Museum Sites

• Anon Salon – San Francisco – nearly monthly party/event/performance showcasing artists in diverse media.
• Asphalt Museum – Rohnert Park
• Bay Area Discovery Museum
• Bigfoot and UFO Museum – North Beach
• Blackhawk Automotive Museum – Danville – resources, projects and exhibits related to the automobile and automotive art through time. Features highlights from the museum collections.
• Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia – Burlingame – featuring an online exhibit of hundreds of dispensers from the ’50s to the present. Also a source for European and hard-to-find dispensers and accessories.
• C.E. Smith Museum of Anthropology
• California Antique Aircraft Museum – a “flying” antique aircraft museum with educational displays, restoration workshops and resource center.
• Campbell Historical Museum and Ainsley House – Campbell – historic home and museum showcasing life in Silicon Valley in the 1920s and 1930s.
• Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose – San Jose
• Essig Museum of Entomology – Berkeley – a 4.5 million specimen entomological research collection with specimens primarily from western North America and the northern neotropics.
• Gold Rush Trail/ Gold Rush Trail Foundation – San Francisco – San Francisco’s outdoor history museum is a walking tour of gold rush era historical monuments, areas and points of interest.
• Golden Gate Railroad Museum – Bayview/Hunters Point – dedicated to the preservation and operation of historic railroad equipment.
• Hall of Health – Berkeley – a community health-education museum and science center, dedicated to promoting wellness and personal responsibility for health
• Hiller Aviation Museum – San Carlos – scheduled to open in 1998. Includes architectural drawings of proposed museum, as well as an online “walking” tour.
• History Museum of Santa Cruz County – Santa Cruz – local history of the city and Monterey Bay; including info on Native Americans, explorers, Californians, the Missions, early industry, and agriculture.
• History Museums of San Jose – San Jose
• Illumination Project – San Francisco
• Intel Museum – Santa Clara
• International Children’s Art Museum – San Francisco – devoted to exhibiting children’s art from around the world as well as from the local community.
• Judah L. Magnes Museum – Berkeley – collects, preserves, and exhibits treasures of Jewish art, history, and culture from throughout the world.
• Lindsay Wildlife Museum – Walnut Creek – wildlife rehabilitation and educational center that focuses on native California wildlife and natural history.
• Mexican Museum – Pacific Heights/Marina – art and cultural institution located in the Fort Mason Center.
• Mill & Short Gallery – San Francisco – collaboration to introduce the role of curator into the realm of the artist.
• Museo ItaloAmericano
• Museum of the City of San Francisco – San Francisco – preserving the history of the City; on-line exhibits include the 1906 earthquake and a 1965-69 chronology of local rock and roll.
• Napa Valley Museum – St. Helena
• National Maritime Museum Association – San Francisco – operates the USS Pampanito, a WWII submarine and assists with the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.
• Pacific Bus Museum – San Anselmo
• Pacific Coast Air Museum – Santa Rosa – dedicated to promote the acquisition, restoration, safe operation, and display of historical aircraft.
• Pacific Film Archive – Berkeley – center for the exhibition and study of cinema.
• Petaluma Historical Museum/Library – Petaluma – dedicated to the history of Petaluma and its environs.
• Petaluma Wildlife and Natural Science Museum – Petaluma – student-run non-profit museum with a saltwater tidepool along with taxidermied and live animal displays.
• Portuguese Historical Museum – San Jose – preserves the culture and heritage of Portuguese immigrants to the US from the time of the discoveries to the present day.
• Randall Museum, The – San Francisco
• Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum – San Francisco – explore a world of improbabilities located at Fisherman’s Wharf.
• Rosicrucian Park and Egyptian Museum – San Jose – houses several Egyptian-style buildings in a park-like setting featuring exotic plants and the largest collection of Egyptian artifacts in the western US.
• San Francisco Art Commission Gallery – San Francisco – an important venue for emerging to mid-career artists.
• San Francisco Computer Museum – San Francisco
• San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum – San Francisco
• San Francisco International Airport Museum Exhibitions – curates exhibitions that capture the unique culture of the San Francisco Bay Area and humanize the airport environment.
• San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum – Civic Center/Tenderloin – includes both national and international holdings, with special emphasis on the rich heritage of the live performing arts in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• San Jose Center for Latino Arts – San Jose
• Santa Cruz Surfing Museum – Santa Cruz – housed in the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse, the museum traces over 100 years of surfing history as it relates to Santa Cruz.
• Sharpsteen Museum – Calistoga – dioramas and displays about Calistoga and northern Napa County.
• Sonoma State University Art Gallery – Rohnert Park – hosts exhibitions, public lectures, and educational outreach programs.
• Strybing Arboretum & Botanical Gardens – San Francisco – located within Golden Gate Park.
• Vacaville Muesum – Vacaville – center for Solano County history. Features hours, exhibit info, guild and membership information.
• Villa Montalvo – Saratoga – non-profit art center presents shows by world-class performers, funding an Artist Residency Program, Gallery, and outreach programs.
• Western Aerospace Museum – Oakland
• Western Railway Museum – Suisun City
• WORKS – San Jose – contemporary art and performance space dedicated to providing a venue for artists, ideas and images that expand the scope of cultural and artistic experience.