List of museums in California

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This list of museums in California is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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[edit] Los Angeles

See also "Museums" in Greater Los Angeles Area


Name Image Location Founded Area of study Summary
Heritage Square Museum Los Angeles History
Armand Hammer Museum of Art Los Angeles Art
California African American Museum Los Angeles Cultural
California Science Center Los Angeles Science
Getty Center Los Angeles 1997 Art
Getty Villa Los Angeles Cultural
Griffith Observatory Los Angeles Science
Hollywood Heritage Museum Los Angeles History
Hollywood History Museum Los Angeles History web
Hollywood Wax Museum
Los Angeles Commodity
Japanese American National Museum Los Angeles Cultural
Page Museum (La Brea Tar Pits) Los Angeles Natural
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles Art
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust Los Angeles History
Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles Art
Museum of Neon Art Los Angeles Art
Museum of Tolerance Los Angeles Cultural
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Los Angeles Natural
Petersen Automotive Museum Los Angeles Transportation
Roslin Art Gallery Los Angeles Art
Southwest Museum
Los Angeles Cultural
Toyota USA Automobile Museum Los Angeles Transportation
Wells Fargo Museum Los Angeles History web


[edit] San Diego

Name Image Location Founded Area of study Summary
Centro Cultural de la Raza Balboa Park, San Diego Cultural
Flying Leathernecks Aviation Museum San Diego Aviation web
Maritime Museum of San Diego San Diego Maritime
Marston House Balboa Park, San Diego Historic site web
Mingei International Museum Balboa Park, San Diego Cultural
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego San Diego Art
Museum of San Diego History Balboa Park, San Diego History web
Museum of Photographic Arts San Diego 1983 Art
San Diego Aerospace Museum Balboa Park, San Diego Aviation
San Diego Art Institute Museum of the Living Artist Balboa Park, San Diego Art web
San Diego Automotive Museum Balboa Park, San Diego Transport
San Diego Hall of Champions Sports Museum Balboa Park, San Diego Hall of Fame web
San Diego Chinese Historical Museum San Diego Cultural web
San Diego Model Railroad Museum San Diego Railway
San Diego Museum of Art Balboa Park, San Diego 1926 Art
San Diego Museum of Man Balboa Park, San Diego Archaeological web
San Diego Natural History Museum Balboa Park, San Diego Natural
Serra Museum San Diego Historic site web
Stuart Collection [[University of California, San Diego Art
Timken Museum of Art Balboa Park, San Diego Art web
USS Midway (CV-41) aircraft carrier museum San Diego Aviation
Veterans Museum & Memorial Center San Diego Military web
Women’s History Museum and Education Center San Diego Feminist History web
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[edit] San Francisco

Name Image Location Founded Area of study Summary
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco San Francisco Art
Cable Car Museum San Francisco Transportation
California Academy of Sciences San Francisco Natural
California Historical Society [1] San Francisco Heritage "Established in 1871, CHS collects, preserves, publishes, and exhibits materials on the history of California and the West."
Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts San Francisco Art California College of the Arts
California Palace of the Legion of Honor San Francisco Art
Cartoon Art Museum San Francisco Art
Chinese Culture Center San Francisco Cultural
Contemporary Jewish Museum San Francisco Religious
Exploratorium San Francisco Science
Golden Gate Railroad Museum San Francisco Railway
Haas-Lilienthal House San Francisco Historic Site
International Museum of Women San Francisco History web
M. H. de Young Memorial Museum San Francisco Art
Mexican Museum San Francisco Cultural
Musée Mécanique San Francisco Commodity
Museum of the African Diaspora San Francisco Cultural
Museum of Craft and Folk Art San Francisco Art web
Museum of the City of San Francisco San Francisco History
Museum of Performance & Design San Francisco Art web
Natural World Museum San Francisco Ecological
North Beach Museum San Francisco History
Randall Museum San Francisco Science
San Francisco Fire Department Museum San Francisco History web
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park San Francisco Maritime
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Art
San Francisco Museum of Craft & Design San Francisco Art web
San Francisco Railway Museum San Francisco Railway
San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center San Francisco Military
Treasure Island Museum San Francisco Closed maritime web
Zeum San Francisco Children
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[edit] San Jose

Name Image Location Founded Area of study Summary
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose San Jose Children
History Park at Kelley Park San Jose History
Mexican Heritage Plaza San Jose Cultural
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum San Jose Archaeological
San Jose Museum of Art San Jose Art
The Tech Museum of Innovation San Jose Science
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[edit] Santa Barbara

Name Image Location Founded Area of study Summary
Carriage and Western Art Museum Santa Barbara History web
Karpeles Manuscript Library Santa Barbara Library web
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum Santa Barbara Maritime web
Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Santa Barbara Natural
Susan Quinlan Doll and Teddy Bear Museum and Library Santa Barbara Commodity web
The Sea Center Santa Barbara Aquarium web

[edit] Elsewhere, Northern California

Name Image Location Founded Area of study Summary
Spaulding Wooden Boat Center Sausalito 2002 Living museum of boatbuilding Spaulding Wooden Boat Center Web site
The Bear Flag Museum Sacramento 2006 Online museum/library about the California Bear Flag The Bear Flag Museum website


Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center - Santa Rosa
Clarke Historical Museum - Eureka (in Old Town Eureka)
Computer History Museum - Mountain View
Crocker Art Museum - Sacramento
Fort Humboldt State Historic Park - Eureka
Hiller Aviation Museum - San Carlos
Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum - Eureka (in nearby Samoa)
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts - Stanford
Lawrence Hall of Science - Berkeley
Museum of Local History - Fremont | web
Moffett Field Museum - Moffett Field | web
Morris Graves Museum of Art - Eureka
National Steinbeck Center - Salinas
Oakland Museum of California - Oakland
Jail Museum - Truckee | web
Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History - Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Surfing Museum - Santa Cruz

[edit] Elsewhere, Southern California

Name Image Location Founded Area of study Summary
Western Center for Archaeology and Paleontology Hemet, CA
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Bowers Museum - Santa Ana
Cabot's Pueblo Museum - Desert Hot Springs | web
Elverhoj Museum of History and Art - Solvang | web
Exotic World Burlesque Museum - Helendale

Gamble House - Pasadena
Hans Christian Andersen Museum - Solvang | web
Homestead Museum - City of Industry
Huntington Library - San Marino
International Surfing Museum - Huntington Beach | web
Lompoc Museum - Lompoc | web
March Field Air Museum - Riverside
Maritime Museum of San Diego - San Diego

Museum of Creation and Earth History - Santee
Museum of Jurassic Technology - Culver City
Museum of Latin American Art - Long Beach
Museum of Making Music - Carlsbad
Norton Simon Museum - Pasadena
Pacific Southwest Railway Museum - Campo
Planes of Fame - Chino
South Coast Railroad Museum - Goleta
UCR/California Museum of Photography - Riverside
University Art Museum - Long Beach | web
US Navy Seabee Museum - Port Hueneme | web
Vintage Motorcycle Museum - Solvang | web

[edit] Defunct museums

[edit] See also


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