OMCA Blog: Posts tagged "history"

  • Black and white archival image of the OMCA amphitheater filled with people
    September 20, 2018

    Happy Birthday, OMCA!
    OMCA is celebrating its 49th birthday.
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  • Black and white photograph of a large group of bracero workers
    September 3, 2018

    Faces of Labor in Oakland
     How World War II helped reshape the California labor force.
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  • OMCA Senior Curator of History Louise Pubols at work on the Gallery of California History
    November 13, 2017

    In Memory of Louise Pubols
    As I remember our dear colleague, Louise Pubols, former Senior Curator of History here at the Oakland Museum of California who passed away earlier this year, I can picture so many moments from the years we worked together. Memories of her are intertwined with all of the exhibitions she led throughout her tenure here, like The 1968 Exhibit in 2012 and Above & Below: Stories of our Changing Bay in 2013. 
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  • Larry Keenan Summer of Love Human Be-In protest at Golden Gate Park photo at the Oakland Museum of California
    September 1, 2017

    Summer of Love
    Here’s what to look for at the Oakland Museum of California during your unofficial Summer of Love art and history tour in the East Bay in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the Summer of Love in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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  • Torreya Cummings, Notes from Camp (AKA Transdimensional Ghost Town Discotheque), 2016. Mixed media, dimensions variable. Installation view. Photo: Terrence McCarthy
    August 31, 2017

    Celebrate Oakland Pride
    Whether you’re ready to march with the Oakland Pride Parade and Festival on Sunday, September 10, or looking for LGBT things to do in the East Bay, here’s how to celebrate Pride at OMCA this month (and year-round).
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