‘Giants: African Dinosaurs’ showcases Dr. Paul Sereno who is considered to one of the renowned paleontologist. Through this interactive dinosaur experience, learn about fossil discovery, be amazed by the art and beauty of ancient bones and even search and dig for hidden fossils.

Spanning approximately two centuries--from the mid-18th to the mid-20th century--the core of this collection area consists of the original 60 paintings of the Preston Morton Collection given in 1960, now expanded through gifts and purchases to include some 400 paintings and sculptures.

The museum's 19th century print collection chronicles the proliferation of early French lithography in holdings of over 4,000 works, presenting an opportunity for insight into the highly-charged politics and culture of the period. Other areas of particular strength include turn-of-the-century American posters, featuring the works of Lucien Metivet, Alphonse Mucha, Maxfield Parrish and Gustave Klimt; the documents and prints of Felicien Rops; and the artists of the 19th-century Etching Revival, a movement designed to elevate the medium to the same artistic stature as painting and sculpture.

Focus talks explore a special exhibition or particular collection, such as Antiquities, American, Asian, European, Modern and Contemporary art or photography.

Meet at the State Street entrance. Highlight talks cover a variety of works from the museum's collection.

This exhibition of paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints and photographs from the museum's permanent collection of contemporary art from Asia, Europe and the Americas and dating from 1980 to the present, explores the theme of identity as both a collective consciousness and individual reflection. Featured artists use the visual arts to express personal feelings and cultural perceptions about racial, sexual and cultural identity.

Pablo Picasso was one of a small handful of the most important artists of the last 100 years. The Santa Barbara Museum of Art owns some spectacular drawings and prints by Picasso that represent his career, from beginning to end. With this exhibition of 25 exceptional drawings and prints, the museumis taking the opportunity to present this rich material in its complete form.

Showcased in this exhibition are important areas of focus within the photography collection -- the intersection of art and science, California masters, Western Pacific Rim artists, and the 19th century American West, among others. PhotoFutures collectors have made many of these acquisitions possible. With the generous, informed, and enthusiastic support of the committed members, the permanent photography collection is now richer by more than 100 photographs -- and the legacy continues.

'World of Wonders: A Renaissance Cabinet' offers a chance to see the world through Renaissance eyes. Arranged by theme, each gallery wall presents a new set of ideas to the viewer, including: the vast range of materials out of which the artifacts are made, the relationship of art and nature, portraiture and identity, ordering schemes like the four elements, the four seasons and the five senses, local and exotic, telling religious and secular stories and the nature of miracles, marvels and monsters.

This exhibition will feature fourteen of Killings worth's most provocative unrealized projects, set amid a photographic timeline which will mark his pivotal built and destroyed works.

'Vanishing Los Angeles: The Photography of Mary Bowling' features more than 40 color and black and white images of the city from the late 1950s to the early 1960s.