The Presidio Research Center supports the archaeological, research, education, and curatorial programs of SBTHP and El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park. Our collections focus on multi-format materials related to:

• ​the Presidio's political, social, economic, cultural, intellectual, and ecological history

• the Presidio Neighborhood, peoples and communities who have lived there through time

• the historic preservation movement in Santa Barbara County, including the role of the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation in that movement