
|
Mission San Buenaventura |
![Mission San Buenaventura.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Mission_San_Buenaventura.jpg/120px-Mission_San_Buenaventura.jpg) |
Ventura |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
History |
Historic Roman Catholic mission church with museum of Chumash Indian artifacts and mission-era items
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Mission San Luis Obispo |
|
San Luis Obispo |
San Luis Obispo |
Central Coast |
Religious |
Changing exhibits of local history and culture
|
Mission San Miguel Arcángel |
![MissionSanMiguelPlaza2008.JPG](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/MissionSanMiguelPlaza2008.JPG/120px-MissionSanMiguelPlaza2008.JPG) |
San Miguel |
San Luis Obispo |
Central Coast |
Religious |
Historic mission church, also contains a museum about the church's history
|
Mission Santa Barbara |
![SBMissionViewSE.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/SBMissionViewSE.jpg/120px-SBMissionViewSE.jpg) |
Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Historic church |
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Mission Santa Inés |
![Mission StInes.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Mission_StInes.jpg/120px-Mission_StInes.jpg) |
Solvang |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Historic church |
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Monterey Bay Aquarium |
![MontereyBayAquariumBackview.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/MontereyBayAquariumBackview.jpg/120px-MontereyBayAquariumBackview.jpg) |
Monterey |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
Natural history |
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King City |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
Open air |
website, includes the exhibit barn, blacksmith shop, and the History of Irrigation Museum, 1898 Spreckels House, 1887 schoolhouse, 1903 train depot
|
Monterey County Youth Museum |
|
Monterey |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
Children's |
website
|
Monterey Museum of Art |
|
Monterey |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
Art |
Collections specialize in American Art, particularly Monterey Peninsula and the West Coast, and Asian art
|
Monterey State Historic Park |
|
Monterey |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
Open air |
10 historic buildings including the Old Customhouse, Larkin House, other historic house museums and a local history museum
|
Morro Bay State Park Museum of Natural History |
![Morro Bay Museum of Natural History.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Morro_Bay_Museum_of_Natural_History.jpg/120px-Morro_Bay_Museum_of_Natural_History.jpg) |
Morro Bay |
San Luis Obispo |
Central Coast |
Natural history |
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Mullin Automotive Museum |
|
Oxnard |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Automotive |
Features French automobiles of the 1920s and 1930s, and French Art Deco furniture and decorative arts
|
|
|
Oxnard |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Automotive |
website, vintage automobiles and Americana, H/O scale train layouts
|
Museum of Art & History @ the McPherson Center |
|
Santa Cruz |
Santa Cruz |
Monterey Bay |
Multiple |
Art, history of Santa Clara County, also known as the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
|
Museum of Monterey |
|
Monterey |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
Maritime |
Operated by the Monterey History & Art Association
|
|
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Ventura |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Multiple |
website, Ventura County's history, art and culture
|
National Steinbeck Center |
![NationalSteinbeckCentre.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/NationalSteinbeckCentre.jpg/120px-NationalSteinbeckCentre.jpg) |
Salinas |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
Biographical |
Works and philosophy of author John Steinbeck, local history, art and cultural exhibits
|
Ojai Valley Museum |
|
Ojai |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Multiple |
Located in a former church, exhibits include local history and art, Native American baskets, pioneer tools, photographs, agriculture, oil
|
|
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Monterey |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
Jail |
website, city jail used from 1854 to 1956
|
Olivas Adobe |
![Olivas Adobe (Ventura, California).jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Olivas_Adobe_%28Ventura%2C_California%29.jpg/120px-Olivas_Adobe_%28Ventura%2C_California%29.jpg) |
Ventura |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Historic house |
Mid 19th century adobe
|
|
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Oxnard |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Historic house |
website, museum in planning, Ventura County Landmark No. 165: Gottfried Maulhardt/Albert Pfeiler Farm Site
|
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History |
|
Pacific Grove |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
Natural history |
Local plants, animals, geology, and native human populations
|
Pajaro Valley Historical Association |
|
Watsonville |
Santa Cruz |
Monterey Bay |
Local history |
Includes Bockius-Orr House and the Volck Museum, a carriage house with local history exhibits
|
Parks-Janeway Carriage House |
|
Santa Ynez |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Local history |
website, over 35 horse-drawn vehicles, operated by the Santa Ynez Valley Historical Society Museum
|
Paso Robles Children's Museum at the Volunteer Firehouse |
|
Paso Robles |
San Luis Obispo |
Central Coast |
Children's |
website, also heritage of the Paso Robles Volunteer Firefighters
|
Paso Robles Historical Society Museum |
|
Paso Robles |
San Luis Obispo |
Central Coast |
local history |
website, housed in the old Carnegie Library in the Downtown City Park
|
Paso Robles Pioneer Museum |
|
Paso Robles |
San Luis Obispo |
Central Coast |
Local history |
website, includes replica jail, historic schoolhouse, farming and mining equipment, cowboy display, carriages
|
Picard Trade Bead Museum and African Art Gallery |
|
Carmel |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
Decorative art |
website, history and aesthetic display of beads traded in Africa throughout the centuries
|
Piedras Blancas Lighthouse |
![PiedrasBlancasLighthoue 4768.JPG](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/PiedrasBlancasLighthoue_4768.JPG/120px-PiedrasBlancasLighthoue_4768.JPG) |
San Simeon |
San Luis Obispo |
Central Coast |
Maritime |
Guided lighthouse tours
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Pleasant Valley Historical Society Museum |
|
Camarillo |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Local history |
website, local history museum and botanical garden
|
Point Hueneme Lighthouse |
![Point Hueneme Lighthouse.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Point_Hueneme_Lighthouse.jpg/120px-Point_Hueneme_Lighthouse.jpg) |
Port Hueneme |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Maritime |
Lighthouse tours
|
Point Pinos Lighthouse |
![Point Pinos lighthouse.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Point_Pinos_lighthouse.jpg/120px-Point_Pinos_lighthouse.jpg) |
Pacific Grove |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
Maritime |
|
Port Hueneme Historical Society Museum |
|
Port Hueneme |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Local history |
website
|
Point San Luis Lighthouse |
![Point San Luis Lighthouse.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Point_San_Luis_Lighthouse.jpg/120px-Point_San_Luis_Lighthouse.jpg) |
Avila Beach |
San Luis Obispo |
Central Coast |
Maritime |
Guided lighthouse tours
|
Point Sur Lighthouse |
![Sanc0831 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Sanc0831_-_Flickr_-_NOAA_Photo_Library.jpg/120px-Sanc0831_-_Flickr_-_NOAA_Photo_Library.jpg) |
Big Sur |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
Maritime |
Located in Point Sur Lightstation State Historic Park
|
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Monterey |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
Military |
website, development of the Presidio as a training base and Monterey's military history
|
Presidio of Santa Barbara |
![SB Presidio.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/SB_Presidio.jpg/120px-SB_Presidio.jpg) |
Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Open air |
Also known as El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park
|
Rancho Camulos |
![Camulos postcard 1913.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Camulos_postcard_1913.jpg/120px-Camulos_postcard_1913.jpg) |
Piru |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Open air |
40-acre (16 ha) National Historic Landmark with 15 structures, situated within an 1,800-acre (7.3 km2) working ranch
|
Rancho de Guadalupe Historical Society Museum |
|
Guadalupe |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Local history |
website
|
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Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
History |
website, Reagan Ranch artifacts, accomplishments of President Ronald Reagan's presidency
|
Rancho la Patera & Stow House |
![Stow house goleta historical.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Stow_house_goleta_historical.jpg/120px-Stow_house_goleta_historical.jpg) |
Goleta |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Historic house |
Operated by the Goleta Valley Historical Society
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Rios-Caledonia Adobe |
![RiosCaledoniaAdobe EastSide2.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/RiosCaledoniaAdobe_EastSide2.jpg/120px-RiosCaledoniaAdobe_EastSide2.jpg) |
San Miguel |
San Luis Obispo |
Central Coast |
Historic house |
Friends of the Adobes, Inc. www.rios-caledoniaadobe.org
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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library |
![View of the Reagan Library from the south.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/View_of_the_Reagan_Library_from_the_south.jpg/120px-View_of_the_Reagan_Library_from_the_south.jpg) |
Simi Valley |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Open air |
Library, final resting place and museum about President Ronald Reagan
|
San Juan Bautista State Historic Park |
![Mission San Juan Bautista.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Mission_San_Juan_Bautista.jpg/120px-Mission_San_Juan_Bautista.jpg) |
San Juan Bautista |
San Benito |
Central Coast |
Open air |
Includes the Jose Castro House, the Mission San Juan Bautista, a jail, blacksmith shop and early American settler's cabin
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San Lorenzo Valley Museum |
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Boulder Creek |
Santa Cruz |
Monterey Bay |
Local history |
website, operated by the San Lorenzo Valley Historical Society
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San Luis Obispo Children's Museum |
|
San Luis Obispo |
San Luis Obispo |
Central Coast |
Children's |
website
|
San Luis Obispo Museum of Art |
|
San Luis Obispo |
San Luis Obispo |
Central Coast |
Art |
website, emphasizes artwork by contemporary, living California artists
|
San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum |
|
San Luis Obispo |
San Luis Obispo |
Central Coast |
Railroad |
Railroad history of California and the Central Coast, historic railroad equipment and artifacts
|
Santa Barbara Historical Museum |
![Historical Adobe Santa Barbara.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Historical_Adobe_Santa_Barbara.jpg/120px-Historical_Adobe_Santa_Barbara.jpg) |
Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Local history |
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Santa Barbara Maritime Museum |
|
Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Maritime |
website, boat models, surfing, survival at sea, commercial fishing and diving, Channel Islands
|
Santa Barbara Museum of Art |
![Santa Barbara Museum of Art exterior.JPG](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Santa_Barbara_Museum_of_Art_exterior.JPG/120px-Santa_Barbara_Museum_of_Art_exterior.JPG) |
Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Art |
American European, Asian art, antiquities, modern and contemporary art, prints, drawings and photographs
|
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History |
![Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History - exterior.JPG](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Santa_Barbara_Museum_of_Natural_History_-_exterior.JPG/120px-Santa_Barbara_Museum_of_Natural_History_-_exterior.JPG) |
Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Natural history |
Includes dioramas of birds, mammals, and southern California habitats, halls of marine life, geology and Chumash Indian life, art gallery dedicated to antique natural history prints
|
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sea Center |
![Ty Warner Sea Center - exterior closeup.JPG](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Ty_Warner_Sea_Center_-_exterior_closeup.JPG/120px-Ty_Warner_Sea_Center_-_exterior_closeup.JPG) |
Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Natural history |
Operated by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, marine education center
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Santa Barbara Surfing Museum |
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Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Sports |
Surfboards, ukuleles, important figures
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Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park |
![MissionSantaCruzCalifornia.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/MissionSantaCruzCalifornia.jpg/120px-MissionSantaCruzCalifornia.jpg) |
Santa Cruz |
Santa Cruz |
Monterey Bay |
Open air |
Includes replica late 18th century Spanish mission church, adobe
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Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History |
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Santa Cruz |
Santa Cruz |
Monterey Bay |
Natural history |
Wildlife, habitats, fossils, geology and Native peoples of the Santa Cruz Region, marine life
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Santa Cruz Surfing Museum |
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Santa Cruz |
Santa Cruz |
Monterey Bay |
Sports |
Surfing history and culture
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Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum |
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Santa Maria |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Children's |
website
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Santa Maria Valley Historical Society Museum |
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Santa Maria |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Local history |
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Santa Paula |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Art |
website, collection focus is work by local artists
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Santa Susana Depot |
![Santa Susana Station.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Santa_Susana_Station.jpg/100px-Santa_Susana_Station.jpg) |
Simi Valley |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Railroad |
Former Southern Pacific Railroad depot
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Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum |
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Santa Ynez |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Local history |
website, also includes Parks-Janeway Carriage House with over 35 horse-drawn vehicles
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Satwiwa Native American Indian Culture Center |
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Newbury Park |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Native American |
website
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Sesnon Art Gallery |
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Santa Cruz |
Santa Cruz |
Monterey Bay |
Art |
website, part of Porter College of the University of California, Santa Cruz
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Seymour Marine Discovery Center |
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Santa Cruz |
Santa Cruz |
Monterey Bay |
Natural history |
Part of the Long Marine Laboratory, features marine exhibit halls, aquarium, touch tanks, tours to marine mammal research overlook
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Simi Valley |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Sports |
Skatepark and museum
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Solvang Vintage Motorcycle Museum |
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Solvang |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Transportation |
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South Coast Railroad Museum |
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Goleta |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Railroad |
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South County Historical Society |
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Arroyo Grande |
San Luis Obispo |
Central Coast |
Open air |
website, complex includes Heritage House Museum, Paulding History House, Santa Manuela Schoolhouse, IOOF Hall with changing local history exhibits, and The "Barn" with antique vehicles and agriculture equipment
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Stagecoach Inn Museum |
![Stagecoach Inn.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Stagecoach_Inn.jpg/120px-Stagecoach_Inn.jpg) |
Newbury Park |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Open air |
Operated by the Conejo Valley Historical Society, includes replicas of the Stagecoach Inn with local natural history exhibits, carriage house with vehicles, 1874 pioneer home, blacksmith shop, Spanish-Mexican adobe and a Chumash Ap (tule dwelling)
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Steinbeck's Spirit of Monterey Wax Museum |
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Monterey |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
Wax |
Monterey historic figures[2]
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Strathearn Historical Park and Museum |
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Simi Valley |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Open air |
Includes the Simi Adobe-Strathearn House, children's playhouse, 1902 Catholic church, library, barber shop, pitting shed and barns with farm tools and equipment
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Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Doll |
website
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Templeton Historical Museum |
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Templeton |
San Luis Obispo |
Central Coast |
Local history |
website
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Tor House and Hawk Tower |
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Carmel-by-the-Sea |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
Historic house |
Home of poet Robinson Jeffers
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Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Historic house |
website, operated by the Santa Barbara Historical Association, 1845 adobe
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U.S. Navy Seabee Museum |
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Port Hueneme |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Military |
website, history of the Seabees and the Civil Engineer Corps located at Naval Base Ventura County
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Vandenberg Air Force Base Space and Missile Heritage Center |
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Vandenberg Air Force Base |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Aerospace |
Evolution of missile and spacelift activity at Vandenberg
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Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology |
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Camarillo |
Ventura |
Central Coast |
Natural history |
Research museum with guided tours of its collection of bird, nest and egg specimens once a month
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Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Art |
website, part of the Adams Center for the Visual Arts at Westmont College
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Solvang |
Santa Barbara |
Central Coast |
Art |
website, art and photography of America's wilderness and wildlife
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Whalers Cabin |
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Carmel-by-the-Sea |
Monterey |
Monterey Bay |
Multiple |
Displays include history of Point Lobos, area fisherman and immigrants, adjacent Whaling Station Museum with whaling artifacts
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