Story Time at the Museum
Friday, March 4th from 3-4pm
@ the Museum of Ventura County
The Museum of Ventura County has been partnering with the county library to bring in-person Story Time every first Friday of the month. We’re welcoming you back to the Museum for the first one of the year. This month’s theme will be butterflies and we’ll be starting at 3pm so kids will have time to come right after school. Join us for stories, then play and learn in the Chumash Garden and Evelyn and Howard Boroughs Children’s Garden, a fabulous and FREE outing for ALL! Another reason to rejoice, this will be our very first bilingual Story Time at the Museum.
Click here to learn more.
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Family Fun Day:
Persian New Year Celebration
Saturday, March 19th from 12-2pm
@ the Museum of Ventura County
Free
Bring in the beginning of Spring and the Persian New Year with family and friends at the Museum of Ventura County. This event is celebrated on the Spring equinox by millions of people across the globe as a season of rebirth and good luck. This cultural event will be a fun afternoon for families and adults alike!
Click here to learn more.
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Ivor Davis:
Up Close and Personal
with Dianne Lake
Thursday, March 24th from 6:30-8pm
@ the Museum of Ventura County
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Dianne Lake was a seventh grade student whose hippie parents abandoned their traditional suburban lifestyle to join a cult called, The Wavy Gravy’s Hog Farm Commune in Tujunga, California. Along the way her parents met a man named Charles Manson. They were so impressed by him they turned their young daughter over to him. What happened next is a personal odyssey that is hard to believe. She will tell her own story of survival and redemption in the Museum’s newest episode of “Ivor Davis: Up Close and Personal”. Click here to RSVP and learn more.
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Margaret Garcia:
An Intimate Portrait Documentary Screening
Saturday, March 26th from 3-5pm
@ the Museum of Ventura County
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Margaret Garcia: An Intimate Portrait by filmmaker Ruben A. Zavala takes you on a journey into the private life of a trailblazing American painter and one of Southern California’s most authentic voices. Over a long-spanning career, visionary artist Margaret Garcia has transcended the Chicano art movement with her fearless fauvist approach to painting an intriguing variety of subjects while capturing raw human experiences.
Click here to RSVP and learn more.
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Write your own text to go with the featured image for your chance to win a Museum of Ventura Count mug, a collection of our custom pens, or an artistic magnet showcasing a popular painting by Margaret Garcia! The Museum of Ventura County’s Meme Contest is our way of making your local history free, accessible, and engaging for people of all ages.
Click here to join the fun.
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Digital Jigsaw Puzzles
Vintage Valentine’s Day Cards
Take a moment to relax with our new online jigsaw puzzles featuring portraits of women photographed by John Calvin Brewster. Brewster photographed people and places in Ventura County from 1874 until his death in 1909. Close to 300 of his stunning photos have been digitized by the Research Library to date.
Brought to you in part by the
generous support of
Ellen Brokaw and
Al Lowe Construction
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Journal Flashback
The St. Francis Dam’s Death Toll
In this month’s Journal Flashback we’re sharing an article by Patricia Allen on the horrific toll of the St. Francis Dam disaster of 1928. The dam was completed in 1926, located in what is now Santa Clarita. The dam broke near midnight of March 12, 1928, sending a wave of water and debris down the Santa Clara River watershed. Debris and people were swept away as far as the Oxnard plains and the Pacific Ocean. The tragedy remains the second-greatest loss of life in California’s history, after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
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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.
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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.
Sponsored by
Lazer Media
KXLM 102.9 • KLJR 96.7 • KOXR 102.1
and The Port of Hueneme
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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.
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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.
Funding provided by the
Fred W. Smith Gallery Fund
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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
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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.
Special thanks to
Santa Paula’s Mayor Carlos Juarez for volunteering his time and
talent in building our
fun-filled indoor market.
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15th Annual STOP Human Trafficking & Sexual Slavery Event
March 5th from 1-3pm
@ the Museum of Ventura County
Presented by Soroptimist International of Oxnard, Ventura, and Camarillo.
Every 30 seconds another person becomes a victim of human trafficking. Help us put an end to suffering with education, advocacy, and involvement.
Masks required in lobby, restrooms, and Pavilion. Learn more here. Speakers:
Opal Singleton Hendershot, President & CEO Million Kids
Lowell Smith, National Extremism Consulting & Training Services
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Watch Season 3 of
MVC Insider!
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Explore over a dozen virtual and 3D exhibits, including Nordic Myths & Legends, Huelga! Photographs from the Frontlines, California Cool, and more!
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Engage with us on social media where you’ll find our latest news, as well as incredible artifacts, reels, and art from our collections!
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Museum of Ventura County Business Club members are community leaders who are committed to the region’s history, art, and stories.
MVC thanks our current
for their support:
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Major funding for these programs is made possible by the City of
San Buenaventura, the County of Ventura and private and community donors.
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Museum of Ventura County • 100 East Main St. Ventura, CA 93001 • 805.653.0323
Agriculture Museum • 926 Railroad Ave. Santa Paula, CA 93060 • 805.525.3100
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