 After 11 months of restoration, a dedication ceremony of the Goleta Depot as a Santa Barbara county landmark took place on October 10, 1982.Ownership of the Goleta Depot was subsequently transferred from the preservation society that had had the depot moved, to the Institute for American Research, to develop the site as a living museum in 1983.The South Coast Railroad Museum has no admission fee, and is open for public viewing on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays between 1