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Museum of Ventura County — Ag Interactive + Back Country Adventures

by Community Contributor • August 10, 2021 • Comments Off

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Your Museum in Ventura, in Santa Paula, and in your home

FARM TO MARKET

at the Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula

Now Open

Thursday—Sunday 11am–5pm

An interactive exhibit promoting healthy lifestyles through role-play, the Ag Market is an immersive environment where children and families identify healthy food choices in a market-like atmosphere.

Special thanks to

Santa Paula’s Mayor Carlos Juarez for volunteering his time and talent in building our fun-filled indoor market.

Mindfulness @ the Museum:

Upcoming Events

at the Museum of Ventura County

Tea Tasting Aug 12 @ 4-5pm

Vinyasa Flow Yoga Aug 19 @ 4-5pm

at the Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula Succulent Planting Aug 21 @ 10-11am

Journal Flashback

Staging and Stations on the Santa Clara

VENTURA TO SOLEDAD

Eugene Foster Percy shares his earliest memories of riding in his grandmother’s car (sitting on the floorboards) and all the near misses as everyone got a literal crash course in how to operate a vehicle.

Out and Back

VENTURA COUNTY BACKCOUNTRY ADVENTURES

In 2018 our library staff discovered 20 reels of 16mm film showing backwoods scenes from 1920’s Ventura County.

The film was too fragile to project, but

with a grant from the Schwemm Family Foundation, the film was conserved and digitized. It is a one-of-a-kind glimpse

into the backcountry experience from 100 years ago.

Local History

Happy Hour

with Doug Halter

August 31 @ 5-6pm

Join us on Zoom (or in-person,

for MVC members only!) for

the next installment featuring

Doug Halter.

Admission is free with registration.

Summer Exhibits + Programming

Museum of Ventura County

The Museum of Ventura County and the Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula are now officially open! Both museums are open Thursday—Sunday from 11am to 5pm.

Admission to both Museums is FREE through the end of the year.

Take a look at our current exhibits below!

Huelga!

Photographs from the Frontlines

by Jorge Corralejo

at the Museum of Ventura County

Huelga! is a photography exhibit that focuses on the 1970’s labor strikes and is featured alongside memorabilia from the collection of longtime local activist and civic leader, Jorge Corralejo.

Promotional support for this

exhibit generously provided by

Lazer Broadcasting

Crossing Borders

at the Museum of Ventura County

Crossing Borders features select works in the museum collection along with works by artists in the community who have immigrated to the US, sometimes as refugees in search of a safe haven, bringing their talent and creative ideas

with them.

America’s

Revolution

George Stuart Historical Figures®

at the Museum of Ventura County

Through his intricately created Historical Figures, George Stuart captures the colorful personalities involved in America’s struggle for independence.

Funding provided by the

Fred W. Smith Gallery Fund

Rock Paper Scissors

at the Museum of Ventura County

Taken from the childhood game of the same name, this exhibition features works from the Museum’s collection that utilize these materials: rock, paper and scissors.

Made possible by the

Tom and Esther Wachtell Family Fund

The Weed Project: Outlaws of the Super Bloom & Crimes We Commit in the Garden

at the Museum of Ventura County

In the macro-style paintings of The Weed Project, Charlene Spiller draws a plumb line between art and science. She creates a new category of “bloom”, challenging

the viewer’s expectation of what constitutes beauty.

Made possible by Patti Channer

Summer Exhibits + Programming

Agriculture Museum

Tomols to Trains:

County Transportation

through the 1900s

at the Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula

Tomols to Trains explores how transportation played a role in Ventura County history. Visit the communities that struggled with the changes brought about by new modes of transportation.

See how towns and cities changed, how suburbs grew and how our farms and other industries became part of regional, national, and international economies.

Made possible by the

Heritage Fund at VCCF

Summer Garden Workshop Series:

Garden Crafts:

Leaf-imprinted Hypertufa Steppingstones

Join us at the Agriculture Museum on August 18, 2021 @ 9—10:30am for Garden Crafts: Leaf-imprinted Hypertufa Steppingstones.

Admission is free with registration. Space is limited to 12 participants.

MVC Recommends

West of Jim Crow:

The Fight Against California’s Color Line

Aug 10, 2021 05:30 PM

Lynn M. Hudson deepens our understanding of the practices that African Americans in the West deployed to dismantle Jim Crow in the quest for civil rights prior to the 1960s. Faced with institutionalized racism, Black Californians used both established and improvised tactics to resist and survive the state’s

color line.

Betsy Blanchard Chess

Book signing at Blanchard Library

Betsy Chess presents captivating vignettes

of her family and relatives and their impact

on Santa Paula and the Santa Clara Valley. Daughter of the Land sweeps readers through almost 200 years of a family’s history. It presents a unique view of a way of living that no longer exists, where pioneering methods of raising oranges and lemons gave rise to the great Limoneira Company.

Explore More Exclusive

MVC Online Content

Watch past episodes of

Story Time at the Museum

Explore over a dozen virtual and 3D exhibits, including Nordic Myths & Legends, Huelga! Photographs from the Frontlines, California Cool, and more!

Become an MVC Member today, and connect yourself to an engaged community. Enjoy all the special benefits that make being a member of the Museum of Ventura County so worthwhile.