Gallery Tours
During your visit to the Museum, you are invited to join a docent-led gallery tour. Gallery tours are informative and eye-opening. They provide an opportunity to experience and discuss a selection of artworks in a relaxed, informal setting. Gallery tours are free with Museum admission, and begin in Colefax Gallery in front of the elevator on the Main Level. To book a docent-led tour for an adult group, please call 805.884.6423 or email groupvisits@sbma.net. Tours are free with admission.
To book a private docent-led tour for an adult group, please call 805.884.6423 or email groupvisits@sbma.net. Tours require a minimum of two weeks notification and are free with admission
To book a school tour (Grades K-College) please refer to our Schools & Teachers page or call 805.884.6457 or email schoolprograms@sbma.net.
School Tours, over 5 students, require a reservation two weeks in advance and are free.
FREE Docent-Led Tours
Docent-Led tours explore highlights and focus areas of the Museum’s permanent collection as well as special exhibitions.
1 pm Tuesday-Thursday
1 pm and 2 pm Friday-Sunday
6 and 6:30 pm on First Thursdays
Docent Tours meet in Colefax Gallery in front of the
elevator
on the Main Level.
Docent "Ten Talks"
Every 1st Thursday
6:00 pm and 6:30 pm
Ten-minutes, one work of art, and informal, interactive conversation in the galleries. Please meet in Colefax Gallery in front of the elevator on the Main Level.
Focus Tours
Docent's Choice
April
1 pm – 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28 302 pm – 26
May
1 pm – 2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 282 pm – 4, 10, 11, 18, 24, 25, 30
June
1 pm – 4, 6, 12, 19, 20, 25, 27, 28, 292 pm – 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 29
Contemporary
May
1 pm – 24, 292 pm – 26, 30
June
1 pm – 5, 8, 16, 18, 262 pm – 2, 9, 23, 28
Photography
April
2 pm – 20, 21May
1 pm – 1, 4, 5Sculpture
April
1 pm – 21, 252 pm – 19, 27, 28
May
1 pm – 9, 11, 14, 25, 26, 312 pm – 3, 5, 12, 17, 19
June
1 pm – 7, 13, 15, 21, 232 pm – 16
