Carnegie Museum Artifacts discussed

Chris Frost · March 20, 2026

Carnegie Museum Artifacts discussed

Oxnard—The Community Services, Public Safety, Housing, and Economic Development Committee, Tuesday, March 10, continues with Council Member Michaela Perez saying that a lot of conversations are going to need to continue.

"I’M sure travel is included in all that, and do we have a sense of when this is going to come back to the committee?” she asked.

City Manager Alex Nguyen said once the City makes contact and they begin the consultation, they’ll have a better sense.

“As soon as we have any sense of a timeline, I’ll come back to this committee,” he said. “You mentioned the travel, and it’s only the high-priority items that make sense.”

Regarding the human remains,” he said, there is a proper way to return those.

“That’s not something you expect,” he said. “Many of the other artifacts we can probably work out, perhaps if they are agreeable, sending them through FedEx, but with the human remains, we are going to be respectful, and somehow, we’ll make sure it gets from hand-to-hand. We’ll figure that out.”

Perez said people are interested in knowing when the Carnegie will open up.

“Is this a process?” she asked. “Do we have to get through this…

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