Sights and landmarks in Ventura
52 sights worth seeing in Ventura: landmarks, galleries, monuments and viewpoints.
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Sights and landmarks in Ventura
SeeHistory museumMission San Buenaventura
Founded in 1782, it was the ninth and last California mission established by Father Serra. Church services, funerals, and weddings are still performed at the mission today. It was one of the most successfully irrigated of the missions, leading to plentiful orchards and vineyards. An original well stands in the back of the church, and a school for children is attached to the side. The Old Mission welcomes visitors daily from sunrise until sunset.
Mon-Fri 10AM-5PM, Sat 9AM-5PM, Sun 10AM-4PM, except for major holidays$2
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Museum of Ventura County
Collections include Chumash and other native American artefacts. $4.
Tue-Sun 11AM-5PMFree entry
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Bell Arts Factory
Created out of a historic mattress factory showroom. There are free children's programs that enhance young lives through the arts and provide a cultural revitalization of the Westside. There are also many talented resident artists in studios creating beautiful paintings, jewelry, sculptures, weavings, photographs and ceramics.
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Ventura City Hall
Ventura's striking neoclassical city hall building and an array of boutique shops.
Closed · opens 7:30 am
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Olivas Adobe
A 160-year-old adobe-style house with historical ties. The Adobe is rumored to be haunted. Tours are available.
SeeMuseumDudley House
Dudley House in Ventura, California is a historic house museum built in 1891 in a Late Victorian-style. Designed and built by local architect and builder Selwyn Shaw, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. At the time of the NRHP listing, the farmhouse was occupied by the fifth generation of the Dudley family and the property included nine out of an original 200 acres (81 ha).
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Library & Learning Resource Center - LRC
The Evelyn and Howard Buroughs Library, Classrooms, Reading Room, Open Access Computer Lab/Learning Center (BEACH), Faculty Offices, Office of the Dean for English, Math, Communication Studies and Learning Resources, Office of the Dean for Art, Library, L
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Ventura Vinnie Sea Monster of the Bay
Sculpture of a sea monster made out of the sheaths and fronds of palm trees for the body and flippers and a dragon head. A sign below it says "Beware! Ventura Vinnie, Sea monster of the bay"
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China Alley Memorial
36 Figueroa St
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PacificandMain
1793 E Main St
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Art City Stone Garden
135 Dubbers St
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Art City Studios
175 Dubbers St
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643 Project Space
643 N Ventura Ave
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Aion Naturals
175 S Ventura Ave
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Buenaventura Art Gallery
700 E Santa Clara St
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Indoek
83 S Palm St
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Pete Ippel Art Studio
65 W Thompson Blvd Ste 201
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Ray Harris Art Studio K
3521 Arundell Cir studio k
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The HUD Gallery& Studios
1793 E Main St
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Ventura Botanical Gardens Visitor Center
567 Poli St
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Vita Art Center
28 W Main St
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Latitudes Gallery-Ventura
401 E Main St
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ArtHouse And Company
62 S Oak St
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Albinger Archeological Museum
113 East Main Street
Closed · opens 11 am Saturday
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Avenue Library
606 North Ventura Avenue
Closed · opens noon
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Surrendered Echoes Art Gallery
231 East Main Street
Closed · opens 2 pm Friday
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Kellogg Park Community Garden
Entry 30 USD
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The Mermaid of Soter Point
A statue of a mermaid playing a flute.
Wheelchair accessible
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Mary Mitchell House
670 East Thompson Boulevard
Built 1890
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A J Comstock Fire Museum
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Acacia Trees
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California Coastal Sage Scrub
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California Spring Wildflower Meadow
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Cannon
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Chilean Cactus and Succulents
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Chilean Matorral
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Chilean Sclerophyllous Forest Plants
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Chilean Wine Palms
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Groene Building
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Latitudes Fine Art Gallery
401 East Main Street
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