This interactive collection of data includes both public and private major museums across the state. If the facility has an active website, all you have to do to reach it is click on the name. We've done the work for you.
By the way, auto/transportation museums are not included in this particular guide. Why? Because there are so many throughout the nation that we offer a separate site for them. To access that site, just click right here.
AEROSPACE MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA
McClellan Park
5934 Price Ave
McClellan, CA 95652
(916) 643-3192
Sacramento, CA
AIR MUSEUM PLANES OF FAME
7000 Merrill Ave. #17
Chino, CA 91710
(909) 597-3722
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF BEAT ART
506 North Garfield, Suite 200
Alhambra, CA 98101
(800) 996-6873
ASIAN ART MUSEUM
200 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 581-3500
AUTRY NATIONAL CENTER
Griffith Park campus
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA, 90027-1462
(323) 667-2000
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Southwest Museum of the American Indian
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Museum of the American West
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Institute for the Study of the American West
BAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM
Fort Baker
557 McReynolds Road
Sausalito, CA 94965
(415) 339-3936
BERNHARD MUSEUM
291 Auburn-Folsom Road
Auburn, CA 95603
(530) 889-6500
BLACKHAWK MUSEUM
3700 Blackhawk Plaza Circle
Danville, CA 94506
(925) 736-2277
BOLINAS MUSEUM
48 Wharf Road
Bolinas, CA 94924
(415) 868-0330
BOWERS MUSEUM OF CULTURAL ART
2002 North Main Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
(714) 567-3600
CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM
Exposition Park
600 State Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
(213) 744-7432
CALIFORNIA DAIRY MUSEUM
1101 National Drive, Suite B
Sacramento, CA 95834
(916) 263-3256
CALIFORNIA HERITAGE MUSEUM
2612 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
(310) 392-8537
CALIFORNIA LIVING MUSEUM
10500 Alfred Harrell Highway
Bakersfield, CA
(661) 872-2256
CALIFORNIA OIL MUSEUM
1001 E. Main St.
Santa Paula, CA 93061
(805) 933-0076
CALIFORNIA MUSEUM FOR HISTORY, WOMEN & THE ARTS
State Archives Building
1020 O Street
Sacramento, CA
(916) 654-5688
CALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY
University of California-Riverside
Main Street
Riverside, CA 92501-3624
(951) 827-4788
CALIFORNIA OIL MUSEUM
10th and Main streets
Santa Paula, CA
(805) 933-0076
CALIFORNIA ROUTE 66 MUSEUM
16825 D Street (Route 66)
Victorville CA 92393-2151
(760) 951-0436
CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER
Exposition Park
700 State Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
(323) 724-3623
CALIFORNIA STATE MILITARY MUSEUM
1119 Second Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 442-2883
CALIFORNIA STATE INDIAN MUSEUM
26th and K streets, adjacent Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park.
Sacramento, CA
(916) 324-0971
CALIFORNIA STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM
111 "I" Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 445-7387
CALIFORNIA SURF MUSEUM
223 North Coast Highway
Oceanside, CA 92054
(760) 721-6876
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL MILITARY MUSEUM
Eagle Field AAF and CCHMM
11100 West Eagle Field Road
Firebaugh, CA
CHABOT SPACE & SCIENCE CENTER
1000 Skyline Boulevard
Oakland, CA 94619
(510) 336-7300
CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM OF SAN JOSE
180 Woz Way
San Jose, CA 95110
(408) 298-5437
CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM OF THE DESERT
71-701 Gerald Ford Drive
Ranco Mirage, CA 92270
(760) 321-0602
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
301 South Euclid Street
La Habra, CA 90631
(562) 905-9793
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF STOCKTON
402 West Weber Avenue
Stockton, CA
(209) 465-4386
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF THE SIERRA
49269 Golden Oak Drive
Oakhurst, CA 93644
(559) 658-5656
COYOTE POINT MUSEUM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
1651 Coyote Point Drive
San Mateo, CA 94401
(650) 342-7755
ESSIG MUSEUM OF ENTOMOLOGY
University of California
201 Wellman Hall MC-3112
Berkeley, CA 94720-3112
(510) 643-0804
DISCOVERY MUSEUM
501 Third Street
Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 443-9694
DISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTER
2500 North Main Street
Santa Ana, CA 92705
(714) 542-2823
EXPLORATORIUM: MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, ART & HUMAN PERCEPTION
Palace of Fine Arts
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 561-0399
FINGERPRINTS YOUTH MUSEUM
123 South Carmalita
Hemet, CA 92543
(951) 765-1223
FLYING LEATHERNECK AVIATION MUSEUM
T-4203 Anderson Avenue
San Diego, CA 92145-0316
(877) 359-8762
FRESNO METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART & SCIENCE
933 Van Ness Avenue
Fresno, CA 93721
(559) 441-1444
FOWLER MUSEUM
UCLA Campus
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1549
(310) 825-4361
(J. PAUL) GETTY MUSEUM
1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90049–1679
(310) 440-7300
HABITOT CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
2065 Kittredge Street
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 647-1111
HAGGIN MUSEUM
Victory Park
1201 North Pershing Avenue
Stockton, CA 95203-1699
(209) 940-6300
HEARST CASTLE
750 Hearst Castle Road
San Simeon, CA 93452-9741
(805) 927-2020
DR. WILLELLA HOWE-WAFFLE HOUSE & MEDICAL MUSEUM
120 Civic Center Drive
Santa Ana, CA
(714) 547-9645
THE HUNTINGTON: LIBRARY, ART COLLECTIONS & BOTANICAL GARDENS
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
(626) 405-2100
KARPELES MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY MUSEUMS
21 West Anapamu Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 962-5322
Note: There are nine other museums outside California that are part of this system. See main website for links.
KEARNEY MANSION MUSEUM
7160 West Kearney Boulevard
Fresno, CA 93706-9520
(559) 441-0862
KIDSPACE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
480 North Arroyo Boulevard
Pasadena, CA 91103
(626) 449-9144
KIDZONE MUSEUM
11711 Donner Pass Road
Truckee, CA 96161
(530) 587-5437
LACE MUSEUM & GUILD
552 South Murphy
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
(408) 730-4695
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000
MEUX HOME MUSEUM
1007 R Street
Fresno, CA 93710
(559) 233-8007
MONTEREY COUNTY YOUTH MUSEUM
425 Washington Street
Monterey, CA 93940
(831) 649-6444
MUSEUM OF CREATION AND EARTH HISTORY
10946 Woodside Avenue North
Santee, CA 92071
(619) 596-6011
MUSEUM OF PALEONTOLOGY
University of California
1101 Valley Life Sciences Building
Berkeley, CA 94720-4780
(510) 642-1821
MUSEUM OF VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY
3101 Valley Life Sciences Building
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3160
(510) 642-3567
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
of Humboldt State University
Wells Fargo Hall
1315 G Street
Arcata, CA
(707) 826-4479
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Exposition Park
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007
(213) 763-3466
NEW CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
200 West Island Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 233-8792
OAKLAND MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607
(510) 238-2200
PASADENA MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA ART
490 East Union Street
Pasadena, CA 91101
(626) 568-3665
PASO ROBLES CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
The Volunteer Firehouse
623 13th Street
Paso Robles, CA 93446
(805) 238-7432
GEORGE S. PATTON MEMORIAL MUSEUM
Interstate 10
Chiriaco Summit, CA 92201
(760) 227-3483
PENNYPICKLE'S WORKSHOP: TEMECULA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
42081 Main Street
Temecula, CA 92590
(951) 308-6376
PRETEND CITY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
29 Hubble
Irvina, CA 92618
(948) 428-3900
SAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM
389 North Escondido Boulevard
Escondido, CA 92025
(760) 233-7755
SAN LUIS OBISPO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
1010 Nipomo Street at Monterey
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
(805) 545-5874
SANTA MARIA VALLEY DISCOVERY MUSEUM
705 South McClelland Street at Jones
Santa Maria, CA 93454
(805) 928-8414
TECH MUSEUM OF INNOVATION
201 South Market Street
San Jose, CA 95113
(408) 294-8324
UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM
California State University Campus
1250 Bellflower Boulevard
Long Beach, CA 90840-8401
(562) 985-5761
ZEUM
221 Fourth Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 820-3320
ZIMMER CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
6505 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(323) 761-8984