The Museum also offers “Free First Sundays” every first Sunday of the month to encourage families and individuals to visit both museums.
A number of these exhibits have traveled to other museums and institutions. Exhibits: Our changing and permanent exhibits interpret our local history and culture in order to preserve knowledge of and stimulate interest and appreciation for Ventura County.We draw from all of these holdings to create interpretive exhibitions that illuminate our County’s past, and the possible course of its future. Research Library and Archives: A non-lending Research Library affiliated with the County Library holds over 170,000 items relating to our County’s history including maps, photographs, newspapers, books, periodicals, manuscripts, oral histories and video tapes, many of them rare and one-of-a-kind, articles of incorporation, and other county records.Artifacts relating to Ventura County’s early inhabitants, and to participation in local, national and global events such as the Spanish American War, World War II, and the Saint Francis Dam Disaster, chronicle the history of Ventura County to the present day. The fine arts portion of the collection includes priceless works by renowned local artists such as John Nava, Jessie Arms Botke, Omar d’Leon, Horace Bristol and Beatrice Wood, and more than 200 extraordinary historical figures by Ojai artist and historian George Stuart. Collections: The Fine Arts and Historical Artifacts collection includes more than 30,000 objects and works of art.Over 30,000 individuals per year enjoy the Museum’s exhibits, Research Library, tours, special programs, and events. In Santa Paula, the Agriculture Museum, with three galleries and a garden, tells the story of one of Ventura County’s biggest industries. The Ventura campus includes permanent and changing exhibit halls, a gallery dedicated to the George Stuart historical figures, a children’s garden, an historic courtyard, an events pavilion, and the Research Library.
The Research Library was created, and the Museum began to publish regular historical journals.īy 2012, the Museum occupied two buildings. While the Museum initially focused on the City of Ventura, it grew to encompass and be the official repository of historical artifacts and documents for the entire County of Ventura, and all ten of its cities. Its collections expanded to incorporate art, agricultural equipment, as well as memorabilia of all types, marking the passage of the eras in Ventura County. The Museum evolved and transformed significantly over the next 100 years. Priceless Chumash, Spanish and Mexican-American objects from his collection are on display in the galleries today.
Bard accepted historical objects in lieu of cash payment for his services. A compassionate man with wide-ranging interests, Dr. Cephas Bard, a Pennsylvania doctor who came to Ventura after the Civil War. Soon known as the Pioneer Museum, its collections of artifacts and curios were the legacy of Dr. The Museum of Ventura County first opened in 1913 in the newly built Ventura County Courthouse (now Ventura City Hall). The Museum of Ventura County, through its collections, exhibits, educational programs and publications, celebrates the history, art, and culture of Ventura County and the Channel Islands.
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