Historic Sites & Museums
Celebrate a rich and fascinating history around every corner. Grand landmarks combine with fine museums to preserve and interpret local and regional culture, both ancient and modern.
Regional Museums
African American Museum
Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum
Aptos History Museum
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Bay Model Visitor Center
Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Blackhawk Museum
California Academy of Sciences
California Automobile Museum
California History Center
California Historical Society Museum
Campbell Historical Museum
The Capitola Historical Museum
Carolyn Parr Nature Center Museum
Cartoon Art Museum
Charles M. Schulz Museum
Chinese Historical Society of America Museum
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Cupertino Historical Museum
de Saisset Museum
deYoung Museum
di Rosa Preserve
Edward Peterman Museum of Railroad History
El Museo Mexicano
Euphrat Museum of Art
Golden Gate Railroad Museum
Golden State Model Railroad Museum
Harris-Lass House Museum
Hayward Area Historical Society Museum
Healdsburg Museum
Hiller Aviation Museum
Japanese American Museum of San Jose
Judah L. Magnes Museum
Legion of Honor
Los Altos History Museum
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Museum
Marin Museum of the American Indian
Monterey History & Art at Stanton Center
Mills College Art Museum
Moffett Field Museum
Monterey Museum of Art
Museo Italo Americano
Museum at Mission Dolores
Museum of Children’s Art
Museum of Sonoma County
Napa Valley Museum
Napa Valley Research Library
National Maritime Museum
Novato History Museum
NUMU New Museum Los Gatos
Oakland Museum of California
Pacific Coast Air Museum
Petaluma Museum
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
San Francisco Botanical Garden
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Jose History Park
San Jose Museum of Art
San Jose Quilt Museum
San Lorenzo Valley Museum
San Mateo County History Museum
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
Santa Cruz Surfing Museum
Santa Rosa Junior College Multicultural Museum
Saratoga Historical Foundation Museum
Sonoma Valley History Museum
Tomales Regional History Center
Triton Museum of Art
USS Pampanito Submarine Museum
Wax Museum at Fisherman’s Wharf
Wells Fargo History Museum
Western Sonoma County Historical Society
Natural History
Aerospace Museum of California
Aquarium of the Bay
Bay Area Discovery Museum
California Academy of Sciences
Children’s Creativity Museum
Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose
DeAnza College Planetarium
Exploratorium
Intel Museum California
The Lawrence Hall of Science
Lick Observatory
The Marine Mammal Center
Monterey Bay Aquarium
NASA Ames Research Center
Oakland Museum of California
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History
Perham Collection of Early Electronics
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Powerhouse Science Center
Oakland Aviation Museum
Randall Museum
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
The Tech Interactive
Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology
Historic Sites
Alcatraz Island
Ardenwood Historic Farm
Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad & W.E. “Bill” Mason Carousel
Burleigh H. Murray Ranch
California Palace of the Legion of Honor
Chitactac-Adams Heritage County Park
The Cliff House
Dunsmuir Hellman Historic Estate
Rosicrucian Peace Garden
Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site
Filoli Historic House & Garden
Fort Point National Historic Site
Grace Cathedral
Goodman Library Building
Haas-Lilienthal House
Hakone Estate & Gardens
Hearst Castle
Historic Westin St. Francis Hotel
Jack London Square
Japantown San Jose
John Muir National Historic Site
Lombard Street
The Luther Burbank Home & Gardens
Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse
Mission Dolores
Mission Santa Clara de Asis
Napa Valley Opera House
San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park
National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi
Octagon House
Gonzales/Peralta Adobe – Fallon House Historic Site
Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park
Point Montara Light Station
Presidio of San Francisco
Roaring Camp Railroads
Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historic Park
San Jose History Park at Kelley Park
Sanchez Adobe
South Bay Historical Railroad Society
The Steinbeck House
USS Pampanito
USS Potomac
Villa Montalvo
Winchester Mystery House
Woodside Store