As with visiting the Strawberry Festival @ Oxnard, the trip to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History was also quite a last-minute decision. In fact, when we arrived at the museum, we had only an hour to check out the exhibits. Stephanie was particularly interested in the “special exhibition of the dinosaurs” and I had never been to the Santa Barbara Museum, so we thought, why not?
So the first thing that we did was to get to the exhibition room where all the dinosaurs were exhibited. We spent quite some time looking at the exhibits and reading about how the paleontologists worked to get the remains of the dinosaurs.
And this exhibition room…
… reminded me of “A Night At the Museum”. It was sooo surreal, I was feeling as thought I was in the movie, and something behind the glass would come to life and all..
And there was also a whale restoration project going on. The skeleton of the Blue Whale has been on display since 1983 and the exposure to the sun, rain and human contact has contributed to the natural process of decay. The restoration project was initiated to keep the popular display available to the public in the future.
More pictures of the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum here.
Up next: A visit to the Mojave Desert to look for desert tortoises.
P/S: Pictures taken during visits to other museums:
- American Museum of Natural History @ New York
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum @ Springfield, IL
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These are some awesome photos.
Fantastic photographs. Must have been an awesome experience. I never fail to get a sense of wonder whenever I visit any museum. What we have gone through and what we are is really awe inspiring.
Great photos! I’ve been to Santa Barbara a few times but never to the museum. Maybe it’s because the ocean keeps calling me there LOL Looks like a great museum though
Wah! I went to Santa Barbara but this small museum that I don’t remember the name. It was really small. I spent more time taking the bus than anything. Must go holiday with Pelf so she can shorten the traveling time and smell/detect the good places! I am a museum addict. Unfortunately, most people in Cal are not ‘cultured’ or so it was said.
Dinosaurs~! COOL~!
Who contributed their own skeleton for the display?
I’m so jealous!
san diego has such a lousy Natural history museum.