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Museum of Ventura County — Spring events and programs have just begun!

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Story Time at the Museum:
Earth Day
Friday, April 1st from 3-4pm
at the Museum of Ventura County
Free
The Museum of Ventura County has partnered with the County Library to bring bilingual (in English and Spanish) in-person Story Time every first Friday of the month at 3pm, for free. That way, kids will have time to come right after school. This month’s theme is EARTH DAY. Join us for stories, then play and learn in the Evelyn and Howard Boroughs Chumash Children’s Garden, a fabulous and FREE outing for ALL! Click here to learn more.
Mariposas del Campo Documentary Screening
Saturday, April 9th from 2-5pm
(Pre-event music with Juan Mendoza and bar will start at 2pm.
The event formally begins at 3pm.)
at the Museum of Ventura County
Free
Mariposas del Campo, an award-winning film by Bill Yahraus and Robin Rosenthal, shares the stories of indigenous Mixtec, Zapotec, and Purépecha teenagers from Mexico striving to change their families’ destinies in the strawberry fields of Oxnard, California. The documentary captures their journeys—with help from the characters’ own intimate videos—as they navigate cultural identity, parental expectations, economic challenges, and the justice needs of their migrant farmworker community. For young people whose lives have always been steeped in uncertainty, it takes a leap of faith to chase a dream.
Click here to RSVP to this free event.
English to Spanish interpretation by Amada Irma Perez.
English to Mixteco by MICOP.
Sponsored by the
Latino Advisory Committee, Oxnard Film Society, and MICOP (Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project)
Monoprint Workshop
with Margaret Garcia
Sunday, April 10th from 11am-2pm
at the Museum of Ventura County
Free for members
This fundamental monoprint workshop provides the opportunity to be taught by the prolific artists Margaret Garcia and Bonnie Lambert. Students will walk away with the knowledge needed to create monoprints, and their very own monoprint in hand. Supplies will be provided for the workshop, but it is recommended that students arrive with their own paintbrushes. This class is for anyone 16 years of age and over.
Click here to RSVP and learn more.
Life Drawing
with Cathy Barroca and Barbara Brown
Wednesday, April 13th
from 6:30-8:30pm
at the Museum of Ventura County
Join us for open model drawing sessions with nude and clothed models at your Museum, occurring twice a month, every other Wednesday night until early November. Every experience level is welcome. Learn with artists Cathy Barroca and Barbara Brown. Chairs and easels will be provided; artists must bring their own supplies.
10-35 participants per class.
Click here to RSVP and learn more.
The Ventura County Flower and Weed
Show and Exhibit
April 22nd – 24th from 11am – 5pm
at the Agriculture Museum
Free
This series and pop-up exhibit celebrate the wide variety of plants in Ventura County. Visit to learn about the invasive Arundo plant and how it negatively impacts our vital watersheds, early detection and rapid response for invasive weeds, Romain Young’s 1916 local plant collection, and more. Click here to learn more about the exhibit and free events.
Sponsored by the
Ventura County Weed
Management Area.
Not If But When
Documentary Screening
Saturday, April 23rd from 2-4pm
at the Museum of Ventura County
Free
Awarded Best Environmental Visions Film at the Sacramento International Film Festival, the film discusses how wildfires are becoming a global issue. California is one of the places that is hit the hardest. The film is based on interviews with leading experts from state, federal, and grassroots organizations, water agencies, community partnerships, and more.
Click here to RSVP and learn more.
Ivor Davis:
Up Close and Personal
with Bob Eubanks
Thursday, April 28th from 6:30-8pm
at the Museum of Ventura County
Free for members
Many recognize Bob Eubanks as a TV personality and game show host, best known for hosting the explosively popular “The Newlywed Game.” In this fun evening, you will learn so much more about Bob, including the little-known story of how meeting the Beatles helped launch his career, and all the twists and turns that recently earned him a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award.
Click here to RSVP and learn more.
Meme Contest
Write your own text to go with the featured image for your chance to win a Museum of Ventura County mug, a collection of our custom pens, or an artistic magnet showcasing a famous 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.
Digital Jigsaw Puzzles
Women’s Portraits
Please take a moment to relax with our new online jigsaw puzzles featuring 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.
Click here to enjoy!
Brought to you in part by the
generous support of
Ellen Brokaw and
Al Lowe Construction
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. Buildings, belongings, 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.
Click here to read more.
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 work that captures and encapsulates the 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, the community, and individuals 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’s 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 about what the
Agriculture Museum has to offer here.
Special thanks to
Santa Paula’s Mayor Carlos Juarez for volunteering his time and
talent in building our
fun-filled indoor market
Watch Season 3 of
MVC Insider!
Explore over a dozen virtual and 3D exhibits, including Nordic Myths & Legends, Huelga! Photographs from the Frontlines, California Cool, and more!
Engage with us on social media, where you’ll find our latest news and incredible artifacts, reels, and art from our collections!
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:
Major funding for these programs is made possible by the City of
San Buenaventura, the County of Ventura and private and community donors.