Tribal Spirit, Legacy at the Heart of New Santa Ynez Chumash Museum

Tribal Spirit, Legacy at the Heart of New Santa Ynez Chumash Museum

The Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center, which opened less than a month ago with a construction budget of $32 million, represents 8,000 years, or 350 generations, of Chumash life and culture to the present day. It is fitting to start at the exit, where visitors leave the exhibit area through a glass-lined corridor painted with silhouettes of tribal ancestors, also walking. They see themselves reflected among the tribe, journeying toget…