Santa Barbara Surfing Museum
About Santa Barbara Surfing Museum
Santa Barbara Surfing Museum was a museum to the sport of surfing at 16 1/2 Herlena Avenue in Santa Barbara, California. It was established by Jim O'Mahoney and opened in 1992. The museum's collection included 50 surfboards including redwood and balsa boards designed by board builders including Reynolds Yater, as well as a collection of ukuleles.
In 2017, O'Mahoney announced that the museum was closing.
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- Founded
- 1992
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Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within a mile of Santa Barbara Surfing Museum; the closest, The Wolf Museum of Exploration and Innovation, is practically next door.
