A maritime museum dedicated to the exploration, research and study of past and current sea faring vessels and the people who designed, used and maintained them around Santa Barbara and the central California coast.

The Spaulding Wooden Boat Center (SWBC) is a non-profit working boatyard and living history museum on San Francisco Bay in Sausalito, California with a mission to restore historically significant wooden boats to active use, preserve traditional boat building skills, and educate the public about the history and culture of boat building and boating.