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Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History: Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz: Monterey Bay: Natural history: Wildlife, habitats, fossils, geology and Native peoples of the Santa Cruz Region, marine life Santa Cruz Surfing Museum: Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz: Monterey Bay: Sports: Surfing history and culture Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum: Santa Maria: Santa ...
The main item of interest at the museum is the trio of replica ships: the Pinta, Niña, and Santa María. The replicas were fashioned in the fishing port of Isla Cristina in western Huelva province as part of the celebrations of the fifth centenary of the Discovery of the Americas, and were the principle motive to create the Wharf of the Caravels.
Includes Gold Discovery Museum and Visitor Center, 20 historic buildings including mining, house, school, and store exhibits Mary Aaron Museum: Marysville: Yuba: Sacramento Valley: Historic house: Victorian-era house, exhibits of local history Mendenhall's Museum of Gasoline Pumps & Petroliana Buelton Santa Barbara Central Coast Automotive
Less than one year later, the Santa Maria Aeronautical Museum and Exhibits was chartered. [1] The museum initially opened in 1988 as a gift shop in the Santa Maria Airport terminal building. [ 2 ] Construction on a 6,000 sq ft (560 m 2 ) hangar began in June 1989, with plans at the time eventually calling for a 140,000 sq ft (13,000 m 2 ...
The city's second semipro football team, the Santa Maria Football Club, was founded in 1967. In 1968, they were renamed to the Santa Maria Hawks. In 1969, they were contracted to play as extras in the movie M*A*S*H. They disbanded in 1970. [20] In 1974, the Santa Maria Valley Historical Society Museum was opened at its current site. [20]
Santa Maria (Spanish for "St. Mary") is a city in the Central Coast of California in northern Santa Barbara County.It is approximately 65 miles (105 km) northwest of Santa Barbara and 150 miles (240 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
From 1987 to 2001, the operators of the museum and the Discovery Cube Orange County (then the Discovery Science Center) merged, although they split and the Science Center was renamed in 2001. Also in 1987, the citrus grove and rose gardens were first planted. [4] The museum's blacksmith shop opened on February 16, 1994.
This is a list of museums in Orange County, California, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.