Discover your passion for the natural world and spend a day exploring land and sea at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and Ty Warner Sea Center. The earliest roots of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History extend back to 1876 when a group of professional scientists and amateurs founded the Santa Barbara Natural History Society with a small museum at 1226 State Street. Throughout the years, the Museum has grown steadily in all programs, establishing major collections in anthropology, earth sciences, and zoology, producing major scientific works and offering educational programs to school children and adults. Passes may be used at either the Museum or the Sea Center.