Go to the Oakland Museum of California websiteShare this page
Oakland Museum of California
Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Oakland Museum of California

Oakland · founded 1969

The Oakland Museum of California or OMCA (formerly the Oakland Museum) is an interdisciplinary museum dedicated to the art, history, and natural science of California, located at 1000 Oak Street in Oakland, California. The museum contains more than 1.8 million objects dedicated to "telling the extraordinary story of California."

Founded
1969Founded

What to see

Yosemite Valley

Yosemite Valley

Albert Bierstadt, 1868.

At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Sioux Encampment

Sioux Encampment

Jules Tavernier.

At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

California Indian Camp

California Indian Camp

Albert Bierstadt, 1866.

At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite Valley

Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite Valley

Thomas Hill, 1892.

At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

El Capitan

El Capitan

Thomas Hill, 1850.

At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Lake Ralphine

Lake Ralphine

Thomas Hill, 1877.

At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Plan your visit

Hours

Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on www.museumca.org before you travel.

Getting there

Oak Street/10th Street.

On their own site

Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.

Put art like this on your wall

Momentable streams public-domain art from museums around the world to your TV, phone, or tablet. Free to start.