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California History Center & Foundation - de Anza College

Cupertino, California

General

California History Center & Foundation - de Anza College in Cupertino, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Computer History Museum

Mountain View, California

General, History, Science

The mission of the Computer History Museum is to preserve and present for posterity the artifacts and stories of the information age. Dedicated to exploring the social impact of computing, the Museum is home to the world's largest collection of computing-related items, spanning from pre-computing objects, to semiconductors, hardware, software, computer graphics systems, games, networking, robots, the Internet, and beyond. Its growing collection also includes photos, films, videos, manuals, documents, publications, and marketing materials. The web-based catalog currently lists over 62,000 items.

The museum presents many public programs and has several exhibits for the general public in it's facility in Mountain View CA and on the web.

Environmental Studies Center at De Anza College

Cupertino, California

Nature Centers

1 1/2 acres with 12 native plant communities

Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace Library and Archives

Stanford, California

Library

Documents the political, social and economic changes that have shaped our world in the 20th century. Library, archives, Herbert Hoover exhibit

Keesing Museum Of Anthropology

Stanford, California

Natural History

Keesing Museum Of Anthropology in Stanford, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Los Altos History Museum

Los Altos, California

Historic House

History House depicts life on the small, family operated orchards that dominated pre-WWI Los Altos. Furnishings of the 1930s bring visitors into the past, while the serene garden setting is a perfect place to sit and reminisce.

Minolta Planetarium

Cupertino, California

Planetarium

Minolta Planetarium in Cupertino, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Palo Alto Art Center

Palo Alto, California

Art

Palo Alto Art Center in Palo Alto, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Sunnyvale Historical Society & Museum

Sunnyvale, California

History, Historical Society

Heritage Park Museum is a newly built recreation of the original 1840's Martin Murphy, Jr. State Historical Landmark House. Museum exhibits include the Ohlone Indians, Murphy artifacts and archives, agricultural re-known history, and into our massive transformation into the high-tech center of the Silicon Valley today. We also operate a first class children's history program to all local schools.

Euphrat Museum of Art - De Anza College

Cupertino, California

Art

Euphrat Museum of Art - De Anza College in Cupertino, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts

Stanford, California

Art

After being closed for ten years, the Stanford University Museum of Art is finally ready to re-open. The newly rededicated Cantor Arts Center will offer a new home for the collections, exhibitions and academic research.

Lace Museum

Sunnyvale, California

Specialized

Lace exhibits

Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center

Palo Alto, California

Nature Centers

Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center in Palo Alto, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Museum Of American Heritage

Palo Alto, California

General

Museum Of American Heritage in Palo Alto, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo

Palo Alto, California

Zoo

Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo in Palo Alto, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

The Cupertino Historical Society, Inc.

Cupertino, California

History, Historical Society, Library

Our purpose is to "Create a Passion for the Past." We do this by collecting the artifacts and ephemera that represent the past and present of Cupertino. The Cupertino Historical Society & Muesum houses approximately 3000 artifacts spanning over 100 years of Cupertino's history - including settlement, agriculture, education, home life, and business. Select artifacts are displayed in our museum according to theme in rotating vignette exhibits. Our society hosts a quarterly lecture series featuring topics of historical interest to our community.

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MUSEUM CONFERENCES

March 10 - March 13, 2026

California Association of Museums 2026 Annual Conference

California Association of Museums

Omni Hotel

Los Angeles, California

CAM is hard at work planning for the 2026 conference, set to take place from March 10–13, 2026 in Los Angeles. We look forward to highlighting best practices and innovative ideas from California's museum community at CAM 2026: Reframing

Reframing encapsulates the tangible nature of museum work–what we restore, revive, and rebuild–and the intangible nature of museum work–where we reflect, interpret, educate, and shift perspectives. On a larger scale, Reframing gives us the power to redefine who we are, why we’re important, and how we connect with and show up for our community. Reframing is resistance and resilience.

We look forward to reuniting with the California museum community in Los Angeles, March 10–13, 2026 at the Omni Hotel. Stay tuned for more annual conference developments.

April 29 - May 2, 2026

Oregon Museum Association 2026 Conference

Oregon Museums Association

Woodburn, Oregon

OMA will join forces with Oregon Heritage for a spring conference in Woodburn

Save the Date: 2026 Conference

For more information, please call !!!.

February 16 - February 18, 2026

Small Museum Association 42nd Annual Conference 2026

Small Museum Association

The Yorktowne Hotel, York, Pennsylvania

York, Pennsylvania

42nd Annual Conference: Climate Chang

Explore how museums are dealing with the challenges of climate change, from more extreme weather events to changing community needs. Join other small museum professionals and volunteers in discussing the key role small museums can play in educating, engaging, and supporting their communities in the face of changing physical and social climates

About the Conferenc

The annual SMA conference attracts more than 300 museum professionals, board members, and volunteers from a wide variety of small museums. They attend sessions on topics ranging from collections and education to staffing and board issues. We offer a large Museum Resource Hall and plenty of informal networking opportunities for you to talk with (and get ideas from!) other small museum professionals and volunteers.

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