Capitol Children's Museum of California Capitol Children's Museum of California is a safe and nurturing environment where young children and their adult caregivers can discover more about themselves and the world around them through experiential learning.
Ableza's Native American Virtual Cultural Center Ableza is a Native American Arts and Film Institute in San Jose, California dedicated to promoting, preserving and protecting traditional and contemporary arts by Native American Peoples. Native Americans do more than "Indian" art; we are active in all areas of the modern arts world.
American military museum - California The American Society of Military History was incorporated in California in 1962 as a California Non-profit educational organization. The goal of the society is to preserve and restore examples of American military equipment.
Angels Attic, Santa Monica, CA. A museum of antique dolls, toys, miniatures and dollhouses. Located in an 1895 Queen Anne Victorian house.
Antelope Valley Indian Museum The Antelope Valley Indian Museum stands against towering rock formations in the Mojave Desert. The large boulders become a portion of its interior while timbers from Joshua trees cover supports for its roof. This folk art structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Visitors will find the history of the Museum and the collections it houses both colorful and varied. Located in the Heart of California's Mojave Desert, the Antelope Valley Indian Museum contains many rare or one-of-a-kind artifacts.
ArtMuseum.net The ArtMuseum.net site allows the user to explore the paintings through a navigable 3D representation of the exhibition as it existed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Features of the site include zoomable images of the paintings, audio files about selected paintings, and informational explanations for each work. Santa Clara, California.
Bancroft Library, U.C. Berkeley: California Heritage Project The Bancroft Library is the rare books and special collections repository of U.C. Berkeley. Specializing in Western Americana and the history of California, its collections include books, printed ephemera, manuscripts, archival collections, and pictorial collections.
Bowers Museum of Cultural Art The Bowers Museum believes that learning about people through their arts will lead us to a greater understanding of ourselves as well as a fuller appreciation of the marvelous diversity of the human family. The Bowers Museum celebrates this diversity by preserving and presenting the arts of world cultures. Santa Ana, California.
California African-American Museum Inside the galleries of the California African American Museum (CAAM) in Los Angeles are living treasures of African American art, history and culture. CAAM's kaleidoscope of art and history exhibitions is designed to enhance the public's knowledge of the African American's contribution to society both past and present.
California - Bowers Kidseum Welcome to the Bowers Kidseum's web-site! Just like the museum itself, this site is interactive, so explore the entire site or enter our Kid's Tour and experience a virtual Kidseum!
California - Exploratorium Housed within the walls of San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, the Exploratorium is a collage of 650 science, art, and human perception exhibits. The Exploratorium is a leader in the movement to promote the museum as an educational center
California - PACIFIC RAILROAD MUSEUM in the SAN DIMAS Station PRS operates the Pacific Railroad Museum in the former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe depot in San Dimas, California. Our goal is to restore the depot to represent a working railroad station. Artifacts and exhibits on various aspects of railroading are on display there. The depot also houses our extensive railroad research library containing books, documents, maps and photographs collected since the 1930s. This facility is open to the public and staffed by PRS
California - Portola Railroad Museum The theme of the museum is an operating small railroad locomotive facility typical of the 1940's, 50's and 60's. The museum is a 37 acre Western Pacific diesel shop that was used from 1954 until 1974. The property is leased by Union Pacific to the Feather River Rail Society. The site includes a 220 foot long, 16,000 square feet diesel locomotive shop and has two and a half miles of trackage. The museum has over 30 locomotives and 80 cars. The first locomotive acquired by the museum was Western Pacific 921-D, an EMD F7A. Unlike other museums, visitors to Portola are encouraged to climb up in the cabs of locomotives, to sit in the engineer's seats, and to browse through the many cabooses and passenger cars that are on display. There is aRun-A-Locomotive program, whereanyone can rent and operate a real locomotive on the museum grounds (understrict supervision, of course). Renters have been of all ages, youngchildren (all children, even those in their 90s) are encouraged.
California Science Center At the California Science Center, children and their families discover how science relates to everyday life through over 100 interactive exhibits and an IMAX theater. Permanent exhibit halls include World of Life which demonstrates the basic functions all life forms must perform to survive, and Creative World which looks at the technology used in communications, structures and transportation. Exhibit highlights include the High-Wire Bicycle where visitors can ride across a one-inch cable 43 feet above the floor, and Tess, the 50 foot star of BodyWorks, a multimedia show that teaches how the body stays in balance. IMAX films, in both traditional 2D and 3D format, are shown on a movie screen 7-stories high and tie in to themes found in the Science Center. The ExploraStore offers unique science-related gifts and 3 restaurants give visitors lots of dining options. Both the Science Center and IMAX Theater are wheelchair accessible.
California - Society for the Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources The Society for the Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources (SPCRR) is a non-profit organization dedicated to acquiring and restoring railroad car constructed by Carter Brothers in Newark, California, around the turn of the century. The Society currently has ten such narrow gauge cars; two completely restored flatcars -- one which operated on the South Pacific Coast -- and one which operated on the Northshore; four boxcars, combine 1010, a horsecar, a home-built ballast car, and ex-SPCRR No. 47. Cars are restored to their original condition using the original techniques. The cars are operated on narrow gauge track constructed by the group at the Ardenwood Historic Farm, a 200-acre working farm in Fremont/Newark. Operating practices follow the South Pacific Coast Railroad as a prototype; motive power is one of the group's two large draft horses.
California State Railroad Museum The California State Railroad Museum is the largest and finest interpretive railroad museum in North America and is the most visited in the world. The Railroad Museum offers a stunning and unusual setting for your event or party and is one of Sacramento's most popular rental sites. The Museum encompasses a wide variety of facilities at two sites: the California State Railroad Museum complex in Old Sacramento, and the l00-year-old Sierra Railroad Shops at Railtown 1897 in Jamestown, California, 90 miles southeast of Sacramento in the Sierra foothills.
California - The Golden Gate Railroad Museum The Golden Gate Railroad Museum (GGRM) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of steam and passenger railroad equipment, and the interpretation of local railroad history. The Museum is based in San Francisco at the Hunter's Point Naval shipyards. You may visit the Museum on weekends from 10AM to 4PM.
California - The South Coast Railroad Museum The museum endeavors to achieve its educational, recreational, and preservation goals through research, publication, rail trips, school and community outreach programs, guided tours, special events, living history, a variety of exhibits and displays, collecting and conservation, and an on-going building restoration program. The museum strives to achieve program excellence and to conduct its activities in a professional manner.
California Views Historical Photo Collection California Views established in 1970 and located in Monterey, California, this unique photo archive is the most comprehensive historical photo collection of Central California. With over 75,500 images in its archives.
Capitola Historical Museum The Museum maintains an extensive collection of photographs and artifacts related to Capitola's history, and offers quarterly changing exhibits on the history and art of the area, as well as on special seasonal and topical themes. The Capitola Historical Museum is open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays 12 noon to 4 pm. Santa Cruz, California.
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum Stereoviews, engravings, maps, and documents illustrating the history of the first transcontinental railroad. This is a Virtual Museum.
Children's Discovery Museum The striking 52,000 square foot purple building, designed by Mexico City-based architect Ricardo Legorreta, signals the purpose of Children's Discovery Museum to serve the needs of children, families and schools as a center for learning and discovery. For children to age 13, it is first and foremost a place to call their own, offering interactive exhibits and programs that span the arts, science, technology and the humanities. Located in San Jose, California.
Cooper Regional History Museum - California The Cooper Regional History Museum is dedicated to preserving and interpreting the history and culture of the communities of Ontario, Montclair, Mt. Baldy, and Rancho Cucamonga from 1880 to the present day. Once housed at the Cultural Center, it moved to Upland's historic Town Center in April 1998.
Coyote Point Museum Welcome to the Coyote Point Museum in San Mateo, CA. Come and get a close up look at what makes the Bay Area beautiful. Just minutes from SFO and overlooking the San Francisco airport, we have live animals, beautiful gardens and hands-on exhibits.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco's web site contains an astonishing database of over 65,000 images from the permanent collection. San Francisco, Califonia.
Golden State Model Railroad Museum The Golden State Model Railroad Museum and the East Bay Model Engineers Society are California non-profit corporations. The Museum is a Tax Exempt organization, donations to which are tax deductible and gladly accepted.
Golden State Museum The Golden State Museum brings California's rich history to life with a mix of traditional exhibits and state-of-the-art technology. Multimedia exhibits tell the stories of California's people, place, promise, and politics.
Heritage Center of San Clemente Nixon Western White House Exhibit, Surfing Extravaganza Exhibit, Marine/Green Beret Exhibit. Located in San Clemente, California.
Hiller Aviation Museum A collection dedicated to man's concept of flight. Our Museum exhibits highlight the many historic advancements native to Northern California, and show how technologies resident here today will shape the future of air transportation.
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens - California The Huntington is an oasis of art and culture set amidst 150 acres of breathtaking gardens. Three art galleries and a library showcase magnificent collections of rare books and manuscripts, 18th- and 19th-century British and French art, American art from the 18th to the early 20th century, and a small but noteworthy collection of Renaissance paintings.
Intel Museum At the Intel Museum in Santa Clara, you can experience the power of computer chips first hand, and the evolution of their development. Santa Clara, California.
Jewish-American Hall of Fame - California The Jewish-American Hall of Fame is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 1999. Its medals have been a successful outreach program, bringing the Hall of Fame into thousands of homes throughout the US and around the world.
J. Paul Getty Museum - California The J. Paul Getty Trust is an international cultural and philanthropic institution devoted to the visual arts and the humanities that includes an art museum as well as programs for education, scholarship, and conservation.
Judah L. Magnes Museum The Magnes Museum in Berkeley, California, collects, preserves, and exhibits treasures of Jewish art, history, and culture from throughout the world. The permanent collections hold over 12,000 objects of Jewish ceremonial, folk, and fine art including paintings, sculpture, prints, and drawings by contemporary and traditional artists.
Lawrence Hall of Science - California Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) is the public science museum and research center for K-12 education at the University of California, Berkeley. LHS offers hands-on science exhibits, discovery laboratories, computer labs, planetarium shows, after-school classes and summer camps, family workshops, special events, school programs and teacher education.
Lindsay Wildlife Museum Welcome to the Lindsay Wildlife Museum, a wildlife rehabilitation and educational center that focuses on native California wildlife and natural history. The museum exhibits live, non-releasable native wildlife in Walnut Creek, California. Founded in 1955, the museum is the oldest and one of the largest wildlife rehabilitation hospitals in the United States, treating more than 6,000 injured and orphaned wild animals each year.
Long Beach Museum of Art The Long Beach Museum of Art - a 1912 house perched on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean -- featuring changing exhibitions of modern and contemporary art.
Mingei International Museum The official Mingei International Museum of World Folk Arts and Crafts presents an extensive photo collection of current and past exhibitions. Located in San Diego California.
Museum of Contemporary Art - California Small but influential museum focused on new art, often by young artists. Bilingual wall texts, audioguides, Web site is bilingual (Spanish/English). MCA collects, exhibits and interprets the art of our time, focusing on the period from 1950 to the present. The Museum has two locations: the flagship facility in La Jolla, founded in 1941 and recently renovated and expanded by Robert Venturi (1996); and the downtown San Diego satellite space, which opened in 1993.
Museum of Jurassic Technology The Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles, California is an educational institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and the public appreciation of the Lower Jurassic.
Museum of Paleontology - California UCMP's mission is the conservation of paleontological materials, collections development, and research and instructional support. The Museum's enormous collections are ranked 4th in America in size, and include protists, plants, invertebrates and vertebrates.
Museum of Photographic Arts The Museum of Photographic Arts is one of the first and finest museums in the country dedicated to the photographic arts. After a major renovation and expansion, MoPA increases its range and sophistication of programs to include film, and year-round permanent collection and traveling exhibitions. San Diego, California.
Museum of Tolerance - California Racism and prejudice in America, and the history of the Holocaust. (Information also in German and Japanese.)
Museum of Web Art The Museum of Web Art features some of the most exciting and innovative art created specifically for the web medium, and in a friendly and inviting museum atmosphere. Located in Los Angeles, California.
National Bicycle History Archive of America National Bicycle History Archive of America, Santa Ana, CA. An extensive historical bicycle archive containing over 30,000 original books, catalogues, photographs of bicycles ranging from 1860s-1960s. We provide restoration advice and historical information and focus primarily on American made bicycles, with special emphasis on Classic Bicycles of 1920-1965. Located in Santa Ana, California.
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County exists to advance knowledge and to enable people of all ages, backgrounds, and interests to appreciate their natural and cultural heritage. The Museum assembles, conserves, interprets , and holds in trust collections of irreplaceable objects from nature and human history. These collections reveal the history of the Earth and the evolution and diversity of life and culture. They sustain programs of research, exhibits, education, and publication.
Niles Depot Niles Depot, Fremont, CA. Showcases railroading in the San Francisco Bay Area, specifically in the Fremont, Newark, and Union City areas.
Oakland Museum of California Oakland Museum of California is one of the largest regional museums in the country, devoted exclusively to Californian art, history and ecology. The Oakland Museum of California maintains and hosts the USA list you are currently browsing!
Pacific Bus Museum The Pacific Bus Museum is an active organization of "bus enthusiasts" based in Northern California who are dedicated to honoring the history of bus transportation. Our collection of buses, bus artifacts and memorabilia strives to preserve a unique part of history for present and future generations.
Pacific Coast Air Museum A Non-Profit Organization Dedicated To Promote The Acquisition, Restoration, Safe Operation, And Display of Historical Aircraft. Located in Santa Rosa, California.
San Bernardino County Museum The San Bernardino County Museum, in Redlands, California, is a regional museum with exhibits and collections in cultural and natural history. Special exhibits, a hands-on Discovery Hall, extensive research collections, and public programs for adults, families, students, and children are all part of the Museum experience.
San Diego Historical Society The collections and exhibits of the Museum of San Diego intrepret the history of the greater San Diego, California region.
San Diego Model Railroad Museum Located in the heart of Balboa Park, the San Diego Model Railroad Museum (SDMRM) is the world's largest operating model railroad museum. This unique museum has four enormous scale model layouts, which depict railroads of the southwest in O, HO and N scales. In addition, the museum features a Toy Train Gallery with an interactive Lionel layout for children; a 3-Rail Hi Rail layout, numerous educational displays, and prototype artifacts, including a centralized tower control (CTC) machine, working semaphore, and crossing signal.
San Diego Museum of Art The San Diego Museum of Art is the largest cultural institution in San Diego County with approximately 12,000. This website is our first attempt at a content-rich exhibition based on the Baldwin M. Baldwin Collection of the Posters of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
San Diego Natural History Museum The San Diego Natural History Museum is dedicated to interpreting the natural world through research, education, and exhibits; to promoting understanding of the evolution and diversity of Southern California and the peninsula of Baja California; and to inspiring in all people respect for the environment.
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum preserves and presents to the public the maritime heritage of California's Central Coast while providing an ongoing educational platform to study and record human interaction with the marine environment.
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Santa Barbara, California. Learn more about Native American culture and the amazingly diverse fauna of the Santa Barbara region. Set in historic Mission Canyon, the Museum of Natural History is one of the most beautiful small museums in the United States by virtue of its natural setting and gracious Spanish-style buildings and grounds.
SJSU Virtual Museum The history of science, mathematics and technology, feauturing individual scientists and mathematicians. San Jose State University, California.
Sonoma County Museum Sonoma County Museum opened in 1985 in the beautifully restored 1909 Post Office and Federal Building in downtown Santa Rosa. The Museum's purpose is to collect, preserve, and exhibit the material culture of Sonoma County, California.
Southwest Museum The Southwest Museum in Los Angeles, CA., holds one of the nation's most important museum, library, and archive collections related to the American Indian. In addition it has extensive holdings of Prehispanic, Spanish Colonial, Latino, and Western American art and artifacts. For eighty years it has supported research, publications, exhibitions, and other educational activities to advance the public's understanding and appreciation of the Americas, with particular emphasis on the Western United States and Mesoamerica.
Stowitts Museum and Library In the process of archiving every past and future exhibition, including catalog text online, and a favorite links section called Culture Connections. Pacific Grove, California.
Tech Museum of Innovation The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California is a hands-on technology museum devoted to inspiring the innovator in everyone
Tehama County Museum A private non-profit foundation museum preserving and exhibiting history of Tehama County, California.
The Children's Museum The Children's Museum at La Habra, California is an active learning center where young children can challenge themselves, discover how the world works, try on new roles and learn through play in our hands-on exhibits and programs. Located in a charming 1923 restored railroad station, California's original children's museum first opened in La Habra in 1977. 12,500 square feet of interactive exhibits put children in touch with the worlds of science, history, the arts, humanities, and everyday life. Programs include a variety of exhibit centers, with a one - of - a - kind changing exhibit gallery; dozens of special events, workshops and performances; fun-filled birthday party celebrations; traveling outreach trunks, kits, classroom programs and publications. Our safe, attractive learning environment is designed primarily for children ages 2 - 11.
The Exploratorium The Exploratorium has over 650 exhibits in its collection. It was founded in 1969 by physicist Frank Oppenheimer. The Exploratorium has over 650 exhibits in its collection. It was founded in 1969 by physicist Frank Oppenheimer. In California.
The Fresno Metropolitan Museum - California At The Fresno Metropolitan Museum, we offer the highest quality programs in art, history and science that both reflect and celebrate the diversity of our region such as the William Saroyan Gallery with over 700 objects from the Pulitzer Prize winning author's life, and more!
The Motts Miniatures Museum - California The Motts Miniatures Museum consists of dozens of miniature exhibits from the Mott Family Collection. There are two main series of exhibits, the History of American Living and the History of the American Merchant. The American Living series contains 6 American period homes from the earliest Pilgrim Cabin right up to a modern home with a working miniature television. Three of the homes in this series are exact replicas of homes once owned by the Mott Family including a Civil War era home, circa 1865, a Victorian era home, circa 1900, and the Des Moines bungalow where Allegra & DeWitt Mott raised their three children, circa 1932. In the American Merchant series you can trace the progress of free enterprise in America from the first Indian Traders right up to a modern Supermarket.
The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center seeks to inspire life-long learning by furthering the public's understanding and enjoyment of science and technology. San Diego, California.
The San Diego Maritime Museum - California Presently the San Diego Maritime Museums fleet of historic ships includes the 1863 British barque Star of India, the 1904 Scottish steam yacht Medea, and the 1898 San Francisco steam ferryboat Berkeley.
Timken Museum of Art The Timken Museum of Art, featuring European Old Masters, American Artists, and a collection of Russian Icons. Visit us in San Diego, CAlifornia.
UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History - California The UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History celebrates the diverse cultures and rich visual arts found throughout the world. Considered one of the world's leading university-based museums, and one of the foremost publishers of publications on non-Western arts and material culture, the Fowler Museum has established a permanent collection of more than 750,000 objects.
University of California - Riverside - California Museum of Photography UCR / California Museum of Photography is an off-campus department of the University of California, Riverside, located in Downtown Riverside. The museum promotes understanding of photography and related media through collection, research, exhibition, and instruction.
West Valley Museum - California The Ventura County Museum of History & Art, 100 East Main Street, is located in downtown Ventura across the street from the County's most historic site, the San Buenaventura Mission. There is much to see here, including the Albinger Archaeological Museum.
