Nice little museum! They pack a lot of interesting exhibits into a small space. My favorites were the naturalists cabinet collection and the beehive (easy to overlook, since they keep it covered with a cloth. The bees like it dark.)The docent was very friendly and informative. Cute gift shop, too.

Small, but Informative. They have some great displays that represents the surrounding area well.

The museum is small, but its packed with exhibits and animals for the kids to interact and touch. The staff is friendly and helpful as well.

Its a place to spend a nice quiet time reading and learning about local culture and wildlife. It has nice hands on exhibits for kids to interact with.

Has a small hands on pool and some interesting exhibits. Worth a visit.

I thinks me eating Hippeas on the beach is a museum. That cool.

This small museum is packed with interesting exhibits, many of which are interactive. Great for kids. Docents were friendly, knowledgeable and put on a nice kids session while we were there.

Small museum that had many exhibits and specimens of local wildlife as well as displays of the Loma Prieta earthquake 30 years ago. Theres also a small area showing artifacts of the native Americans who lived there.

Nice little museum with exhibits about local wildlife, geology, and native peoples. Great for kids.

Very small museum but good exhibits. Very family orientated. Great for kids. Very interesting bee hive. You can tell they made great effort for the visitors. Admission price is like $2 to $4.

My children, aged 14, 12, & 9, enjoyed the museum very much. The museum is small but its interesting hands-on exhibits kept kids engaged for a good hour.

Love this place, small but packed with fun Santa Cruz wildlife history !!!!

All of the other reviews are right. This is a superb small museum, the staff is great and the exhibits frequently change. Apparently the schools all know it because a lot of teachers bring their classes here, even from as far away as San Jose. Be sure to look through the book and gift area. There are some excellent materials that are difficult to find anywhere, all relating to natural sights in the area.

Really sweet little museum of natural history. Best part, kids are admitted for free.

This is a beautiful little museum right on the Santa Cruz coast, near the Boardwalk, the best beach to swim at, a cave you can travel through that leads to the beach where the boardwalk is, and a few fun and picture worthy statues litter the beautiful green-way that covers the grounds of the museum. The admission is cheap, and appropriate for the size of the museum, but it is absolutely worth dropping in on your weekend visit to the Santa Cruz coast.

Great family museum for budding naturalists.

Wonderful little gem of a museum. Its small, but fortunately the admission is reasonable. Plus, its right next to the beach! Bring a picnic along and make an afternoon out of it.

Old school Santa Cruz fun Lots of Ohlone Indian history, taxidermy animals, tiny touch tide pool, and lots of good books in the gift shop Oh and the see-through bee hive thats been there at least 30 years

The Museum is small and it takes just about one hour to visit but theres plenty of activities for kids

Small but worth a visit.

Very small inside. A small touch tank aquarium and a sand table occupied the kids for about 45 minutes. Kids were free, and adults only $4, so we cant complain. Just dont expect this museum to take an entire day

A hub of information on natural history of the Santa Cruz area, thanks to a staff that is both friendly and knowledgeable. It has a nice gift shop, too.

This is a tiny but mighty museum. When I say tiny Im not kidding. Unlike the tardis it is way bigger on the outside then the inside. Once again Im not kidding-the outside grounds -which make a nice non beach pic nic spot-are more extensive then the inside parts. This is however a nicely interactive spot. If you have younger children age five on up this is decent spot for them to learn while playing a bit, but like any museum the older your children are the more they will get out of it. They have some fantastic school programs and the after hours events-astronaut meet and greets, lectures, art openings etc. are very much worth the time. If you an adult just passing through itll take about 20-30 minutes to go through everything including the whale sculpture and gift shop. If you are with children it can be double that.

They got a big whale out front that I personally as an adult like to slide on. I can only imagine what kids experience.

Fantastic little museum with local nature objects that you can touch. I have loved this place since I was a little girl.

Place was sort of small, but the touch pool was cool and the gift shop there had nice items and souvenirs.

Ok small place designed as a hands on experience for kids

Not awesome.. But definitely more exciting than I expected it to be. My kids are fortunately at the age where they were excited to explore the animals and cool natural history. We went to be able to park in there space next to the beach.. No lot but designated street parking... Although most people got a ticket for not noticing..They also have this life size whale sculpture out front that is amazing to realize the real life size...I enjoyed this Lil pass threw.

Amazing staff and great exhibits, a wonderful little muesuem with an authentic past and present.

This is a great little museum to take the kids. they have little touch tanks, videos, stuffed critters and an awesome staff. I LIKED

Great little museum with some hands-on exhibits for kids.

This museum is laden with local natural history. Dont let its small size fool you! They have exhibits covering everything from the indigenous tribes to the native animals and plants - both on land and in the bay. There is a touch tank, a fossil crate, a bone index, a wide array of native animals on display (mostly stuffed, although there are live bees in an enclosed hive, as well as a live snake), and a full room dedicated to the Ohlone people where you can learn about their traditions and history. The docents are friendly and knowledgeable, ready to answer any questions you may have. And theres a gift shop!

One of my favorite hands on museums. Always a wealth to learn and very hands on for youngsters. Passion of staff and volunteers really comes through

Very cool place. Lots to see and learn plus huge cement whale in front super fun for kiddos to climb.

Amazing place filled with unique desriptions of culture and history

Idk its ight I guess

Nice place to spend a couple of hours with young kids

Was an interesting place. Great for kids since they got a little pond that you can touch the fish and other creatures and the dead animals look very lively! The coyotes were my favorite

Good place to visit

Very cute museum.

Very interesting place. Lots to see and learn!! Great for kids, and adults too!!! Stop in and get informed!!!

I love just about any municipal museum, including this one. Tiny yet interesting. Give them a donation on the way out.

A small museum presenting the local environment and history.

Unique.

Nice building, great proximity to the beach and kids love to climb on the whale out front.

A great place to take a break from the busy beaches. Friendly staff and a based look at Santa Cruzs nature.

So cool and a good place for the kids

Great informational place!

Fun for the whole family.

I just love all of the Ohlone history here.

#BEST Museum in Seabright !

This was an informative little museum, and admission price was reasonable.

Great little museum. Great for kids or adults.

Very enjoyable.

Stop in help them with donate

Cute museum, love the whale out front.

Unfortunately not a lot of information about the area

Great little museum for small kids.

Interesting

Seen a lot of stuff did not know about Santa Cruz

Loved it

Great place to take kids.

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Wonderful

Take your kids!

Good for the kids

Pretty informative

Charolette rocks!

Rad spot.