Editing Santa Barbara, California (section)

===Museums===
[[File:Casa de la Guerra right side.jpg|right|thumb|[[Casa de la Guerra]] is currently open as a museum.]]

The [[Santa Barbara Museum of Art]] (SBMA), located on State Street, features nationally recognized collections and special exhibitions of international importance. Highlights of the Museum's permanent collection include antiquities; 19th-century French, British, and American art; 20th-century and contemporary European, North American, and Latin American art; Asian art; photography; and works on paper. It has an education program that serves local and surrounding communities through extensive on-site programming and curriculum resources.

[http://www.mcasantabarbara.org Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara] (MCASB), located on the top floor of Paseo Nuevo shopping mall, is a non-profit, non-collecting museum dedicated to the exhibition, education, and cultivation of the arts of our time. It offers free admission to its exhibitions and public programming.

Other art venues include the [[University art museum, Santa Barbara|University Art Museum]] on the University of California at Santa Barbara Campus, various private galleries, and a wide variety of art and photography shows. The [[Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History]] is located immediately behind the [[Santa Barbara Mission]] in a complex of Mission-style buildings set in a park-like campus. The Museum offers indoor and outdoor exhibits and a state-of-the-art planetarium.

The [[Santa Barbara Historical Museum]] is located on De La Guerra Street. The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is located at 113 Harbor Way (the former [[Naval Reserve Center Santa Barbara]]) on the waterfront. The [[Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum]] (free admission) houses a collection of historical documents and manuscripts. Two open air museums here are [[Lotusland]] and [[Casa del Herrero]], exemplifying the American Country Place era in Santa Barbara. [[Casa Dolores]], center for the popular arts of Mexico, is devoted to the collection, preservation, study, and exhibition of an extensive variety of objects of the popular arts of Mexico.

The Reagan Ranch Center is a three-story museum and gallery operated by [[Young America's Foundation]], next to the Amtrak Station on Lower State Street. Its focus is the history of the [[Rancho del Cielo]] and the role it played in Ronald Reagan's life.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://reaganranch.yaf.org/exhibits-galleries/the-reagan-ranch-center-gallery/|title=The Reagan Ranch Center Gallery – Reagan Ranch|work=Reagan Ranch|access-date=June 18, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>