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Culture And Education

Museums

Put the fun in learning. Every Region of California offers an opportunity to enjoy History, Art, Science, Culture, Space, Discovery Centers, Transportation, and more. 

Unique Museums

Alameda County

Pacific Pinball Museum

Alameda

https://www.pacificpinball.org/

UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology

Berkely

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/

Calaveras County

Angels Camp Museum

Angels Camp

https://www.gocalaveras.com/business/attractions/angels-camp-museum-gift-shop/

Fresno County

Cat Haven

Dunlap

https://cathaven.com/

Forestiere Underground Gardens

Fresno

http://www.undergroundgardens.com/

San Juaquin River Center

Fresno

https://www.riverparkway.org/river-center

Clovis Botanical Garden

Clovis

https://clovisbotanicalgarden.org/

Madden Library at Fresno State

Fresno

https://library.fresnostate.edu/

Shinzen Japanese Garden

Fresno

https://www.shinzenjapanesegarden.org/

Inyo County

Museum of Western Film History

Lone Pine

https://www.lpmuseum.org/

Kings County

Children’s Storybook Garden & Museum

Hanford

https://www.childrensstorybookgarden.org/

Merced County

Merced County Courthouse Museum

Merced

http://www.mercedmuseum.org/

San Francisco County

California Academy of Science

San Fransisco

https://www.calacademy.org/

History Museum, Aquarium, Planetarium, Rainforest

San Francisco Cable Car Museum

San Fransisco

http://www.cablecarmuseum.org/

Cartoon Art Museum

San Fransisco

http://www.cartoonart.org/


The Beat Museum

San Fransisco

http://www.kerouac.com/

Beat Generation Museum

The Walt Disney Family Museum

San Fransisco

http://www.waltdisney.org/

San Joaquin County

The Haggin Museum

Stockton

https://www.sfmoma.org/

Fine Art, Pop Culture, Baseball Memorabilia

San Mateo County

Museum of PEZ Memorabilia

Burlingame

http://www.spectrumnet.com/pez/

Santa Clara County

Winchester Mystery House

San Jose

https://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/

Santa Cruz County

Bigfoot Discovery Museum

Felton

https://www.bigfootdiscoveryproject.com/

Tulare

Giant Forest Museum

Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park

https://www.nps.gov/seki/learn/historyculture/gfgfm.htm

ImagineU Children's Museum

Visalia

https://www.imagineumuseum.org/

Historical and Cultural Museums

Alameda County

Oakland Museum of California

Oakland

https://museumca.org/

Contra Costa County

Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park

Richmond

http://www.nps.gov/rori

Fresno County

African American Historical & Cultural Museum of the San Joaquin Valley

Fresno

https://www.aahcmsjv.com/

Arte Americas Cultural Center

Fresno

https://arteamericas.org/

Eastern Fresno County Historical Museum

Tollhouse

https://efchs.com/home

Kearney Mansion Museum

Fresno

http://www.valleyhistory.org/

Reedley Museum

Reedley

https://reedley.ca.gov/about-reedley/reedley-museum/

Armenian Museum of Fresno

Fresno

http://www.armof.org/


Clovis - Big Dry Creek Museum

Clovis

https://clovis-museum.com/

Fresno County History Museum & Big Fresno Fair Museum

Fresno

https://www.fresnofair.com/p/education/museums/fresno-county-historical-museum

Museum of the Sierra

Shaver Lake

https://museumofthesierra.org/

Sanger Depot Museum

Sanger

https://www.sangerdepotmuseum.com/

Kings County

Carnegie Museum

Hanford

https://www.carnegiemuseumofkingscounty.org/

Taoist Temple Museum

Hanford

http://chinaalley.com/

Sarah A. Mooney Memorial Museum

Lemoore

https://sarahamooneymuseum.org/

Merced County

Gustine Museum

Gustine

https://www.gustinehistoricalsociety.org/about/what-we-offer/gustine-museum/


Milliken Museum

Los Banos

https://www.mercedcountyevents.com/parks-zoos-museums-2/milliken-museum-and-los-banos-historic-sites

Merced County Courthouse Museum

Merced

http://www.mercedmuseum.org/



Madera County

Coarsegold Historic Museum

Coursegold

https://coarsegoldhistoricalsociety.com/

Madera County Museum

Madera

https://www.facebook.com/MaderaCountyMuseum/

Fossil Discovery Center

Chowchilla

https://www.maderamammoths.org/

Mariposa County

Mariposa Museum & History Center

Mariposa

https://www.mariposamuseum.com/

Northern Mariposa County History Center

Coulterville

https://coultervillehistorycenter.org/

Monterey County

National Steinbeck Center/House Museum

Salinas

https://www.steinbeck.org/

San Francisco County

Chinese Historical Society of America Museum

San Francisco

http://www.chsa.org/

Haas-Lilienthal House

San Francisco

https://www.haas-lilienthalhouse.org/

Randall Museum

San Francisco

http://www.randallmuseum.org/

Santa Clara County

New Museum Los Gatos

Los Gatos

https://www.numulosgatos.org/

Stanislaus County

Oakdale Museum & History Center

Oakdale

https://oakdalemuseum.org/

The Cowboy Museum

Oakdale

https://www.thecowboymuseum.org/

Tulare County

Dinuba Depot Museum

Dinuba

https://www.visitvisalia.com/account/dinuba-depot-museum

Tulare County Museum

Visalia

https://tularecountymuseum.org/

Tulare Historical Museum

Tulare

https://www.tularehistoricalmuseum.org/

Art and Architecture Museums

Alameda County

Meyer House

Alameda

https://meyermayhouse.steelcase.com/

Contra Costa County

Bedford Gallery

Walnut Creek

https://www.bedfordgallery.org/

Fresno County

Fresno Art Museum

Fresno

https://www.fresnoartmuseum.org/

Meux Home Museum

Fresno

https://meuxhomemuseum.org/

William Saroyan House Museum

Fresno

https://saroyanhouse.com/

San Francisco County

Alcatraz

San Francisco

https://www.nps.gov/alca/index.htm

de Young Fine Arts Museum

San Francisco

https://deyoung.famsf.org/

Legion of Honor

San Francisco

https://legionofhonor.famsf.org/

Asian Art Museum

San Francisco

https://asianart.org/

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

San Francisco

http://www.famsf.org/

The Contemporary Jewish Museum

San Francisco

http://www.thecjm.org/

Santa Cruz County

Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History

Santa Cruz

http://www.santacruzmah.org/

Science ~ Children Museums

Fresno County

Fresno Discovery Center

Fresno

https://www.fresnodiscoverycenter.org/

Kings County

Children’s Storybook Garden & Museum

Hanford

https://www.childrensstorybookgarden.org/

Monterey County

SVMHS Museum of Medical History

Salinas

https://www.svmh.com/in-the-news/2018/may/svmhs-museum-of-medical-history-celebrates-20th-/

San Francisco County

California Academy of Sciences

San Francisco

https://www.calacademy.org/

Exploratorium

San Francisco

https://www.exploratorium.edu/

Children's Creativity Museum

San Francisco

http://www.creativity.org/

Santa Clara County

The Computer History Museum

Mountain View

https://computerhistory.org/

The Tech Interactive

San Jose

https://www.thetech.org/

Santa Cruz County

The Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery

Capitola

https://www.sccmod.org/

The Tech Interactive

San Jose

https://www.thetech.org/

Tulare County

Tulare Planetarium

Tulare

https://tcoe.org/planetarium/

Transportation and MilitaryMuseums

~Including: Maritime, Aerospace, Railroad, Auto, War Memoria

Alameda County

USS Hornet - Sea, Air and Space Museum

Alameda

https://uss-hornet.org/

Merced County

Castle Air Museum

Atwater

https://www.castleairmuseum.org/

The Double T Museum

Stevinson

https://thedoublet.com/

San Francisco County

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

San Francisco

https://www.nps.gov/safr/learn/historyculture/bathhousebuilding.htm

SS Jeremiah O'Brien

San Francisco

http://www.ssjeremiahobrien.org/

USS Pampanito

San Francisco

http://maritime.org/

San Mateo County

Hiller Aviation Museum

San Carlos

http://www.hiller.org/

observatories

alameda county

Chabot Space & Science Center

Oakland

http://www.chabotspace.org/

monterey county

Fremont Peak Observatory Association

San Juan Bautista

http://www.fpoa.net/

san francisco county

Morrison Planetarium

Fresno

http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/planetarium/

santa clara county

Lick Observatory

Mount Hamilton

http://lickobservatory.org/

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