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Art, Design and Architecture Museum at UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA

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Art, Design and Architecture Museum at UCSB

A free university museum on the UCSB campus showing contemporary art, design, and architecture exhibitions.

University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106-7130 · Santa Barbara, CA

About Art, Design and Architecture Museum at UCSB

The museum sits on the University of California, Santa Barbara campus and serves as a teaching museum that rotates art and design exhibitions. Its Architecture and Design Collection, founded in 1963, is a large research archive focused on designers, architects, and planners from Southern California and is open by appointment. Visitors can see current exhibitions during public hours on Wednesday through Sunday afternoons.

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