Sunshine? ✅ Seaside views? ✅ A museum full of art + island stories? ✅✅ That serotonin boost you’ve been needing? Yeah, it’s here.

Surrounded by blue skies and crystal-clear water🌊 📷: Instagram.com/mackenziemorri…

A Southern California oasis🌴 📷: Instagram.com/sophiakud

Our favorite island friend! This is the Catalina Island fox, found nowhere else on Earth. In the late 1990s, the population nearly went extinct from canine distemper, but a successful recovery effort brought it back from the brink. You may have seen them around CIMI!

Explore Catalina Island from A to Z with the rhyming alphabet book ABC is for Catalina Island by Katie Carter Elia and illustrated by Alvina Kwong. Available at the Catalina Museum store, this read is perfect for little ones who want to learn more about the island.🌴

Capture a selfie to document your getaway to Catalina Island paradise💛 📷: Instagram.com/onawadupree_if…

Indulge in a sweet treat to end your getaway at Sailor’s Delight🍦 🍨: Instagram.com/sailors_deligh…

Soaking in the last bits of summer vacation🌞 📷: Instagram.com/paolaarizmendi

Let Catalina Island transport you to an escape from reality🌴 📷: Instagram.com/mollielayton

Catalina’s architecture captures the island’s unique history, from vintage cottages to iconic mid-century designs. The Catalina Museum showcases the stories and cultural heritage behind Avalon’s charming streets and landmarks. 📷: @rebecca_elise

Nothing beats the thrill of the high ropes at CIMI!

A look into Catalina Island’s history✨ 📷: Instagram.com/kaya.hyde

Catalina Clay: Unveiling the Island’s Artistic Heritage is still on view at the Catalina Museum through March 8, 2026! Explore stunning ceramics from the 1920s to 1940s and discover how the Catalina Clay Products Company shaped the island’s artistic identity.🏺

Relax and recharge on Catalina Island’s peaceful oasis, Two Harbors🌴 Instagram.com/discovertwohar…

Take your time exploring each exhibit, there’s so much history and creativity to discover.💙

Next stop Avalon⛴️ 📷: Instagram.com/scottgriest

Where the water is clear and sky so blue🌊 📷: Instagram.com/jessjasmine_

That’s the world you’ll step into at 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, an exhibition dedicated to Catalina’s golden age of fishing between 1900 and 1950. ⚡ Hurry, this popular exhibition closes soon. Visit now before it sails away!

All you need is the beach, a drink and Catalina Island🌴 Instagram.com/descansobeachc… 📷: Instagram.com/lauren.ferrarin

The wait is over, Oktoberfest is TONIGHT! 🎉 From brats to brews to Bavarian beats by Hammerstein, it’s going to be one unforgettable night at the #CatalinaMuseum. 🎶 Don’t forget to BYO stein for the raffle & dress in your lederhosen or dirndl! See you at 6 PM! 🍺