| Name |
Image |
Town/City |
County |
Type |
Summary |
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| African-American Historical and Cultural Museum of the San Joaquin Valley | | Fresno | Fresno | African American | website |
| Air Force Flight Test Center Museum | | Edwards Air Force Base | Kern | Aviation | Historic military aircraft and testing at the Base, located at the North Entrance, also a facility in Palmdale |
| Arte Américas | | Fresno | Fresno | Art | website, cultural arts center with exhibit galleries focusing on Mexico, Latin America, the Southwest and California |
| Bakersfield Museum of Art |  | Bakersfield | Kern | Art | Collection focus is regional art |
| Billy Creek Museum | | Huntington Lake | Fresno | Local history | website, operated by the Huntington Lake Big Creek Historical Conservancy, located in the Sierra National Forest on Huntington Lake |
| Borax Visitor Center | | Boron | Kern | Mining | Borax mining and processing, geology, views of the open pit mine |
| Bloss House Museum | | Atwater | Merced | Historic house | Operated by the Atwater Historical Society, restored early 20th-century mansion |
| Buck Owens Crystal Palace |  | Bakersfield | Kern | Biographical | Country western music hall with museum about musician Buck Owens |
| Buena Vista Museum of Natural History |  | Bakersfield | Kern | Natural history | Exhibits include anatomy, astronomy, anthropology, archeology, biology, geology and paleontology |
| California Foundry History Museum - Lodi | | Lodi | San Joaquin | Industry | website, Lodi Iron Works and area foundries |
| Castle Air Museum |  | Atwater | Merced | Aviation | Vintage aircraft |
| Central Sierra Museum | | Shaver Lake | Fresno | Local history | website, planned museum, operated by the Central Sierra Historical Society |
| Cesar E. Chavez National Monument | | Keene | Kern | Biographical | Life and work of Cesar Chavez and the farm worker movement |
| Children's Museum of Stockton | | Stockton | San Joaquin | Children's | website |
| Children's Museum of the Sierra | | Oakhurst | Madera | Children's | website |
| Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture | | Hanford | Kings | Culture | website, paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts of Japan |
| Clovis Museum | | Clovis | Fresno | Local history | website, operated by the Clovis-Big Dry Creek Historical Society |
| Coarsegold Historic Museum | | Coarsegold | Madera | Open air | website, complex includes an adobe freight way-station, one-room school and the barn with museum displays of local history |
| Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park |  | Allensworth | Tulare | African American | Historic farming town founded, financed and governed by African Americans, with nine restored buildings |
| Cowboy Memorial & Library | | Walker Basin | Kern | History | information, information, cowboy and Western memorabilia and books |
| Dinuba Southern Pacific Depot Museum | | Dinuba | Tulare | Local history | website, operated by the Alta District Historical Society |
| Discovery Center | | Fresno | Fresno | Science | website, educational science center and natural history exhibits |
| Eagle Field AAF | | Firebaugh | Fresno | Military | History of the World War II army airfield, also known as the Central California Historical Military Museum |
| Eastern Fresno County Historical Museum | | Auberry | Fresno | Local history | website, operated by the Eastern Fresno County Historical Society |
| Escalon Historical Museum | | Escalon | San Joaquin | Local history | website, operated by the Escalon Historical Society |
| Exeter Historical Museum |  | Exeter | Tulare | Local history | website |
| Fossil Discovery Center of Madera County | | Chowchilla | Madera | Natural history | website, prehistoric life in the San Joaquin Valley during the last Ice Age, fossils, rocks and minerals, area Native American artifacts |
| Forestiere Underground Gardens | | Fresno | Fresno | Historic house | Hand-built network of underground rooms, courtyards and passageways with fruit-bearing plants |
| Fort Tejon Historic Park |  | Grapevine | Kern | Military | Restored mid-19th-century U.S. Army fort with living history programs on Saturdays |
| Fresno Art Museum | | Fresno | Fresno | Art | website, collections include modern and contemporary works by American artists (painting, sculpture, prints, photographs, and other media), Pre-Columbian works from Mesoamerica and the Andes, modern works and folk art of Mexican origin |
| Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park | | Oakhurst | Madera | Open air | website, complex includes two restored homes, two one-room schools, two 19th Century jails and several farm buildings |
| Giant Forest Museum | | | Tulare | Natural history | website, ecology of sequoias, the Giant Forest and human history of Sequoia National Park |
| Great Valley Museum of Natural History | | Modesto | Stanislaus | Natural history | website, part of Modesto Junior College |
| Gustine Museum | | Gustine | Merced | Local history | website, housed in a former courthouse and jail, operated by the Gustine Historical Society |
| Haggin Museum | | Stockton | San Joaquin | Multiple | Art and history, collection includes late 19th-century American and European paintings, local and regional historical artifacts |
| Hanford Carnegie Museum | | Hanford | Kings | Local history | |
| Hillier Air Museum | | Modesto | Stanislaus | Aviation | website, collection of classic aircraft from the years 1937 to 1947, located in Hangar 7 at the Modesto City–County Airport |
| Hill House Museum | | Lodi | San Joaquin | Historic house | website, operated by the Lodi Historical Society, Victorian mansion |
| ImagineU Children's Museum | | Visalia | Tulare | Children's | website |
| International Agri-Center | | Tulare | Tulare | Agriculture | website, dairy farming, agriculture, includes the Antique Farm Equipment Museum with restored antique tractors, farm implements and equipment, steam engines, history of farming and ranching |
| Kearney Mansion Museum | | Fresno | Fresno | Historic house | website, located in Kearney Park, operated by the Fresno Historical Society |
| Kern County Museum | | Bakersfield | Kern | Open air | Over 50 historic buildings, includes Bakersfield Country Music Museum |
| Kern Valley Museum | | Kernville | Kern | Local history | website, operated by the Kern Valley Historical Society, includes rocks and fossils, mining and ranching artifacts, Edison hydroelectric plants, movie-making history of the area and construction of the Isabella Dam |
| Madera County Museum | | Madera | Madera | Local history | Located in the former county courthouse, operated by the Madera County Historical Society |
| Manteca Historical Museum | | Manteca | San Joaquin | Local history | website, operated by the Manteca Historical Society |
| McHenry Mansion |  | Modesto | Stanislaus | Historic house | Victorian Italianate mansion |
| McHenry Museum | | Modesto | Stanislaus | Local history | website, includes County recorders office, a general store, recreated blacksmith shop, gold mining paraphernalia, fire fighting equipment, household furnishings |
| Maturango Museum |  | Ridgecrest | Kern | Local history | Cultural history, natural history and geology of the Northern Mojave Desert |
| Merced Agricultural Museum | | Merced | Merced | Agriculture | information, antique farming equipment, gas engines and household appliances |
| Merced County Courthouse Museum | | Merced | Merced | Local history | Located in the county's three-story courthouse built in 1875 |
| Meux Home Museum | | Fresno | Fresno | Historic house | website, Victorian mansion |
| Milliken Museum | | Los Banos | Merced | Local history | Facebook site, operated by the Milliken Museum Society of Los Banos California, photos |
| Minter Field Air Museum | | Shafter | Kern | Aviation | website, history of Minter Army Airfield in World War II |
| Naval Museum of Armament & Technology |  | Ridgecrest | Kern | Military | Also known as China Lake Museum, naval air armaments and technology |
| Newman Museum | | Newman | Stanislaus | Local history | website, operated by the Newman Historical Society in a former Carnegie Library building |
| Nuui Cunni Native American Intertribal Culture Center | | Lake Isabella | Kern | Native American | website |
| Oakdale Cowboy Museum |  | Oakdale | Stanislaus | History | website, saddles, branding irons, boots, spurs and chaps, ranching, rodeo cowboys and cowgirls |
| Oakdale Museum and History Center | | Oakdale | Stanislaus | Local history | website, operated by the Friends of Oakdale Heritage in the mid 19th-century Sydnor-Prowse House |
| Patterson Township Historical Society Museum | | Patterson | Stanislaus | Local history | website |
| Porterville Historical Museum |  | Porterville | Tulare | Local history | website |
| Rand Desert Museum | | Randsburg | Kern | Local history | website, area history, mining |
| Raymond Museum | | Raymond | Madera | Local history | information, also known as Charles Miller House |
| Reedley Museum | | Reedley | Fresno | Local history | website, operated by the Reedley Historical Society, Facebook site |
| Ridge Route Communities Museum | | Frazier Park | Kern | Local history | website, operated by the Ridge Route Communities Historical Society |
| Riverbank Historical Museum | | Riverbank | Stanislaus | Local history | information, operated by the Riverbank Historical Society |
| Sanger Depot Museum |  | Sanger | Fresno | Local history | website |
| San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum | | Lodi | San Joaquin | Open air | Exhibits about San Joaquin County agriculture and history, including farm equipment, period furnishings, tools, ranching equipment, early transportation, harness and blacksmith shops, one-room school, Native American exhibit |
| Saxon Aerospace Museum |  | Boron | Kern | Aviation | Facebook site |
| Shafter Depot Museum | | Shafter | Kern | Local history | website, railroad, agriculture, and local history exhibits |
| Sierra Mono Museum | | North Fork | Madera | Native American | website, Mono tribe baskets, artifacts and culture, nature dioramas and over 100 taxidermy animals from Northern America, Asia, and South America |
| Silver City Ghost Town | | Bodfish | Kern | Open air | website, historic mining town structures including a saloon and country store, period miner’s cabins, post office and general store, church |
| Springville Museum | | Springville | Tulare | Local history | Facebook site, operated by the Tule River Historical Society |
| Stockton Field Aviation Museum | | Stockton | San Joaquin | Aviation | website, Facebook Site, museum in progress, history of Stockton Field in WWII, WWII aircraft and artifacts |
| Taoist Temple & Museum | | Hanford | Kings | Culture | Part of historic China Alley, temple and museum of Hanford's Chinese history |
| Tehachapi Depot Railroad Museum | | Tehachapi | Kern | Railroad | Rebuilt depot with railroad artifacts |
| Tehachapi Heritage Museum |  | Tehachapi | Kern | Local history | website, includes the Errea House |
| Three Rivers Historical Museum | | Three Rivers | Tulare | Local history | website, Historical Museum located at entrance to Sequoia National Park |
| Tracy Historical Museum | | Tracy | San Joaquin | Local history | website, operated by the West Side Pioneer Association |
| Tulare County Museum | | Visalia | Tulare | Local history | website, operated by the Tulare County Historical Society in Mooney Grove Park, includes Native American baskets, pioneer artifacts, agriculture equipment, restored buildings |
| Tulare Historical Museum | | Tulare | Tulare | Local history | website |
| Twenty Mule Team Museum | | Boron | Kern | Local history | Local history and history of borax mining in Death Valley and Boron[1][2] |
| UC Merced Art Gallery | | Merced | Merced | Art | website |
| Veterans Memorial Museum | | Fresno | Fresno | Military | Uniforms, medals, weapons, photos, models, Legion of Valor honorees |
| Wasco Historical Museum | | Wasco | Kern | Local history | website |
| Wassama Round House State Historic Park | | Oakhurst | Madera | Native American | Site used by local Native Americans as a ceremonial meeting place |
| West Kern Oil Museum |  | Taft | Kern | Local history | website, story of oil in California, particularly in West Kern County |
| Wild Wonderful King Vintage Museum | | Oakhurst | Madera | Textile | website, vintage clothing and accessories including bridal gowns, uniforms, hats, children's items |
| Zalud House |  | Porterville | Tulare | Historic house | Victorian period house |
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