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Center dedicated to the acquisition, restoration, safe operation and display of historical aircraft.
The seventh of 21 Spanish missions established in California by the Franciscans.
Community health-education museum and science center dedicated to promoting wellness and individual responsibility for health.
Displays a large collection of fire-fighting equipment and memorabilia from across the country and around the world.
The Observatory is a non-profit educational institution whose purpose is to provide information on astronomy and related sciences to the public.
Features a permanent collection and a full schedule of contemporary exhibitions, educational programming and special events.
Interactive exhibits and programs that span the arts, science, technology and the humanities.
Preserves antique airplanes and artifacts that represent California's aviation history.
Permanent collection is made up of paintings, drawings, sculptures, works on paper and decorative arts.
Located at Donner Memorial State Park in the Sierra Nevada mountains, the museum depicts the history and people of the area.
Experience the power of computer chips and the evolution of their development.
Center seeks to delight, inspire and educate the public by acquiring, conserving, studying, exhibiting and interpreting works of art within its fields of collecting.
Houses a collection of World War II fighter aircraft.
Includes the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor.
Library, art collections and botanical gardens.
Serves as the primary regional resource for the study and appreciation of fine art with an emphasis on the original Crocker family donation.
Collection of pre-historic and historic American Indian artifacts.
Center dedicated to furthering the understanding of art of all cultures of the world.
Includes four galleries and three historical sites: The Octagon Building, the Evergreen Cemetery and the Davenport Jail.
Historical photo collection of central California.
The goal of the society is to preserve and restore examples of American military equipment.
Traces San Francisco history from its origins as a Spanish garrison, to renown as a Gold-Rush boomtown, to world attention as the famous “Earthquake City.”
Features science, art and human perception exhibits. Housed in San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts.
Collection of Egyptian, Babylonian and Assyrian antiquities.
Museum, library and archive collections related to the American Indian. Located in Los Angeles.
Regional museum with exhibits and collections in cultural and natural history.
A center for learning about the natural and cultural history of greater Riverside through its collections, exhibitions, education programs and publications.
Dedicated to interpreting the natural world through research, education and exhibits and promoting understanding of the evolution and diversity of Southern California and Baja California.
Permanent collection includes paintings, drawing, prints, sculpture, film, video, photography and Judaica.
Located at Modesto Junior College in Modesto, California.
Consists of dozens of miniature exhibits from the Mott family collection.
Located at the University of California, Berkley.
The museum promotes understanding of photography and related media through collection, research, exhibition and instruction.
A family science, teacher resource and curriculum development center.
Dedicated to the photographic arts.
Online museum of kazoos.
Houses a diverse collections of musical instruments containing American, European and ethnic instruments dating from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries.
New York based nonprofit museum founded by William S. Paley to collect and preserve television and radio programs and to make them available to the public.
Manages History Park (formerly the San José Historical Museum), the Peralta Adobe & Fallon House and over 500,000 historical artifacts from Santa Clara Valley.
The Autry is devoted to preserving and interpreting the rich history and traditions of the American West.
Features modern and contemporary art.
Features a collection of Italian Renaissance, Spanish Baroque, European, American, Asian and contemporary art.
Center preserves and presents the art of world cultures.
An educational institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and public appreciation of the Lower Jurassic period.
Designed to enhance the public's knowledge of the African American's past and present contribution to society.
Center investigates and promotes the understanding of the history of life and the diversity of the Earth's biota through research and education.
Art museum located in Pasadena, California.
Its holdings include more than 150,000 works spanning the history of art from ancient times to the present.
Includes the Natural History Museum, Steinhart Aquarium and Morrison Planetarium.
Multimedia exhibits incorporating documents and artifacts drawn from the collections of the California State Archives tell the stories of California's people, place, promise and politics.
Dedicated to the heroes of the American environmental movement.
Focuses on two themes through unique interactive exhibits: the dynamics of racism and prejudice in America and the history of the Holocaust.
Located in San Mateo, California.
Collects, exhibits and interprets art created since 1940 in all media.
Museum of the University of Southern California.
Center in Exposition Park in Los Angeles.
A museum of antique dollhouses, miniatures, dolls and toys.
Preserves and chronicles the major milestones in the development of the computer industry. Located on the campus of Coleman College in La Mesa, California.
A former Southern Pacific Railroad depot operated as a railroad and local history museum.
Dedicated to preserving and interpreting the history and culture of the communities of Ontario, Montclair, Mt. Baldy and Rancho Cucamonga, California.
Museum seeks to inspire lifelong learning by furthering the public's understanding and enjoyment of science and technology.
Collection of photographs and artifacts related to Capitola's history.
Wildlife rehabilitation and educational center that focuses on native California wildlife and natural history.
Accredited art museum in Contra Costa County in California.
Educational and cultural institution dedicated to preserving and sharing historical collections and extensive archives.
Demonstration and Display of Railroad History in the Pacific Southwest
This California museum has changing contemporary art exhibits, items depicting Shasta County history and displays of ethnic art including Native American works.
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