Tag archives: Santa Barbara Historical Museum

Remembering Tuna Canyon Detention Station
By Hattie Beresford   |   March 1, 2018

The opening ceremonies for the Santa Barbara Historical Museum’s latest exhibit began with a moment of silence and prayer for the victims of the Thomas Fire and the tragic flood/debris flow. Although the exhibit focuses on the victims of another disaster, the wholesale internment of Japanese, German, and Italian residents of California during WWII, the […]

Displaced Santa Barbarans
By Lynda Millner   |   February 15, 2018

The Santa Barbara Historical Museum (SBHM) just opened a new dual exhibit titled “Displaced: The Detention & Internment of Santa Barbarans During World War II” and “Only The Oaks Remain”. The show opened on First Thursday and will be followed by two lectures: “The Road to Tuna Canyon” given Thursday, February 22, at 5:30 pm […]