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Local GemDowntown Santa Barbara
FreeThe historic downtown district of Santa Barbara, anchored by the State Street corridor of shops, restaurants and paseos.
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Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is a museum in Santa Barbara, CA, part of the Los Angeles guide. Cost: under $25.
2559 Puesta del Sol · Santa Barbara, CA
Why you should go…
The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History sits on a wooded campus near Mission Santa Barbara in California. Its galleries cover regional natural history, dinosaur and marine fossils, birds and insects, and Chumash Indian culture, and the grounds include a planetarium and space lab. The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and offers free parking in its own lot.
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