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Museum of Ventura County is Reopening to Members!

by Community Contributor • October 23, 2020 • Comments Off

Dear Community,

The Museum of Ventura County and the Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula are reopening to members only beginning on Saturday, October 31! We have a new reservations and ticketing system in place to regulate the amount of traffic in the galleries, as well as limited operational days and hours.

Members, please click here to make your reservations.

We have extended our exhibits through the end of the year. Please read on to learn about what exciting things you’re about to see in our galleries as you return to the museum.

Thank you for your ongoing support of the Museum of Ventura County, and thank you for all that you do during these unprecedented times. We appreciate you, and we can’t wait to see you at MVC.

*Please read our visiting guidelines at the end of this email.

MVC Members!

Make your reservations today!

Not an MVC Member?

Join today!

If you have questions about the status of your membership,

please contact Scott Gordon at sgordon@venturamuseum.org.

On Display at the

Museum of Ventura County

100 E. Main St., Ventura

Wednesdays and Saturdays

11AM — 4PM

Ticket Reservations Required

Arte Forastero

Closes November 30, 2020!

The Museum of Ventura County and the Ventura Botanical Gardens is thrilled to host 14 regional artists in their first collaboration, Arte Forastero, located in the MVC Plaza and at the VBG Nursery and Lower Trails.

Huelga! Photographs from the Frontlines by Jorge Corralejo

Extended Through Winter 2020!

Visitors will learn about local activist and photographer Jorge Corralejo’s time with United Farm Workers, working alongside Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta from the Boston A & P strikes to the streets of Oxnard.

George Stuart Historical Figures:Nordic Myths & Legends

Extended Through Winter 2020!

Norse mythology consists of tales of various deities, beings, and heroes derived from numerous sources, including medieval manuscripts, archaeological representations, and folk tradition.

Legacy:

Seven Decades of Ventura College Art

Extended Through Winter 2020!

Legacy: Seven Decades of Ventura College Art presents a survey of the history, instructors, and artists who came out of the Ventura College art department.

Research Library at the Museum • 100 E. Main Street • Temporarily closed to visitors. For library assistance call 805-653-0323 ext. 320 or email library@venturamuseum.org

On Display at the

Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula

926 Railroad Ave., Santa Paula

Thursdays and Saturdays

11AM — 4PM

Ticket Reservations Required

Throwing Shade

Extended Through Winter 2020!

Throwing Shade provides a simple, focused examination of the coast live oak tree and its woodland community of plants and animals. Discover how the oak survives wildfire, drought (hot and dry periods),

and how it reproduces.

Ag Garden

Explore the Agriculture Musuem’s native and drought-tolerant gardens during your visit.

Albinger Archaeological Museum

Next to Mission San Buenaventura

Saturdays

11AM — 4PM

Spanning 3,500 years of history, visitors will learn about the Chumash Indians, Chinese immigrants and others who resided on the site by viewing displays, and archaeological digs uncovered in 1974.

Displays of stone bowls, shell beads, arrowheads, bone whistles, crucifixes, bottles, buttons and pottery inside the exhibit building are complimented outside by excavations of the foundations of the lost mission church, Native American barracks, and the oldest standing structure in Ventura County — the mission water filtration building.

Visiting Guidelines

Safety Measures and Protocols

For a complete list of our safety guidelines and protocols, please click here.

For the safety and comfort of all of our guests and volunteers, everyone inside the Museum will be required to wear a face covering for the duration of their visit. Visitors must sanitize their hands immediately upon entry and maintain 6 feet of distance between themselves and any person not in their party. Persons visiting the Museum as a group are limited to no more than 6 persons in their party. A maximum of 30 visitors per hour are allowed through the galleries.

Museum staff and volunteers will not be handling cash at this time (only credit or debit cards will be accepted). The Museum of Ventura County is adhering to all health screening procedures and cleaning and disinfecting protocols set forth by the County of Ventura, California Department of Public Health, and the CDC.