Exhibitions

Keeping History Alive

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Santa Monica History Museum is comprised of a main hall featuring curated exhibitions and six galleries exploring facets of regional history and culture with objects from our permanent collection.

Philomathean-Club
In partnership with SNAP we’ve developed an augmented-reality tour showcasing the historic Broadway neighborhood. Utilizing archival images, City-Scale technology brings the neighborhood to life, inviting viewers to walk its historic core to witness a thriving community full of schools, homes, and businesses..
Philomathean-Club
In partnership with SNAP we’ve developed an augmented-reality tour showcasing the historic Broadway neighborhood. Utilizing archival images, City-Scale technology brings the neighborhood to life, inviting viewers to walk its historic core to witness a thriving community full of schools, homes, and businesses..

Permanent Exhibitions

The permanent exhibitions provide specific and relevant stories of Santa Monica over time, enhanced with authentic artifacts, fabricated environments, interactive exhibits, audio/video programs and graphic & photographic panels.

Past Exhibitions

Explore our past exhibitions.

Revisit or see it for the first time through our online videos and photos of our past exhibitions.

Online Exhibitions

Our online exhibitions employ historical images from our permanent collection, celebrating beach culture, pleasure piers, and the evolution of our city.