Art

The museum has the most comprehensive collection of California art and design, representing the region’s creative output and its relationship to, and influences on, the nation and the world, from the mid-1800s to the present.

History

The History collections reflect the state's diversity, with more than 1.7 million items representing California's history and cultures from the era before Europeans arrived to the 21st century.

Nature

The collection of the Natural Sciences Department showcases California as one of the world’s top ten biological “hotspots,” and as the state containing the greatest biological diversity in the nation.