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For Members

Thank you for being a Member!

Your 100% tax deductible membership affirms your belief that OMCA is a civic anchor for Oakland and the entire Bay Area while offering you free admission, invitations to previews, onsite discounts, and much more. Discounted memberships are available onsite for students and educators with verification.

Questions about Membership? Check our Membership FAQs, contact us at [email protected], or leave us a message at 510-318-8520.

Member Benefits

Admission & Program Tickets

– Free admission for individuals under 18 in the household
– Member preview invitations
– Early access and/or discounted program tickets

Discounts

– OMCA Shop
– Town Fare Cafe*
– Discounted parking at OMCA garage**

Bonus Benefit

– Special Member Events, including Member Tours, Opening Celebrations, Friday Nights Lounges, and more
– Surprise free weekends at Bay Area museums

*OMCA Membership benefits and pricing are subject to change. Town Fare Café Member discounts do not apply to special events sponsored by Town Fare

**Discounted parking available during regular Museum hours. Friday evenings, community celebrations, and special events excluded

Upcoming member events

Friday Nights at OMCA Special Members Lounge

Calling all Members! Join us for a special members’ lounge on the Upper Level terrace, overlooking our Garden. Mingle with fellow OMCA enthusiasts while enjoying light refreshments, sidewalk chalk, and games for the entire family. Plus, we’ll be playing bingo and giving away awesome OMCA merch!

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Spotlight Sundays: Cultural Burn Practices and the Future of Fire

Spotlight Sundays invites guests to an in-depth conversation about the future of fire through the lens of Indigenous fire practices. Corrina Gould of Sogorea Te’ Land Trust will lead a conversation with Jordan Reyes and Patty Franklin of Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance. The discussion will illuminate how fire is an essential component of Native lifeways, affirms tribal sovereignty, and is a critical element for healthy California ecosystems. Learn what it means to be a steward of the land and how Native fire practitioners are increasing their efforts to build a more sustainable future with fire in California.

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS & features

Exhibition Great Hall Good Fire: Tending Native Lands

Good Fire: Tending Native Lands explores how Native communities in Northern California have used controlled fire—also called “good fire” or “cultural burning”—to care for the land and sustain traditions for millennia. Organized in collaboration with Native California fire practitioners, artists, ecologists, and cultural leaders, the exhibition reframes fire not only as a destructive force, but as an essential tool for supporting healthy ecosystems and vibrant communities.

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Feature History Gallery Students on Strike

Students on Strike is a new installation opening in the OMCA Gallery of California History. The installation explores the enduring legacy of student activism at San Francisco State University by comparing the 1968-1969 student strike that established the nation’s first Black Studies Department and first College of Ethnic Studies to the recent campus protests against the war in Gaza. Through historical and contemporary posters and photographs, the intimate feature shows how students have consistently demanded justice and accountability from institutions, then and now. 

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Feature Art Gallery Collecting a Moment

This selection of new additions to the OMCA collection highlights the art and culture of the moment and illuminates history in the making. The works in the installation are the result of OMCA’s new collecting process that seeks to respond to timely issues that impact the communities of Oakland and California. Representing a move away from more traditional museum collecting priorities, Collecting the Moment shows some of the ways we center our institutional relationships with diverse community groups and voices. This ongoing and changing installation will reveal some of the many ways California artists, activists, and others claim cultural space, question societal norms, gain power, and engage the larger questions of our time.

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Feature Art Gallery Fairyland @ 75: A Legacy of Magic

Fairyland’s rich history is highlighted this spring at the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) in an installation titled Fairyland @ 75: A Legacy of Magic. Opening April 4, 2025, alongside the seasonal return of Friday Nights at OMCA, the installation invites visitors to learn more about Fairyland’s history, evolution, and enduring magic. 

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