Here is a list of places to visit in California, USA to learn about native american culture.
California USA Places to Visit
Adan E. Treganza Anthropology Museum
Dept. of Anthropology
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94132
tel (415) 338-1642
fax (415) 338-0530
219 S. Palm Canyon Drive
Palm Springs, CA 92262
tel (619) 323-0151
Amador County Museum
225 Church St.
Jackson, CA 95642
mailing address:
108 Court St.
Jackson, CA 95642
tel (209) 233-6386
Amador-Livermore Valley Museum
603 Main St.
Pleasanton, CA 94566
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 573
Pleasanton, CA 94566
tel (510) 462-2766
Antelope Valley
Indian Museum
15701 E. Ave. M
Lancaster, CA 93535
mailing address:
1051 W. Ave. M.. Suite 201
Lancaster, CA 93534
tel (805) 946-6900 & (directions) 3055 & 942-0662
fax (805) 940-7327
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
200 Palm Cyn Dr.
Borrego Springs, CA 92004
tel (619) 767-5311
fax (619) 767-3427
Autry Museum of Western Heritage
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027-1462
tel (213) 667-2000
fax (213) 660-5721
The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art
2002 N. Main St.
Santa Ana, CA 92706
tel (714) 567-3600
fax (714) 567-3603
C.E. Smith Museum of Anthropology
CSUH
Hayward, CA 94542-3039
tel (510) 885-3168 & 3104
fax (510) 885-3353
Cabot’s Old Indian Pueblo Museum
67-616 E. Desert View Ave.
Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 1267
Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240
tel (619) 329-7610
fax (619) 329-1956
California Academy of Sciences
55 Concourse Drive
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA
California Indian
Library Collections
California Indian Museum and Cultural
Center, San Francisco
California State
Indian Museum
2618 K St.
Sacramento, CA 95816
tel (916) 324-0971
fax (916) 322-5231
The
Catalina Island Museum Society, Inc.
Casino Bldg.
Avalon, CA 90704
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 366
Avalon, CA 90704
tel (310) 510-2414
Channel Islands National Park
1901 Spinnaker Dr.
Ventura, CA 93001
tel (805) 658-5700
fax (805) 658-5799
Chaw’se Regional Indian Museum
14881 Pine Grove/Volcano Road
Pine Grove, CA 95565
tel (209) 296-7488
Chumash
Interpretive Center
Oakbrook Regional Park
3290 Lang Ranch Parkway
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
tel (805) 492-8076
Clarke Memorial Museum, Inc.
240 E. St. Eureka, CA 95501
tel (707) 443-1947
fax (707) 444-8330
Colton Area Museum
380 N. La Cadena Dr.
Colton, CA 92324
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 1648
Colton, CA 92324
tel (909) 824-8814
Community Memorial Museum of Sutter County
1333 Butte House Rd.
Yuba City, CA 95991
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 1555
Yuba City, CA 95991
tel (916) 741-7141
fax (916) 741-7291
Death Valley Visitor Center and Museums
Death Valley National Park
Death Valley, CA 92328
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 579
Death Valley, CA 92328
tel (619) 786-2331
fax (619) 786-3283
TDD (619) 786-2471
De Saisset Museum
Santa Clara University
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053
tel (408) 554-4528
fax (408) 554-7840
Diablo Valley College Museum
321 Golf Club Rd.
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
tel (510) 685-1230, ext. 303
fax (510) 685-1551
The Discovery Center
1944 N. Winery Ave.
Fresno, CA 93703
tel (209) 251-5533
fax (209) 251-5533
Downieville Museum
330 Main St.
Downieville CA 95936
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 484
Downieville, CA 95936
tel (916) 289-3423 & 3261
Eastern California Museum
155 Grant St.
Independence, CA 93526
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 206
Independence, CA 93526
tel (619) 878-0364 & 0258
fax (619) 872-2712
Effie Yeaw Nature Center
6700 Tarshes Dr.
Carmichael, CA 95608
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 579
Carmichael, CA 95609
tel (916) 489-4918
fax ( 916) 489-4983
TDD (800) 342-5966
El Monte Historical Society Museum
3150 Tyler Ave.
El Monte, CA 91731
mailing address:
3150 N. Tyler, El Monte, Ca 91731
tel (818) 444-3813 & 580-2232
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum
75 Tea Garden Dr.
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118
mailing address:
233 Post St., 6th Fl.
San Francisco, CA 94108
tel (415) 750-3600
fax (415) 750-7692
Fort Crook Historical Museum
Fort Crook Ave. & Hwy. 299
Fall River Mills, CA 96028
mailing address:
Box 397
Fall River Mills, CA 96028
tel (916) 336-5110
Fort Jones Museum
Main St.
Fort Jones, CA 96032
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 40
Fort Jones, CA 96032
tel (916) 468-5568
Fowler Museum of Cultural History
University of California
Los Angeles, CA 90024
mailing address:
University of California, Los Angeles
P.O. BOX 951549
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1549
tel (310) 825-4361
fax (310) 206-7007
Gatekeeper’s Museum
130 W. Lake Blvd.
Tahoe City, CA 96145
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 6141
Tahoe City, CA 96145
tel (916) 583-1762
fax (916) 583-8992
Gilroy Historical Museum
195 Fifth St.
Gilroy, CA 95020
tel (408) 848-0470
fax (408) 842-2409
Grace Hudson Museum & The Sun
House Ukiah
431 S. Main St.
Ukiah, CA 95482
tel (707) 462-3370
fax (707) 462-0136
The Haggin Museum
1201 N. Pershing Ave.
Stockton, CA95203
tel (209) 462-4116
fax (209) 462-1404
Hi-Desert Nature Museum
57116 Twenty-Nine Palms Hwy.
Yucca, CA 92284
tel (619) 369-7212
fax (619) 369-1605
The
History Museum of Santa Cruz County
705 Front St.
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
tel (408) 425-7278
fax (408) 429-1954
Hopi-Tewa
Vessels by Nampeyo
Getty Museum
J. J. Jackson Memorial Museum
508 Main St.
Weaverville, CA 96093
mailing address:
Box 333
Weaverville, CA 96093
tel (916) 623-5211
Jesse Peter Native American Art Museum
Santa Rose Junior College
1501 Mendocino Ave.
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
tel (707) 527-4479
fax (707) 527-4816
Kelly-Griggs House Museum
311 Washington St.
Red Bluff, CA 96080
mailing address:
1248 Jefferson St.
Red Bluff, CA 96080
tel (916) 527-1129
Kern County Museum
3801 Chester Ave.
Bakersfield, CA 93301
tel (805) 861-2132
fax (805) 322-6415
Lake Tahoe Historical Society & Museum
3058 Lake Tahoe Blvd.
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96156
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 404
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96156
tel (916) 544-7056
La Raza/Galeria Posada
704 O St.
Sacramento, CA 95814
tel (916) 446-5133
fax (916) 447-7891
Lompoc Museum
200 S. H St.
Lompoc, CA 93436
tel (805) 736-3888
fax (805) 736-2840
Lava Beds National Monument
Hwy. 139
Tulelake, CA 96134
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 867
Tulelake, CA 96134
tel (916) 667-2282
fax (916) 667-2737
Los Angeles Maritime Museum
Berth 84, foot of 6th St.
San Pedro, CA 90731
tel (310) 548-7618
fax (310) 832-6537
Madera County Museum
210 W. Yosemite Ave.
Madera, CA 93637
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 478
Madera, CA 93639
tel (209) 673-0291
Maidu Interpretive Center, Roseville
Malibu Lagoon Museum
23200 Pacific Coast Hwy.
Malibu, CA 90265
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 291
Malibu, CA 90265
tel (310) 456-8432
Malki Museum, Banning
Morongo Indian Reservation
P.O. BOX 578
Banning, CA 92220
tel (909) 849-7289& 8304
Marion Steinbach Indian Basket Museum, Tahoe City
Over 800 baskets, pottery, jewelry, and artifacts from 85 tribes west of the
Mississippi River.
Maturango
Museum on Indian Wells Valley,
Ridgecrest, CA
100 E. Las Flores
Ridgecrest, CA 93555
tel (760) 375-6900
fax (760) 375-0479
Marin Museum of the American Indian,
Novato
2200 Novato, CA 94947
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 864
Novato, CA 94948
tel (415) 897-4064
fax (415) 897-4064
Mariposa Museum and History Center, Inc.
5119 Jessie St.
Mariposa, CA 95338
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 606
Mariposa, CA 95338
tel (209) 966-2924
Menodocino County Museum
400 E. Commercial St.
Willits, CA 95490
tel (707) 459-2736
fax (707) 459-7836
Merritt Museum of Anthropology
12500 Campus Dr.
Oakland, CA 94619
tel (510) 436-2607 & 531-4911
Mission San Carlos Borromeo Del Rio Carmelo
3080 Rio Rd.
Carmel, CA 93923
tel (408) 624-3600
fax (408) 624-0658
Mission San Diego De Alcala on Mission Bassilica De
Alcala
10818 San Diego Mission Rd.
San Diego, CA 92108
tel (619) 283-7319
fax (619) 283-7762
Mission San Juan
Capistrano Museum
Ortega Hwy. & Camino Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92693
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 697
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92693
tel (714) 248-2043 & 2049
fax (714) 240-8091
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
751 Palm St.
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
tel (805) 543-6850
fax (805) 781-8214
Mission San Luis Rey Museum
4050 Mission Ave.
San Luis Rey, CA 92068
tel (619) 757-3651
fax (619) 7577-4613
Modoc County Historical Museum
600 S. Main St.
Alturas, CA 96101
tel (916) 233-6328
Montgomery Gallery, Pomona College
333 N. College Way
Claremont, CA 91711-6344
tel (909) 621-8283
fax (909) 621-8989
Monterey State Historic Park
20 Custom House Plaza
Monterey, CA 93940
tel (408) 649-2836
fax (408) 647-6236
Morro Bay State Park Museum of Natural History
State Park Rd.
Morrow Bay, CA 93442
mailing address:
3220 S. Hoguera St., Ste. 311
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
tel (805) 772-2694
fax (805) 772-7129
Museum of Anthropology
California State University, Chico
Chico, CA 95929-0400
tel (916) 898-6192
fax (916) 898-6824
Museum of Anthropology, California State University,
Fullerton
Cal-State University
Fullerton, CA 92634
tel (714) 773-3626
fax (717) 449-5222
Museum of Man, San Diego, CA
Museum, Mission San Juan Bautista
2nd & Mariposa Sts.
San Juan Bautista, CA 95045
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 400
San Juan Bautista, CA 95045
tel (408) 623-2127
fax (408) 623-2433
Napa Valley Museum
473 Main St.
Saint Helena, CA 94574
tel (707) 963-7411
fax (707) 963-8165
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
tel (213) 744-3412
Nevada County Historical Society, Inc.
P.O. BOX 1300
Nevada City, CA 95959
tel (916) 265-5468
Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak St.
Oakland, CA 94607
tel (510) 238-3402 & 3948 & 834-3401
fax (510) 238-2258
TDD (510) 451-3322
Ojai Valley Historical Society and Museum
109 S. Montgomery
Ojai, CA 93023
mailing address:
P.O.Box 204
Ojai, CA 93024
tel (805) 646-2290
Owens Valley Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Ctr.
P.O. Box 1281
Bishop, CA 93514-1281
tel (619) 873-4478
Palm Springs Desert Museum,, Inc.
101 Museum Dr.
Palm Springs, CA 92262
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 2288
Palm Springs, CA 92263
tel (619) 325-7186
fax (619) 327-5069
Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo
1451 Middlefield Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94301
tel (415) 329-2111
fax (415) 473-1965
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm
Springs
Patrick’s point
Yurok Village, Trinidad
Phoebe Hearst Anthropology
Museum, University of California at Berkeley.
103 Kroeber Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3712
tel (510) 642-3681 &3682
fax (510) 642-6271
Plumas County Museum
500 Jackson St.
Quincy, CA 95971
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 10776
Quincy, CA 95971
tel (916) 286-6320
fax (916) 283-0946
Porterville Historical Museum
257 N. D St.
Porterville, CA 93257
tel (209) 784-2053
Rain Bird Ethnobotany Learning Center
California State Polytechnic University
3801 W. Temple Avenue
Pomona, CA 91768
General information: (909) 869-6701
email: biotrek@csupomona.edu
Rancho Los Alamitos
6400 Bixby Hill Rd.
Long Beach, CA 90815
tel (310) 431-3541
fax (310) 430-9694
Redding Museum of Art and History
56 Quartz Hill Rd.
Redding, CA 96003-2120
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 990427
Redding, CA 96099-0427
tel (916) 243-8801
fax (916) 243-8929
Riverside Municipal Museum
3580 Mission Inn Ave.
Riverside, CA 92501
tel (909) 782-5273
fax (909) 369-4970
San Antonio Mission
Mission Creek Rd.
Jolon CA 93928
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 803
Jolon, CA 93928
tel (408) 385-4478
fax (408) 386-9332
San Bernardino County
Museum, Redlands
2024 Orange Tree Lane
Redlands, CA 92374
tel (909) 798-8570
fax (909) 798-8585
San Buenaventura Mission Museum
225 E. Main St.
Ventura, CA 93001-2622
mailing address:
E. Main St. 211
Ventura, CA 93001
tel (805) 643-4318
fax (805) 643-7831
San Diego Museum
of Man
1350 El Prado
Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101
tel (619) 239-2001
fax (619)239-2749
San Dieguito Heritage Museum
561 Vulcan Ave.
Encinitas, CA 92023
mailing address:
Box 230851
Encinitas, CA 92023-0851
tel (619) 632-9711
San Luis Obispo County Historical Museum
696 Monterey St.
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
mailing address:
Box 1391
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406
tel (805) 543-0638
fax (805) 543-6659
San Mateo County Historical Association and Museum
1700 W. Hillsdale Blvd.
San Mateo, CA 94402
tel (415) 574-6441
fax (415) 574-6468
Santa Barbara Museum
of Natural History
Chumash Indian Life
Exhibit
2559 Puesta del Sol Rd.
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
tel (805) 682-4711
fax (805) 569-3170
jjohnson@sbnature2.org
Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History
1305 E. Cliff Dr.
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
tel (408) 429-3760
fax (408) 469-4371
Santa Maria Valley Historical Society, Inc.
616 S. Broadway
Santa Maria, CA 93454
tel (805) 922-3130
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
National Park Service
30401 Agoura Rd., Suite 100
Agoura Hills, CA 91301
tel (818) 597-1036 & 9192
fax (818) 597-8357
Satwiwa Native American Cultural Center, Newbury Park
Shasta State Historic Park
Hwy. 299 W.
Shasta , CA 96087
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 2430
Shasta, CA 96087
tel (916) 225-2065 & 243-8194
fax (916) 225-2038
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Ash Mountain
Three Rivers, CA 93271
tel (209) 565-3133
fax (209) 565-3730
Sierra Mono Museum
P.O. Box 275
North Fork, CA 93643
tel (209) 877-2115
Sisikiyou County Museum
910 S. Main St.
Yreka, CA 96097
tel (916) 842-3836
The
Southwest Museum
234 Museum Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90065
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 41558
Los Angeles, CA 90041-0558
tel (213) 221-2164, ext. 230
fax (213) 224-8223
Stagecoach Inn Museum
51 S. Ventu Park Rd.
Newbury Park, CA 91320
tel (805) 498-9441
Temecula Valley Museum
41950 Main St.
Temecula, CA 92590
mailing address:
Box 792
Temecula, CA 92590
tel (909) 676-0021
Tomo-Kahni
Project: Kawaiisu Native American Village, Tehachapi (see
also)
Tulare County Museum
27000 S. Mooney Blvd.
Visalia, CA 93277
tel (209) 733-6166 & Parks and Recreation 733-6612
fax (209) 733-6759
Ventura County Museum of History and Art
100 E. Main St.
Ventura, CA 93001
tel (805) 653-0323, ext. 11
fax (805) 653-5267
Victor Valley Museum and Art Gallery
11873 Apple Valley Road
Apple Valley, CA 92308
tel (619) 240-2111
fax (619) 240-5290
Western Hotel/Museum
557 W. Lancaster Blvd.
Lancaster, CA 93534
tel (805) 723-6250 & 6260
William S. Hart County Park & Museum
24151 San Fernando Rd.
Newhall, CA 91321
tel (805) 254-4584 & 4585
fax (805) 254-6499
Will Rogers State Historic Park
1501 Will Rogers State Park Rd.
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
tel (310) 454-8212
fax (310) 459-2031
The Yosemite Museum, National Park Service
Yosemite National Park, CA 95389
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 577
Yosemite National Park, CA 95389
tel (209) 372-0281, 0282 & 0297
fax (209) 372-0458
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