The Wildling Museum in Solvang has a new name – the California Nature Art Museum. The Wildling Museum was founded by local artist Patti Jacquemain and opened in 2000 with a mission of inspiring ...

Danish artist Thomas Dambo works on his latest troll, dubbed Lulu Hyggelig, now residing in the California Nature Art Museum in Solvang. The troll is made from recycled materials — old wooden pallets ...

Esther Jacobsen Bates has retired after nearly two decades leading the Elverjoj Museum of History and Art in Solvang. (Janene Scully / Noozhawk) For nearly 20 years, Esther Jacobsen Bates has served ...

SOLVANG, Calif. — Solvang's wildlife center, formerly known as The Wildling Museum, was renamed to the California Nature Art Museum. The new name change comes as the museum enters its 24th year since ...

California Nature Art Museum (formerly the Wildling Museum) is raising funds for its most ambitious project to date, commissioning a world-renowned Danish artist, Thomas Dambo, who specializes in ...

Solvang's Wildling Museum of Art and Nature is sporting a new name after 24 years — California Nature Art Museum — as it enters into a new era of advocating for education in arts and conservation.

Solvang will soon have its own "troll" installed at the California Nature Art Museum. Renowned Danish artist Thomas Dambo has been commissioned to create what the museum calls in a press release "its ...

A new site-specific installation titled Message in a Bottle, by Elizabeth Criss, is now on view at the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature in Solvang. On view through spring 2024, this installation aims ...

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Longtime museum curator and community leader Esther Jacobsen Bates has announced her retirement as executive director of the Elverhoj Museum of History and Art in Solvang after nearly 20 years of ...

Being that we instinctively tote along expectations and predigested ideas to cultural events and art exhibitions, a certain taste for travelog flavorings comes naturally when visiting a show titled ...