The Santa Paula Art Museum will be the repository and exhibition hall for the Santa Paula Art Collection. Containing over 300 pieces, among its most famous artists are works of the Botkes, both Jesse Arms and Cornelis, who lived on their ranch and worked in their studio in a near-by secluded canyon. Among the other represented plein air artists are native son and life-long resident Douglas Shively and a one-time local Robert Clunie.

The valuable assemblage represents the accumulation of award winning entries in the Santa Paula Art Show which began in 1937 or as gifted memorials. It remains the oldest juried show in California and the Collection is recognized as one of the finest of its kind in the state. The Santa Paula Art Museum promises to be an exceptional institution with an extraordinary compilation!