August 3rd | Free Admission: End-of-Summer Family Day

SUN. AUGUST 3RD, 2025 | 10:00 AM–3:00 PM

Family Day Craft 2024

At the California Nature Art Museum (formerly the Wildling 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.

Courtesy Mahni’s Reptiles

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), and 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.

Courtesy SYV Humane Society & DAWG

End-of-Summer Family Day admission is free, and reservations are not required.

For more information, contact Rachel Metz at rachel@calnatureartmuseum.org.

Family Day Sponsors

Wood-Claeyssens Foundation