Visitor Centers

photo - Outdoors Santa Barbara Visitor Center

Outdoors Santa Barbara Visitor Center
Enjoy the best view from the balcony of this visitor center in Waterfront Center in the Santa Barbara Harbor. Outdoors Santa Barbara Visitor Center is a partnership between Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Channel Islands National Park and the United States Forest Service. 113 Harbor Way, 4th floor, Santa Barbara, CA. 93109 Ph. 805.884.1475 Click here for more information.

photo - The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is located in the Waterfront Center in the Santa Barbara Harbor. The Museum preserves and presents to the public the maritime history of California's Central Coast, while providing an ongoing educational platform to study and record human interaction with the marine environment. The Sanctuary and the Museum are developing five interactive exhibits featuring the shipwrecks at the Channel Islands. Sanctuary staff also participate in ongoing lecture series at the Museum. The Museum is located at 113 Harbor Way, Santa Barbara, California, 93109. Phone 805-962-8404. Click here for more information.

Cabrillo High School Aquarium
is located on the Campus of Cabrillo High School in the Lompoc Unified School District. High school students are active participants in the daily maintenance, operation and outreach programs of the Aquarium. The Sanctuary partners with the Aquarium on exhibits, including a weather kiosk display and other educational programs. The Aquarium is located at 4350 Constellation Rd., Vandenberg Village, CA 93436. Click here for more info.

photo - S.B. Museum of Natural History Sea Center S.B. Museum of Natural History Sea Center
The Sea Center, located on Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara, California is closed for renovation until June 2003 when it will reopen as a hands on immersion laboratory that highlights the work of scientists who explore, monitor and discover ways to preserve our oceans. The Sanctuary is collaborating with the Sea Center on educational exhibits and programs. Click here for more information.

Channel Islands National Park Visitor Center
The National Park Visitor Center has several marine and Channel Islands related educational displays including a rocky tidepool, elephant seal exhibit and pygmy mammoth exhibit. There is also a theatre, bookstore and Channel Islands Information Center. The Visitor Center is located is 1901 Spinnaker Drive, Ventura, California 93001. Phone: 805-658-5730. Click here for more information.

South Coast Watershed Resource Center
Built at the request of Santa Barbara County in response to growing concern about the South Coast’s water quality, the Watershed Resource Center makes the connection between healthy watersheds and each of our own personal habits-such as cleaning up after pets, landscaping with native plants and properly disposing of everyday chemicals. Other features of the Center include a native plant area, an ocean view deck, a tile mosaic of the Channel Islands, a wetlab for testing water samples, and a special area for the building of a tomol- the traditional redwood plank canoe used by early Chumash people. A research area open to the public includes two on-line computers and a public library. The Center is located at Arroyo Burro Beach at 2981 Cliff Drive in Santa Barbara, California 93109. Phone 805-682-6113. Click here for more information.