Enjoy a virtual visit

Explore the links below to enjoy the California Nature Art Museum #MuseumFromHome! We’ve pulled together some of our favorite virtual content, including online exhibitions, links to art activities, videos, and more to help visitors find engaging art escapes.

Special thanks to the Wood-Claeyssens Foundation for their support of our programming efforts.

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Installation view of works by artist Nathan Huff in Starry Nights: Visions of the Night Sky at the Wildling Museum. — Installation view of works by artist Nathan Huff in *Starry Nights: Visions of the Night Sky* at the California Nature Art Museum.

Experience California Nature Art Museum Galleries Online

We’ve added full digital galleries on our website for the 2020 exhibitions and virtual initiatives below. Click on the corresponding links below to learn more and scroll on to explore the galleries:

Enjoy Our Social Media & video Content

We’ve joined museums across the U.S. and the world to share the #MuseumFromHome and a regular #MuseumMomentofZen to help our followers find art escapes to pass the time.

Follow the museum @calnatureartmuseum on Instagram and @calnatureartmuseum on Facebook to see regular posts, and subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch our latest video content.

We also recommend enjoying a short film by L.A. Review of Books, which highlights contemporary nocturne painter Eric Merrell. Three of Merrell’s works are included in the California Nature Art Museum’s exhibition, Starry Nights Visions of the Night Sky, as is the video. Watch online by clicking the link here.

And check out a behind-the-scenes look at artist Nathan Huff installing his 13-foot long painting “Phantom Limbs” for our Starry Nights: Visions of the Night Sky exhibition. Watch it online by clicking the link here.

Make Crafts the Whole Family Can Enjoy

Upcycle household items into art

Check out the California Nature Art Museum’s YouTube channel for fun upcycling crafts you can make from home - including an egg carton fox, toilet paper tube owl, and more!

Paint the Northern Lights

Create a watercolor painting of the Northern Lights inspired by the California Nature Art Museum’s Starry Nights: Visions of the Night Sky exhibition. Learn how to make a masterpiece with just a few simple supplies. Click here to get started.

Create your own galaxy rocks

Travel out of this world and paint your own galaxy rocks at home with paint, rocks, and some glitter. Click here to get started.

Explore free online art classes led by famous illustrators

Whether your kids have cabin fever or you're looking for some creative distraction, these free online art classes offered by famous illustrators can help pass the time! Click here to get started.

Get inspired by natural materials with this lesson from California Nature Art Museum artist David Paul Bayles

From the artist: “I've collected these stick figures for a few years now. They hang around my studio. I'm offering all 16 of them as downloadable drawing prompts. Get out your pencils or crayons and forget the virus for a while.” Click here to get started.

Make a telescope with this guide from National Geographic Kids

Get crafty and build your own telescope to look for birds, treetops, and even stars in the night sky using a few simple household items. Click here to get started.

Create a comet on a stick with this guide from the NASA Space Place

Make a comet inspired by the Museum’s Starry Nights: Visions of the Night Sky exhibition using simple household items in this craft guide from NASA’s Space Place. Click here to get started.