The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, and Museum of Ventura County will offer free admission on Saturday, March 23 as part of SoCal Museums 19th Annual Museums Free-for-All.

More than 30 Southern California museums — presenting art, cultural heritage, natural history, and science — will open their doors to visitors that day to attend free of charge. The three local museums are all members of SoCal Museums.

In the case of Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, booking advanced reservations by visiting sbnature.org is encouraged; and free admission is for the museum only, not the Sea Center. 

“We are thrilled, once again, to invite visitors from across Southern California to see the remarkable range of art, cultural heritage, natural history, film, and science that our museums and cultural organizations have to offer,” said Alexa Nishimoto, SoCal Museums president.

“The Museums Free-for-All has always been an opportunity for people to see something new or to revisit a treasured spot,” Nishimoto said. “The Free-for-All also serves as a reminder that many museums here in Southern California are always free and others offer these types of opportunities year round.”

A calendar of free days can be found at socalmuseums.org/free.

The offer is for general museum admission only and does not apply to specially ticketed exhibitions. Regular parking fees apply at each museum. Consult individual museum websites for hours, directions, and other visitor information.

For more, visit socalmuseums.org.