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Museum of Ventura County — Freeze! February Events Incoming!

by Community Contributor • February 15, 2022 • Comments Off

Ivor Davis:

Up Close and Personal with Harry Benson

February 24th from 6-8pm

@ the Museum of Ventura County & Zoom

Harry Benson has been featured in LIFE, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and more. He’s had 40 solo exhibits, including at The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. He’s photographed every US President from Eisenhower to Biden. He marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; was next to Senator Robert Kennedy when he was assassinated; and photographed the Berlin Wall going up and down.

He has photographed Queen Elizabeth II, Sir Winston Churchill, Princess Diana, Muhammed Ali, Jacqueline Kennedy, The Shah of Iran, Amy Winehouse, Andy Warhol, Elizabeth Taylor, Jack Nicholson, Truman Capote, Michael Jackson, Dolly Parton, The Rolling Stones, and more.

In this popular series, author, journalist, and investigative reporter Ivor Davis speaks with a rotating guest list of extraordinary individuals.

Proof of vaccination will be required on arrival for in-person attendees. Masks will be required for this event. If you need a mask, we’re happy to provide one.

Museum members who register for this event (either in person or via Zoom) will be entered into a drawing to receive an autographed copy of Harry Benson’s “Harry Benson: Persons of Interest.” Become a member now and register for this event for your opportunity to receive the autographed book.

Brought to you in part by the generous support of

Robert Suskind, M.D. and Leslie Lewinter-Suskind

Family Fun Day

February 26th from 12-2pm

@ the Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula

Free

This month, celebrate Black History Month by learning about the contributions of African-American scientists and doing your own fun experiments: commemorate one of the first African-American female chemists, Bettye Washington Greene, by making your very own slime. You can make your slime glitter, glow-in-the-dark, foam, or maybe even a combination! Then, test how fast your eyes adjust to different images thanks to the discoveries of ophthalmologist, inventor, and UCLA professor, Dr. Patricia Bath.

Brought to you in part by the

generous support of

Aera Energy

Digital Jigsaw Puzzles

Vintage Valentine’s Day Cards

Take a moment to relax with our new online jigsaw puzzles featuring vintage Valentine’s Day cards, circa 1920s, that can be found at the Research Library. Many of them are gorgeously elaborate three dimensional pop up cards. Click here to enjoy!

Brought to you in part by the

generous support of

Ellen Brokaw and

Al Lowe Construction

Journal Flashback

The Point Hueneme Lighthouse

In this month’s Journal Flashback we are sharing an article on the original Port Hueneme Lighthouse. The precariousness of the Santa Barbara Channel necessitated a lighthouse at the channel’s entrance. Learn about the people who lived and worked there, the shipwrecks it prevented, and what happened to the structure. Click here to enjoy!

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

Admission to both Museums is now FREE.

Arte Para la Gente:

The Collected Works of Margaret Garcia

Now – Spring 2022

at the Museum of Ventura County

Arte Para la Gente explores artist Margaret Garcia’s vast body of work that captures and encapsulates culture, family, and urban life. Over the past four decades, Margaret Garcia has been a leader in the L.A. Chicano Art Movement, championing women, community, and those individuals who are marginalized by society. Her most recent works, many shown here for the first time, were painted in Ventura County.

Learn more here.

Sponsored by

Lazer Media

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and The Port of Hueneme

Crossing Borders

at the Museum of Ventura County

Crossing Borders features select works from 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.

Learn more here.

America’s Revolution

George Stuart Historical Figures®

at the Museum of Ventura County

Through these intensely

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

Learn more here.

Funding provided by the

Fred W. Smith Gallery Fund

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. Learn more here.

Made possible by the

Heritage Fund at VCCF

Farm to Market

at the Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula

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.

Learn more here.

Special thanks to

Santa Paula’s Mayor Carlos Juarez for volunteering his time and

talent in building our

fun-filled indoor market.