Ventura County Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula

Bees, Bugs &Tractors Star at Opening of Museum of Ventura County's Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula

Museum of Ventura County
Agriculture Museum
926 Railroad Ave.
Santa Paula, California 93061
805-525-3100
venturamuseum.org

The museum is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday, with admission $4 adults, $3 seniors, $1 children 6-17, and children under 6 free. Membership in the Museum of Ventura County includes free admission to both their Agriculture Museum and the Museum of Ventura County's primary location at 100 East Main Street in Ventura.

Come see inside our hard working beehive, let your kids climb on a vintage tractor, and learn about how food is grown, at the Museum of Ventura County's long awaited Agriculture Museum.

Insects: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, features the museum's own beehive and magnified images of bees taken with a scanning electron microscope by artist and photographer Rose-Lynn Fisher. The exhibit also focuses on the threat posed to farmers by the tiny but frightening Asian Citrus Psyllid insect. Eight vintage tractors, dating from 1914 to 1955, are found throughout the building, including one upon which children can sit. The machines are part of a rotating display of the museum's nationally recognized collection of farm implements. display of the museum's nationally recognized collection of farm implements.

Permanent exhibits using rare historical photographs and interactive elements, tell the story of Ventura County's farming and ranching tradition. Starting with Mission times, visitors can trace the county's evolution into one of the nation's most productive growing regions, and learn what innovations are in store for an industry that presently employs more than 30,000 county residents.

The realization of more than 40 years of effort and dedication by supporters, the Agriculture Museum is appropriately housed in the landmark 1888 restored Mill building, at 926 Railroad Avenue, beside the railroad tracks and across from the depot in Santa Paula, California's historic downtown.

To receive information about the September 24 Grand Opening Celebration Fundraiser for the Agriculture Museum, please contact development@ venturamuseum.org.