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Sailing in from the back wall of the Museum is a replica of a Wilson Brothers lumber schooner that contains a state-of-the-art HD multimedia theater. The Munger Theater offers a high-tech audio-visual experience for the whole family, with films that take the viewer on underwater adventures, tall ships round the horn, deep sea archeological explorations and much more.munger-theater-with-kids.sbmm

For special events, the Munger Theater is an ideal space for lectures, films and digital presentations. The setting is comfortable with either theater seating or tabled meeting space. For rental information click HERE.

For Special Film Screening see our Event Calendar.


Now Playing:

Now Playing:Tempest from the Deep

kelp_forestDaily show times (Except Saturday):
10:30 AM | 12 PM | 1:30 PM | 3 PM | 4:30 PM

Trouble is brewing in paradise as El Nino makes its way toward Santa Barbara Islands. Witness the damage of this destructive force above and below the water.

54 Minutes | Year Filmed: 1999

Surf Film Saturdays!

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A Fistful of Barrels (2006)
Saturday 10:39 AM

Somewhere in Mexico... the ASP held the Rip Curl Search WCT. Somewhere in Mexico...the best swell in ten years served up perfect 6'-8' barrels for the 44 best surfers in the world. Somewhere in Mexico...this wave awaits you.

48 minutes


 

Captain Surf (1938)
Saturday 11:30 AM

Captain Surf, the cool clay animation cartoon surf dude, rocks through California's crazy beach scene, as he hosts us in this outrageous surf adventure, from sizzling action below the Mexican border on up to the cold Northern frontiers, plus the best waves at all the hottest spots in between, like Big Rock, Malibu, Ventura, Lost Coast, Santa Cruz and Hawaii.

1 hour 40 minutes

 

shark_parkShark Park (2006)
Saturday 1:30 PM

A documentary film by Greg Huglin.  Watch an international team of towsurfers ride a virgin wave at a remote offshore reef during the 2005/2006 giant winter swells.

51 minutes

 

 

 

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Crystal Voyager (1975)
Saturday 2:30 PM

A surfing biography about legendary design innovator and photographer George Greenough, shot largely in Santa Barbara. The last 23 minutes of the film contains his legendary short film Echoes, composed entirely of extraordinary slow-motion footage shot inside the curl of the waves, the camera in a waterproof housing strapped to his back, with music by Pink Floyd.

1 hour 15 minutes

 

 

innermost_limits_of_pure_funInnermost Limits of Pure Fun (1968)
Saturday 3:50 PM

A George Greenough classic.  Gritty, witty, unexpurgated, unadorned and essential; this is the first film from the tube's perspective (GreenoughVision). It is the Innermost Limits of Pure Fun.

1 hour, 8 minutes