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Study session: Huntington Beach weighs co‑locating Surf Museum inside Main Street Library

Huntington Beach City Council · December 16, 2025
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Council received a staff feasibility report and substantial public comment about co‑locating the Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum at the Main Street Library. Staff said relocation and improvement costs would be privately funded (Visit HB) and proposed an MOU; opponents raised concerns about space, noise, insurance and the library master plan.

The Huntington Beach City Council held a study session and took public comment on a proposal to co‑locate the Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum at the Main Street Library.

Ashley Wysocki, the city’s Community and Library Services Director, presented a feasibility study outlining a proposed footprint of just under 1,200 square feet of dedicated museum space on the library’s first floor plus roughly 3,600 square feet of shared space for a gift shop, reception and bookstore. Staff said the second floor would remain storage because it is not ADA‑accessible without…

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