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List of museums in California

List of museums in California

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This list of museums in California is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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To use the sortable tables: click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order.

Central Coast and Monterey Bay Area

Main article: List of museums in the California Central Coast

Includes Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz and Ventura counties

Inland Empire

Main article: List of museums in the Inland Empire

Riverside County and San Bernardino County (includes the Coachella Valley)

Los Angeles County

Main article: List of museums in Los Angeles
Main article: List of museums in Los Angeles County, California

North Coast

Main article: List of museums in the North Coast (California)

Includes Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino counties

Orange County

Main article: List of museums in Orange County, California

San Diego County

Main article: List of museums in San Diego County, California

San Francisco Bay Area

Main article: List of museums in the San Francisco Bay Area

Includes Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties

San Joaquin Valley

Main article: List of museums in the San Joaquin Valley

Includes Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tulare counties

Shasta Cascade

Main article: List of museums in the Shasta Cascade

Includes Butte, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity counties

Elsewhere

The museums below are found in the following counties, which may be split over different regions:

More information Name, Town/City ...

Defunct museums

See also

References

See also: Bibliography of California history
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