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Reimagined for COVID-19 Protocols, Local Museums Excited to Welcome Public Back
As rate of coronavirus transmission slows in Santa Barbara County, residents and visitors alike can take advantage of more and more reopened museums, the zoo and activity programs
MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation has reopened in Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone but has not yet increased visitor capacity to 50%. (Jade Martinez-Pogue / Noozhawk photo) By Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @MartinezPogue
May 9, 2021
| 5:00 p.m.
After nearly six months of closure, a sense of normalcy flooded MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation as little kids zoomed around from exhibit to exhibit, eager to get their hands on one of the many interactive displays the Santa Barbara museum offers.
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The program is offered in several modalities, including in the field in-person with a naturalist, as a self-guided tour, live or pre-recorded in-the-field webinar, and in-classroom with a naturalist.
The Maritime on the Move program was first pioneered in February with 150 middle school students from Carpinteria, and instead of having children visit the museum, the program focused on sending biologists and naturalists from the museum to schools to have students explore the marine ecosystems in their own backyards.
“Getting kids outdoors here in Santa Barbara where we are so fortunate to have such a rich, diverse and healthy marine ecosystem is just so important,” said Holly Lohuis, a marine biologist and educator at the museum. “Just giving students that emotional connection to appreciating the greater outdoors and the habitats that surround them is really fulfilling.”