FREE ADMISSION: Family Day at CalNAM

California Nature & Art Museum

Join the California Nature Art Museum for a free-admission, end-of-summer Family Day on Sunday, August 3rd 2025, from 10AM – 3PM.

This annual event invites visitors to bring the whole family and enjoy free admission to the Museum, and participate in a variety of art-and-nature inspired activities.

Create your own unique art pieces using recycled materials (10AM-1PM), make friends with a lizard, snake, or tortoise from Mahni’s Reptiles (11AM-12PM), enjoy a free cheek or hand painting (12PM-2PM), wonder at live honeybees in an observation hive from Santa Barbara Hives (all day, 10AM-3PM).

Shake paws with an adoptable pet from SYV Humane Society (all day, 10AM-3PM)!

Additional partners include Santa Ynez Valley Children’s Museum and CommUnify – Head Start Program, who will provide educational resources, coloring pages, and new opportunities for engagement. End-of-Summer Family Day admission is free, and reservations are not required.

For more information, contact Rachel Metz at [email protected].

California Nature & Art Museum

1511-B Mission Dr, Solvang, CA 93463

Phone: (805) 688-1082

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