Thompson Art Gallery San Jose School of Music and Dance

This list of museums in the San Francisco Bay Area is a list of museums, defined for this context every bit institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and intendance for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. As well included are not-profit and university art galleries. Museums that be only in cyberspace (i.east., virtual museums) are not included.

Museums [edit]

San Francisco [edit]

Name	Image	Blazon	Summary
University of Art Academy Automobile Museum		Machine	Non-profit motorcar museum
Aquarium of the Bay		Aquarium	A diversity of San Francisco Bay living habitats house the diverse animal collection, including walk-through tunnel exhibits, transparent touchpools, and a bubbling mountain stream exhibit
Alcatraz Island		Prison	Operated by the National Park Service, onetime federal prison, access by private ferry
American Bookbinders Museum		History	website, The history of bookbinding and bookbinders in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco		Fine art	Arts of Republic of india, Red china, southwest asia (including Persia), South-Eastern asia, Korea & Japan
Crush Museum		Literary	The Beats memorabilia and bookstore
Cablevision Car Museum		Transportation
California University of Sciences		Natural history
California Historical Club		Local history	Land history and culture
Cartoon Art Museum		Art	Fine art of comics & cartoons, including original blitheness cels, comic book pages & early newspaper comic strips
Children's Creativity Museum		Children's
Chinese Historical Social club of America Museum and Learning Center		Ethnic	History of Chinese in U.South.
Chinese Civilization Center		Art	Exhibitions of traditional & contemporary Chinese & Chinese-American fine art
Gimmicky Jewish Museum		Ethnic	Contemporary perspectives on Jewish culture, history, art and ideas
de Young Museum		Fine art	American painting, sculpture & decorative art, African, Oceanic, Meso-American, Central & South American art, textiles, gimmicky craft, graphics fine art
EcoCenter at Heron'due south Head Park		Education center	A unique education facility that combines ecology education, feel-based learning and habitat restoration
Exploratorium		Science	Easily-on science exhibits
Fort Betoken National Historic Site		Military	Part of The Presidio
GLBT History Museum		History	History and civilization of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals, communities and movements
Haas-Lilienthal House		Celebrated house	1886 Victorian house with period rooms
International Fine art Museum of America		Art	Eastern and Western art including works by Chinese masters, Yun sculptures, classic 18th to 20th-century European portraits and landscapes
The LAB		Fine art	Interdisciplinary arts system with public gallery
Legion of Accolade		Art	Mostly French & European fine art
Letterform Archive		Art	website, materials on the history of lettering, typography, printing, and graphic design
Madame Tussauds San Francisco		Wax	Located in Fisherman'southward Wharf, includes San Francisco celebrities, movie stars, music performers, sports stars, politicians and world leaders
Mexican Museum		Ethnic	Historic and contemporary art and civilization of the Latino, Chicano, Mexican, and Mexican-American people
Military Intelligence Service Celebrated Learning Center		Multiple	website, history of War machine Intelligence Service in the Presidio, Japanese American history, art and culture, operated by the National Japanese American Historical Club
Mission Cultural Eye for Latino Arts		Fine art	website, cultural arts eye and gallery
Mission Dolores		Religious	Oldest original intact Mission in California and the oldest edifice in San Francisco
Musée Mécanique		Amusements	Penny arcade games, mechanically operated musical instruments, video arcade games
Museo ItaloAmericano		Ethnic	Italian and Italian-American art and civilization
Museum of Arts and crafts and Design		Fine art	website, contemporary craft and pattern
Museum of Functioning & Pattern		Art	Performing arts
Museum of Russian Civilisation		Ethnic	website, part of the Russian Middle of San Francisco
Museum of the African Diaspora		Cultural	Diasporan histories of people of African origin & their influence & adaptation throughout the world
North Beach Museum		Local history	Located on the second flooring of the Eureka Banking company building[1]
Octagon House 1861		Celebrated house	Operated by The National Club of the Colonial Dames of America
Pacific Heritage Museum		Ethnic	Creative, cultural and economic achievements of the peoples of the Pacific Rim[2]
The Presidio		Multiple	Park with several visitor centers with a fort, marine, military and historical exhibits
Randall Museum		Multiple	Art, scientific discipline, natural history, live animals
Ripley's Believe It or Non!		Entertainment	Well-nigh Fisherman's Wharf
San Francisco Arts Committee Gallery		Art	Contemporary art, three locations in San Francisco
San Francisco Fire Section Museum		Firefighting	website
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park		Maritime	Includes a armada of historic vessels, a company center, a maritime museum and a library/inquiry facility
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art		Art	website
San Francisco Music Hall of Fame Gallery		Local history	website, The gallery displays effectually 90 iconic San Francisco Bay Area artists and bands.
San Francisco Railway Museum		Railway	Antique streetcars, cable cars, earthquake of 1906
San Francisco State of war Memorial and Performing Arts Heart		Performing arts	Tours of the diverse performance spaces
Sea Panthera leo Center		Education center	A colony of wild California sea lions now permanently established in this unusual urban location. The middle provides gratis educational programming on the natural history of California sea lions
SFO Museum		Multiple	website, Aviation Museum and a choice of temporary exhibitions in the terminals at San Francisco International Airport
Society of California Pioneers		Local history	California fine art, history, and culture
SS Jeremiah O'Brien		Museum ship	Globe War 2 Liberty ship located at Fisherman'southward Wharf
Tenderloin Museum		Local history	website, History of the tenderloin neighborhood
Walt Disney Family unit Museum		Biographical	Walt Disney'southward life, awards & memorabilia
USS Pampanito		Museum ship	Submarine located at Fisherman's Wharf
Wattis Institute for Gimmicky Arts		Art	Role of California College of the Arts
Wells Fargo History Museum		History	Kickoff location of the Wells Fargo visitor, history of the company and the California gilt rush
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts		Art	Gimmicky arts center with several galleries

East Bay Area [edit]

Proper name	Image	Boondocks/City	County	Region	Blazon	Summary
Aftel Archive of Curious Scents		Berkeley	Alameda	East Bay	Perfume	The first museum in the U.S dedicated to perfume and the experience of fragrance. website
Aggregate Space Gallery		Oakland	Alameda	East Bay	Fine art	A non-profit, artist-run exhibition and performance infinite in West Oakland. website
Alameda Museum		Alameda	Alameda	Eastward Bay	Local history	Operated by the Alameda Historical Society
Alameda Naval Air Museum		Alameda	Alameda	East Bay	Armed forces	website, history of the Alameda Naval Air Station, ship and plane models
Alvarado Adobe		San Pablo	Contra Costa	Eastward Bay	Celebrated house	website, operated by the San Pablo Historical Lodge, former home of Juan Alvarado, the governor of Mexican Alta California
African American Museum and Library at Oakland		Oakland	Alameda	East Bay	African American
Ardenwood Historic Farm		Fremont	Alameda	East Bay	Historic house	park includes a subcontract, a large wood and the 19th century Patterson House
Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology		Berkeley	Alameda	East Bay	Archaeology	Part of Pacific School of Religion, artifacts from ancient Israel and Palestine, Greek and Cypriot ceramics, Egyptian scarabs, cuneiform tablets from ancient Mesopotamia, and over 300 historic Bibles from around the world
Bailey Art Museum		Crockett	Contra Costa	East Bay	Art	website, ceramic and metal sculptures by Clayton Bailey, watercolor drawings past Betty Bailey, and pseudo-scientific curiosities by his alter-ego Dr. Gladstone
Bancroft Gallery		Berkeley	Alameda	East Bay	Multiple	Exhibitions from the collections of the Bancroft Library
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive		Berkeley	Alameda	Due east Bay	Fine art	Office of University of California, Berkeley, strengths in historical and gimmicky Asian art, early American painting, mid-20th-century, Conceptual, contemporary international fine art, and California and Bay Expanse fine art
Berkeley History Centre		Berkeley	Alameda	East Bay	Local history	website, operated past the Berkeley Historical Society
Blackness Diamond Mines Regional Preserve		Antioch	Contra Costa	Due east Bay	Mining	Park of erstwhile coal and sand mine
Blackhawk Museum		Blackhawk	Contra Costa	Eastward Bay	Automotive	Classic cars
Blume House		San Pablo	Contra Costa	East Bay	Historic house	website, operated past the San Pablo Historical Society
Camron-Stanford Firm		Oakland	Alameda	East Bay	Historic business firm	website, Victorian house museum
Casa Peralta		San Leandro	Alameda	East Bay	Celebrated house
Chabot Infinite and Science Eye		Oakland	Alameda	Due east Bay	Science
Cohen-Bray Firm		Oakland	Alameda	East Bay	Celebrated house	website, late 19th-century Victorian period house, operated by the Victorian Preservation Center of Oakland
Crockett Museum		Crockett	Contra Costa	Due east Bay	Local history	website
Diablo Valley College Fine art Gallery		Pleasant Colina	Contra Costa	East Bay	Art	website
Duarte Garage Museum		Livermore	Alameda	Due east Bay	Automotive	website, operated by the Livermore Heritage Lodge, archetype cars and machine memorabilia, also called Lincoln Highway Museum
Dublin Heritage Park and Museums		Dublin	Alameda	East Bay	Open air	website, includes 1856 Murray Schoolhouse, 1859 St. Raymond's Church, Kolb House and outbuildings and Dublin Pioneer Cemetery
Dunsmuir House		Oakland	Alameda	E Bay	Celebrated house	37-room Victorian mansion and manor grounds
Essig Museum of Entomology		Berkeley	Alameda	Due east Bay	Natural history	Insect inquiry museum of the University of California, Berkeley, collections are simply open to the public during the almanac open up business firm
Galindo Business firm and Gardens		Agree	Contra Costa	East Bay	Historic firm	19th century menstruation historic firm
Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site		Danville	Contra Costa	East Bay	Historic firm	website Tao House, home of Nobel Prize winning playwright Eugene O'Neill
Woods Habitation Farms		San Ramon	Contra Costa	East Bay	Open up air	xvi acre park with 2 houses, fourteen outbuildings, and the Victorian period Glass Firm Museum
Golden State Model Railroad Museum		Richmond	Contra Costa	East Bay	Railroad	Features dozens of realistic metropolis and country scenes, with model trains from unlike eras running on several layouts in different scales
Golden Gate Railroad Museum		Sunol	Alameda	Due east Bay	Railroad	Houses 12 locomotives and over 25 pieces of rolling stock, which are shown for special events
Habitot Children's Museum		Berkeley	Alameda	E Bay	Children's	website
Hayward Area Historical Society		Hayward	Alameda	East Bay	Local history	Operates the HAHS Center for History and Culture
John Muir National Historic Site		Martinez	Contra Costa	East Bay	Biographical	website Home of John Muir, "father of the national park service" and founder of the Sierra Club
Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles		Berkeley	Alameda	East Bay	Textile	website
Lawrence Hall of Science		Berkeley	Alameda	East Bay	Science
Lightship RELIEF – WLV 605		Oakland	Alameda	Eastward Bay	Museum transport	U.S. Coast Guard lightship
Lindsay Wild animals Museum		Walnut Creek	Contra Costa	East Bay	Nature middle	Natural history exhibits, animals, wildlife rehabilitation centre
Livermore Carnegie Museum		Livermore	Alameda	East Bay	Local history	website, operated by the Livermore Heritage Social club
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life		Berkeley	Alameda	East Bay	Indigenous	Art & history of the Jewish community in the thirteen western United States, at present function of the University of California, Berkeley
Martinez Museum		Martinez	Contra Costa	East Bay	Local history	website, operated past the Martinez Historical Lodge
Meek Mansion		Cherryland	Alameda	Due east Bay	Historic house	Operated by the Hayward Area Historical Lodge, open up for special events
McConaghy House		Hayward	Alameda	East Bay	Celebrated house	Operated by the Hayward Area Historical Society in Kennedy Park, Victorian estate
Mills Higher Art Museum		Oakland	Alameda	East Bay	Art	Part of Mills College, creative work of women as artists and curators
Mission San José		Fremont	Alameda	East Bay	Historic church
Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment		Oakland	Alameda	East Bay	Computer Games	Play vintage video games.
MOCHA: Museum of Children's Art		Oakland	Alameda	East Bay	Children's	website, hands-on children's fine art programs
Museum of the San Ramon Valley		Danville	Contra Costa	East Bay	Local history	website, housed in the Danville Southern Pacific Railroad Depot
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology		Berkeley	Alameda	East Bay	Natural history	Inquiry museum of the University of California, Berkeley, collections are only open to the public during the annual open up house, but a limited number exhibits are on display outside of the collection
Museum on Master		Pleasanton	Alameda	E Bay	Local history	website, operated past the Amador-Livermore Valley Historical Society
Niles Coulee Railway		Fremont	Alameda	East Bay	Railway	Heritage train and bus rides
Niles Depot Museum		Fremont	Alameda	East Bay	Railway	Model railroads
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum		Fremont	Alameda	East Bay	Media	Silent films and their history
Oakland Asian Cultural Center		Oakland	Alameda	East Bay	Culture	Asian Pacific arts, culture and history
Oakland Aviation Museum		Oakland	Alameda	Eastward Bay	Aviation	Formerly the Western Aerospace Museum, over 30 vintage and modern airplanes, both civilian and military, and other displays that highlight noted aviators and innovators
Oakland Museum of California		Oakland	Alameda	East Bay	Multiple	Art, history, culture and natural surroundings of California
Pacific Pinball Museum		Alameda	Alameda	Eastward Bay	Amusement	Formerly the Lucky JuJu Pinball Museum, history, science and art of pinball machines
Pardee Home		Oakland	Alameda	E Bay	Historic house	1969 Victorian mansion with decorative artifacts
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology		Berkeley	Alameda	East Bay	Anthropology	Formerly the Lowie Museum of Anthropology, part of the University of California at Berkeley, collections include Native California, Cathay, Africa aboriginal civilizations of Egypt, Peru, North America and the Mediterranean
Richmond Museum of History		Richmond	Contra Costa	East Bay	Local history	website
Saint Mary'due south College Museum of Art		Moraga	Contra Costa	East Bay	Art	website, office of Saint Mary's Higher of California, collection includes works by Andy Warhol, William Keith and over 4000 art objects
San Leandro History Museum & Art Gallery		San Leandro	Alameda	Eastward Bay	Local history	website
Shadelands Ranch Museum		Walnut Creek	Contra Costa	East Bay	Local history	Operated by the Walnut Creek Historical Lodge
SS Blood-red Oak Victory		Richmond	Contra Costa	East Bay	Maritime	Role of Rosie the Riveter/World War Ii Dwelling house Front National Historical Park, Globe War II Victory send
Takara Sake Museum		Berkeley	Alameda	East Bay	Nutrient	website, historical sake-making procedure, sake artifacts and implements, history of sake-making in the United States
Thorsen Firm		Berkeley	Alameda	East Bay	Celebrated business firm	American Craftsman style firm
Wedlock City Historical Museum		Union City	Alameda	Due east Bay	Local history	[three]
University of California Museum of Paleontology		Berkeley	Alameda	East Bay	Paleontology	Collections are only open to the public during the annual open house, merely a limited number of fossil exhibits are on display outside of the collection
USS Hornet Museum		Alameda	Alameda	Due east Bay	Museum ship	United States Navy aircraft carrier that served in World War Ii, the Vietnam State of war, and too played a office in the Apollo programme
USS Potomac (AG-25)		Oakland	Alameda	East Bay	Museum ship	President Franklin Roosevelt's presidential yacht
Washington Township Museum of Local History		Fremont	Alameda	Eastward Bay	Local history	Focused on southwestern role of Alameda County, the museum has exhibits, walking tours, and classes.

San Francisco Peninsula [edit]

Name	Image	Town/City	Canton	Region	Blazon	Summary
Anderson Collection		Stanford	Santa Clara	San Francisco Peninsula	Fine art	One of the world'due south most outstanding individual assemblies of modernistic and gimmicky American art.
Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia		Burlingame	San Mateo	San Francisco Peninsula	Toy	Pez dispensers, includes the Archetype Toy Museum with toys of the past
Colma Historical Museum		Colma	San Mateo	San Francisco Peninsula	Local history	website, operated by the Colma Historical Clan
CuriOdyssey		San Mateo	San Mateo	San Francisco Peninsula	Natural history	Natural history and environmental education middle with an aviary and over l non-releasable native animals, formerly the Coyote Point Museum
Filoli		Woodside	San Mateo	San Francisco Peninsula	Historic house	43-room land estate with 16-acre (6.5 ha) formal garden
Hiller Aviation Museum		San Carlos	San Mateo	San Francisco Peninsula	Aviation	Vintage and futuristic aircraft, prototypes, photographic displays and models
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts		Stanford University	Santa Clara	San Francisco Peninsula	Art	website Fine art including the largest collection of works past Auguste Rodin in the USA
Millbrae Museum		Millbrae	San Mateo	San Francisco Peninsula	Local history	website, operated by the Millbrae Historical Society, antique furnishings, clothing, household items, transportation
Millbrae Train Museum		Millbrae	San Mateo	San Francisco Peninsula	Railroad	website, operated by the Millbrae Historical Society
Peninsula Museum of Art		San Bruno	San Mateo	San Francisco Peninsula	Fine art	Changing exhibitions of work by outstanding artists of the Greater Bay Area
Sanchez Adobe		Pacifica	San Mateo	San Francisco Peninsula	Historic house	Operated by the San Mateo County History Museum
San Mateo Canton History Museum		Redwood City	San Mateo	San Francisco Peninsula	Local history	History of San Mateo County including natural resource, clearing, important figures, industries, maritime history
S San Francisco Historical Society Museum		South San Francisco	San Mateo	San Francisco Peninsula	Local History	website, artifacts, memorabilia, oral histories, photograph collection
The Foster Museum		Palo Alto	Santa Clara	San Francisco Peninsula	Art	website Single-artist museum exhibiting the artwork Journeys of creative person-explorer Tony Foster
Woodside Store		Woodside	San Mateo	San Francisco Peninsula	Historic site	Operated by the San Mateo County History Museum, general shop restored to 1880s advent

Santa Clara Valley [edit]

Entries in this list are generally according to Santa Clara Valley.

Proper noun	Image	Town/City	County	Region	Blazon	Summary
Agnews Historic Cemetery & Museum		Santa Clara	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Medical	website, celebrated cemetery and museum about the Agnews State Hospital and afterwards Agnews Developmental Center from 1888 to 2009, museum open up by appointment
Ainsley House		Campbell	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Celebrated firm	1925 Craftsman-manner house, Morgan Gallery in the carriage house features exhibits of local history
Berryessa Adobe		Santa Clara	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Celebrated house	website, 1840s adobe firm
California History Center		Cupertino	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	History	Teaching heart and showroom hall on regional and California history, part of De Anza College
Campbell Historical Museum		Campbell	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Local history	Pocket-size history museum located in the city of Campbell's first public building, Firehouse No. 1. Features interactive exhibits that rotate once a year.
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose		San Jose	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Children's
Computer History Museum		Mountain View	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Computer	Home to the largest and most significant collection of computing artifacts in the world, includes collection from now closed Calculator Museum, Boston
Cupertino Historical Club and Museum		Cupertino	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Local history	website
De Saisset Museum		Santa Clara	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Multiple	Part of the Santa Clara University, art & history, includes paintings, jewels, silver, tapestries, California & Native American historical artifacts
Euphrat Museum of Art		Cupertino	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Fine art	Part of De Anza Higher
Gilroy Museum		Gilroy	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Local history	website, Gilroy Historical Guild, history of Gilroy and the South Santa Clara County area, housed in the historic 1910 Carnegie Library Building
Harris-Lass Museum		Santa Clara	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Celebrated house	website, operated by the Historic Preservation Order of Santa Clara, 19th-century Italianate farmhouse
Headen-Inman Firm		Santa Clara	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Local history	Exhibits on local history, located on the grounds of the Triton Museum of Fine art
History Park at Kelley Park		San Jose	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Open air	Includes 27 original and reproduction homes, business organisation and landmarks, Portuguese Historical Museum, Viet Museum, trolley barn with vehicles, fine art gallery
Hoover Institution Library and Archives		Stanford	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	History	Part of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, changing exhibits from the collections in the Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibit Pavilion
Intel Museum		Santa Clara	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Science	Transistors, reckoner memory, microprocessors, how computer chips are made, history of Intel
Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies		San Jose	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Music	Life and works of composer Ludwig van Beethoven, operated past San Jose Country University and the American Beethoven Gild
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts		Stanford	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Art	Formerly the Stanford University Museum of Art, part of Stanford University, includes Auguste Rodin sculpture garden
Japanese American Museum of San Jose		San Jose	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Ethnic	Located in Japantown, Japanese American art, history and culture
Inferior Museum & Zoo		Palo Alto	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Multiple	website, owned and operated by the Urban center of Palo Alto, hands-on science and natural history exhibits, live animals
Los Altos History Museum		Los Altos	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Local history	Includes the early on 20th century J. Gilbert Smith House, area agronomics, cultural history
Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA)		San Jose	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Fine art	A gimmicky Latino visual arts and performing arts space, also as a community arts education program.
Moffett Field Historical Gild Museum		Moffett Field	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Aviation	website, history of Moffett Federal Airfield, Navy balloon USS Macon
Museum of American Heritage		Palo Alto	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	History	Likewise known as MOAH, inventions and applied science of the 19th and 20th century in a series of settings typical of the era
NASA Ames Exploration Heart		Moffett Federal Airfield	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Science	NASA applied science, missions and space exploration
New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum		New Almaden	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Mining	Exhibits about the history of mercury mining and the lifestyles of mining communities at New Almaden
New Museum Los Gatos		Los Gatos	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Multiple	Local history and art
Palo Alto Art Heart		Palo Alto	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Art	Art and artists of the San Francisco Bay Surface area
Peralta Adobe		San Jose	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Historic house	Open by appointment
Portuguese Historical Museum		San Jose	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Ethnic	Role of History Park at Kelley Park, Portuguese history and culture, immigration into the Santa Clara Valley
Rengstorff Firm		Mount View	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Historic house	Victorian Italianate mansion with period rooms
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum		San Jose	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Archaeological	Ancient Arab republic of egypt
San Benito County Historical & Recreational Park		Hollister	San Benito	Santa Clara Valley	Open air	website, operated by the San Benito County Historical Society, historical village includes a schoolhouse, dance hall, bar, jail, several houses, print shop and antiquarian farm vehicles
San Jose Plant of Contemporary Art		San Jose	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Art	Contemporary art by emerging and established Bay Area artists
San Jose Museum of Art		San Jose	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Fine art	Focuses on West Coast artists and artists of the Pacific Rim
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles		San Jose	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Textile	Quilts and textiles every bit an art course
South Bay Historical Railroad Society Museum		Santa Clara	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Railroad	Besides known as the Edward Peterman Museum of Railroad History, housed in the Santa Clara Depot
Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum		Sunnyvale	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Local history
The Foster Museum		Palo Alto	Santa Clara	San Francisco Peninsula	Art	website Unmarried-creative person museum exhibiting the artwork Journeys of artist-explorer Tony Foster
The Tech Museum of Innovation		San Jose	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Scientific discipline
Thompson Gallery at San José State Academy		San Jose	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Art	website, located in Art Building No. 127
Triton Museum of Art		Santa Clara	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Art	Contemporary and historical works of fine art by artists of the Greater Bay Area
Viet Museum		San Jose	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Ethnic	Role of History Park at Kelley Park, feel of Vietnamese Americans and their journey from Vietnam to the United states of america
Villa Mira Monte		Morgan Hill	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Multiple	website, operated by the Morgan Hill Historical Order, 1884 Hiram Morgan Loma Firm with Queen Anne and Stick/Eastlake design, Morgan Hill Museum with a stone and mineral drove
Villa Montalvo		Saratoga	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Fine art	Celebrated mansion, houses the Montalvo Arts Center with a gallery and performing arts
Wapple Firm Museum		Hollister	San Benito	Santa Clara Valley	Local history	website, operated by the San Benito County Historical Society
Winchester Mystery House		San Jose	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Celebrated house	160-room Victorian mansion with many unexplained oddities
Wings of History Museum		San Martin	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Aviation	Antique aircraft and aircraft engines
Works/San Jose		San Jose	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley	Art	website, alternative community art and functioning center with exhibit gallery

Other San Francisco Bay Area [edit]

Name	Epitome	Town/City	County	Region	Type	Summary
Arts Benicia		Benicia	Solano	San Francisco Bay Area	Art	website, fine art eye with exhibit gallery
Bay Expanse Discovery Museum		Sausalito	Marin	San Francisco Bay Area	Children's
Bay Model Visitor Center		Sausalito	Marin	San Francisco Bay Area	Science	Three-dimensional hydraulic model of San Francisco Bay and Delta areas capable of simulating tides and currents, over 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) in size, operated past the US Army Corps of Engineers
Benicia Capitol State Celebrated Park		Benicia	Solano	San Francisco Bay Area	History	California's third capitol edifice, restored to 1850s appearance
Benicia Burn down Museum		Benicia	Solano	San Francisco Bay Area	Firefighting	website, historic burn down engines, trucks, equipment
Benicia Historical Museum		Benicia	Solano	San Francisco Bay Surface area	Local history	website
Bolinas Museum		Bolinas	Marin	San Francisco Bay Area	Art	website
California Indian Museum and Cultural Center		Santa Rosa	Sonoma	North Coast	Native American	website, California Indian history and culture from an Indian perspective
California Missions Museum		Sonoma	Sonoma	N Coast	History	Located at Cline Cellars, models of the California missions
Charles Grand. Schulz Museum and Research Center		Santa Rosa	Sonoma	North Coast	Biographical	Life and art of cartoonist Charles Thou. Schulz
Children's Museum of Sonoma County		Santa Rosa	Sonoma	North Coast	Children'southward	website
Mainland china Military camp Land Park		San Rafael	Marin	San Francisco Bay Area	Open air	Exhibits about old Chinese shrimp-fishing village including a house museum
Cloverdale History Center and Museum		Cloverdale	Sonoma	N Coast	Historic house	website, operated by the Cloverdale Historical Society, includes the tardily 19th-century Gould-Shaw House
Depot Park Museum		Petaluma	Sonoma	N Coast	Local history	website, operated by the Sonoma Valley Historical Guild, includes railroad artifacts and displays, a Victorian kitchen and celebrated schoolroom
Dixie Schoolhouse		San Rafael	Marin	San Francisco Bay Expanse	Education	One room schoolhouse
Dutra Museum of Dredging		Rio Vista	Solano	San Francisco Bay Expanse	Industry	website, private collection of dredging equipment and fossils, open by appointment
Falkirk Cultural Center		San Rafael	Marin	San Francisco Bay Expanse	Art	website, endemic and operated by the Metropolis of San Rafael
Fort Ross State Historic Park		Fort Ross	Sonoma	N Coast	Open air	early 19th-century Russian-American Company settlement
Hamilton Field History Museum		Novato	Marin	San Francisco Bay Surface area	Armed services	website, history of Hamilton Regular army Airfield
Hand Fan Museum		Healdsburg	Sonoma	Due north Coast	Decorative arts	Museum about fans and the cultures and people who use them
Healdsburg Center for the Arts		Healdsburg	Sonoma	North Declension	Fine art	website, community arts center
Healdsburg Museum and Historical Club		Healdsburg	Sonoma	Northward Declension	Local history	website
Jack London State Celebrated Park		Glen Ellen	Sonoma	North Coast	Biographical	Besides known as Jack London Dwelling house and Ranch
Jack Mason Museum of Westward Marin History		Inverness	Marin	San Francisco Bay Expanse	Local history	website
Jesse Peter Museum		Santa Rosa	Sonoma	Due north Coast	Native American	Native American art of North America and ethnographic art of parts of Mesoamerica, Central America, South America, Africa, and Asia
Luther Burbank Home and Gardens		Santa Rosa	Sonoma	Due north Coast	Historic firm
Luther Burbank'southward Gold Ridge Experiment Farm		Sebastopol	Sonoma	North Coast	Historic house
Marin History Museum		San Rafael	Marin	San Francisco Bay Area	Local history	Marin County history and culture
Marin Museum of Gimmicky Art		Novato	Marin	San Francisco Bay Area	Contemporary Art	Presents new work past emerging and established artists
Marin Museum of the American Indian		Novato	Marin	San Francisco Bay Area	Native American	Situated on an bodily site of a Miwok village
McCune Room at JFK Library		Vallejo	Solano	San Francisco Bay Expanse	Literary	website, collection of rare and unique books, press equipment and binding tools
Armed services Antiques & Museum		Petaluma	Sonoma	North Coast	Military	website
Mission San Francisco de Solano		Sonoma	Sonoma	North Coast	Biographical	One of the sites of Sonoma State Celebrated Park, 19th-century Spanish mission
Mission San Rafael Arcángel		San Rafael	Marin	San Francisco Bay Surface area	History	Early on 19th-century Spanish mission
Mount Tamalpais Country Park		Manufactory Valley	Marin	San Francisco Bay Area	History	E Peak Visitor Center includes museum about the park's history and natural history, including the old railroad used to bring up visitors[iv]
Napa Valley Museum		Yountville	Napa	Napa Valley	Multiple	Art and natural history of Napa Valley, including local Native American and wine-making history
Nike Missile Site SF-88		Golden Gate National Recreation Expanse	Marin	San Francisco Bay Surface area	Armed services	History of defensive missiles that protected San Francisco and other major cities in the United States. Just site that can elevator a missile into launch position.
Novato History Museum		Novato	Marin	San Francisco Bay Area	Local history	website
Pacific Coast Air Museum		Santa Rosa	Sonoma	North Coast	Aviation	Restored American military, propeller and jet aircraft
Pena Adobe		Vacaville	Solano	San Francisco Bay Area	Historic house	Operated by the Peña Adobe Historical Society, too adjacent Mowers-Goheen Museum
Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park		Petaluma	Sonoma	North Coast	Historic house	Historic ranch and adobe house
Petaluma Historical Library and Museum		Petaluma	Sonoma	Northward Coast	Local history	Housed in a Carnegie library, exhibits include Petaluma poultry, dairy, and Miwok Indian history
Petaluma Wild fauna & Natural Science Museum		Petaluma	Sonoma	North Coast	Natural history	Live and taxidermied animals, housed on the Petaluma High School campus
Point Reyes National Seashore			Marin	San Francisco Bay Area	Multiple	Includes Kule Loklo (a recreated Coast Miwok village), Lighthouse Visitor Middle and Bespeak Reyes Lighthouse, the Bear Valley Company Center with exhibits about the park's ecosystems and cultural heritage, and the Kenneth C. Patrick Visitor Center with exhibits well-nigh 16th century maritime exploration, marine fossils and marine environments
Rancho Obi-Wan		Petaluma	Sonoma	North Declension	Media	website, private tours of a collection of Star Wars props, movie items, toys, fine art and memorabilia
Rio Vista Museum		Rio Vista	Solano	San Francisco Bay Expanse	Local history	website
San Anselmo Historical Museum		San Anselmo	Marin	San Francisco Bay Surface area	Local history	website
Robert F. Agrella Art Gallery		Santa Rosa	Sonoma	North Coast	Art	Part of Santa Rosa Junior Higher, exhibits include art history, ceramics, computer graphics, drawing, graphic design, jewelry, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture
Sebastopol Center for the Arts		Sebastopol	Sonoma	Due north Declension	Art	website
Sonoma Canton Museum		Santa Rosa	Sonoma	Due north Coast	Multiple	History, fine art, and civilisation of the region
Sonoma State Historic Park		Sonoma	Sonoma	Northward Coast	Open air	Six historic sites including Mission San Francisco de Solano, the Presidio of Sonoma, the Vallejo Manor, a historic houses, a hotel and inn
Sonoma State University Fine art Gallery		Rohnert Park	Sonoma	N Declension	Art	Exhibits of mod and contemporary art[5]
Sonoma Valley Museum of Fine art		Sonoma	Sonoma	Due north Coast	Art	Works by regional, national and international modern and contemporary artists
The Space Station Museum		Novato	Marin	San Francisco Bay Area	Aerospace	website, history of space exploration, collections of U.Southward., Russian and Soviet space exploration artifacts
Spaulding Wooden Gunkhole Eye		Sausalito	Marin	San Francisco Bay Surface area	Maritime	Restores and preserves significant, historic wooden sailing vessels
Tiburon Railroad & Ferry Depot Museum		Tiburon	Marin	San Francisco Bay Expanse	Transportation	Railroad and ferry history and artifacts, operated past the Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society
Travis Air Force Base of operations Heritage Centre		Fairfield	Solano	San Francisco Bay Expanse	Aviation	Features over 35 outdoor aircraft
United states Clearing Station		Angel Island	Marin	San Francisco Bay Area	History	Located in Angel Isle Land Park
Vacaville Museum		Vacaville	Solano	San Francisco Bay Area	Local history	website
Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum		Vallejo	Solano	San Francisco Bay Area	Local history	website, local history, Mare Island Naval Shipyard and U.S. Navy history
West County Museum		Sebastopol	Sonoma	Northward Coast	Local history	website, operated past the Western Sonoma County Historical Order
Western Railway Museum		Suisun	Solano	San Francisco Bay Area	Railroad	Historic streetcars and interurban electric trains from all over California and other western states
Windsor Museum		Windsor	Sonoma	North Declension	Local history	website, operated by the Windsor Historical Society in the Hembree Business firm

Defunct museums [edit]

Name	Image	Boondocks/Urban center	County	Region	Type	Summary
Diablo Valley College Museum		Pleasant Colina	Contra Costa County	San Francisco Bay Expanse		[6]
Hall of Health		Berkeley	Alameda Canton	San Francisco Bay Area		sponsored past Children's Infirmary & Research Centre at Oakland, closed in 2009[7]
Museum of Conceptual Art		San Francisco	San Francisco	San Francisco Bay Surface area		closed in 1984
Museum of Modernistic Mythology		San Francisco		San Francisco Bay Area		Closed in 1989 following the Loma Prieta convulsion
Natural World Museum		San Francisco	San Francisco	San Francisco Bay Area	Education	A mobile museum focused on surround concerns, airtight in 2009.
New Langton Arts		San Francisco	San Francisco	San Francisco Bay Surface area	Arts	airtight in 2009
Playland-Not-At-The-Beach		El Cerrito	Contra Costa	East Bay	Entertainment	Amusement park games, memorabilia, pinball machines, antique amusement devices, live magic shows, a hand-carved miniature circus, side show acts, miniature dioramas, Fascination games, historic exhibits	Airtight in 2018
Treasure Island Museum		San Francisco	San Francisco	San Francisco Bay Surface area	Local history, Arts	closed in 1997, building tours by appointment, grouping working to found new museum[8]
San Francisco Museum at the Mint		San Francisco	San Francisco	San Francisco Bay Expanse	Local history	planned museum in the Old Mint to exist operated by the San Francisco Museum and Historical Club.
Wax Museum at Fisherman'south Wharf		San Francisco	San Francisco	San Francisco Bay Area		closed in 2013
Earth of the Unexplained museum		San Francisco	San Francisco	San Francisco Bay Area		closed in 1985

See too [edit]

• Listing of attractions in Silicon Valley

References [edit]

1. ^ "San Francisco: Northward Embankment". SF Gate. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
2. ^ "Pacific Heritage Museum". SF Station. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
3. ^ "Union Metropolis Historical Museum". Yelp. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
4. ^ "East Summit Visitor Heart". Friends of Mt Tam. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
5. ^ "University Art Gallery". Sonoma State University. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
6. ^ "Diablo Valley College Museum". Museums U.s.. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
7. ^ http://www.hallofhealth.org/ Hall of Health, Retrieved Dec 4, 2013
8. ^ "Official site". Treasure Isle Museum Association. Retrieved Feb 25, 2015.

External links [edit]

• California State Association of Counties (CSAC)

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_the_San_Francisco_Bay_Area

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