You’re invited to the Member Opening for OMCA’s newest exhibition! Good Fire: Tending Native Lands explores the past, present, and future of fire in California through Native practices.
Be among the first to experience this powerful exhibition alongside the curators, collaborators, and community members who brought it to life.Join us for an evening of celebration with live music, delicious bites, and festive refreshments—an inspiring preview honoring the vital knowledge of Native California communities that you won’t want to miss!
Join Naturalists from the East Bay Regional Park District for a hands-on exploration of local wildlife—right here at OMCA! Become a wildlife detective as you examine real animal skulls; ask “Whose skull is this?”; and discover what these clues tell us about the mammals that call our regional parks home.
Please join us for an afternoon of storytelling centering Native fire practices from four visionary Native Californian memory keepers. The program will begin with a film screening of Fire Tender, co-directed by Roni Jo Draper, PhD (Yurok) and Marissa Lila Kongao, which shares context on settler colonial fire suppression, highlights the work of Yurok firelighters to reclaim and pass on traditional eco-cultural knowledge, and meditates on the power of fire to heal land and communities.
It’s sale time! Join us onsite and online for the semi-annual Member sale at the OMCA Shop. Starting Viernes, Diciembre 5 through Domingo, Diciembre 7, OMCA Members enjoy double their regular discount on regularly priced items in our Shop–that’s 20% off!
Join us in a celebratory partnership between the Oakland Museum of California and the Museum of African Diaspora with this bonus reciprocity week-long event!
From Agosto 27–31, OMCA Members enjoy free admission to BAMPFA for 2 guests per membership. From Diciembre 9–14, OMCA Members enjoy free admission reciprocity to MOAD for 2 guests per membership.
Join us for a walkthrough of Students on Strike, a special installation in the Gallery of California History. With OMCA Curator Ryder Diaz as your guide, explore the legacy of student activism at San Francisco State University and reflect on how generations of students have continued to demand justice, accountability, and change.
Coinciding with the Winter Solstice, this month’s Spotlight Domingo celebrates Yalda Night, an ancient Persian holiday marking the longest night of the year. With performances by internationally acclaimed Iranian Bay Area-based singers Mahsa Vahdat and Marjan Vahdat, accompanied by musician and writer Atabak Elyasi, we will weave together stories of renewal and awakening.
Join Mewuk basket weaver Jennifer Bates for a special basketry demonstration and conversation exploring the artistry, techniques, and traditions of California Native basketmaking. Jennifer will share her personal practice, discuss the plants and materials used in traditional basketry, and walk audiences through key steps of gathering, cleaning, splitting, and preparing materials. Enjoy an up-close look at her artistry, learn the difference between twined and coiled techniques, and take part in a lively Q&A.
Calling all nature lovers and the nature-curious! For this month’s installment of Member Tours at OMCA, come in your walking shoes ready to explore the wonders of Oakland’s natural history. Join us for a special nature walk led by OMCA’s Curator of Natural Science, Ryder Diaz.
In this introductory workshop, led by Jennifer Bates (Northern Sierra Mewuk) and her apprentice, Jeannette Innerarity (Ione Band of Miwok), attendees will explore basketry materials, learn foundational techniques, and be guided through weaving a basket base. All materials will be provided. This intimate workshop emphasizes close instruction, cultural context, and an opportunity to learn directly from two experienced weavers.
OMCA’s Spotlight Sundays is excited to continue our Community Conversations series. The year’s installment will explore radical public imagining. In alignment with OMCA’s special exhibition, Black Spaces: Reclaim & Remain, project partners will include Dominique Walker and Alia Phelps of Moms4Housing, Brandi T. Summers of Archive of Urban Futures, and Junio Grant of blink!LAB architecture. Through performance, interactive engagement, movement, and conversation, this immersive experience will examine what it means to build our muscles for audacious dreaming during difficult times. Please join us for this inspiring event!
Experience ThursDates at OMCA – your weekly night out at the Museum rich with cocktails, culture, and community. Mingle at Town Fare Cafe by Chef Michele McQueen, where you can enjoy drinks and light bites against a backdrop of music, or explore the galleries which come alive at night with a mix of pop-up performances, chats, live drawings, and more– just for adults!
Vuelven los viernes por la noche en OMCA con Off the Grid, la fiesta semanal gratuita favorita de Oakland, de abril a octubre.
Reúnase con la familia, los amigos y la comunidad todos los viernes de 17:00 a 21:00 para disfrutar de música en directo, actividades prácticas, camiones de comida Off the Grid (OTG) y acceso nocturno a nuestras galerías y exposiciones especiales, con una entrada al Museo.
Únase a nosotros en las Charlas de Galería, una oportunidad para charlar y hacer preguntas a nuestros entusiastas y expertos facilitadores de OMCA.
Cada tercer domingo, OMCA invita a los visitantes a Spotlight Sundays, una serie de conversaciones, actuaciones y experiencias que muestran a visionarios californianos.
Todos los primeros domingos de mes, la entrada general a las Galerías de Arte, Historia y Ciencias Naturales de California del OMCA es gratuita y las entradas para las exposiciones especiales de nuestro Gran Salón se ofrecen a un precio reducido de 6 $.
Interested in bringing a group to engage more deeply with our gallery content? Sign up for a Group Tour where knowledgeable facilitators share insights and help make meaning with your group in OMCA’s galleries.
La Junta de Mujeres del Museo de Oakland inició la venta de elefantes blancos hace más de sesenta años. Este evento anual es imperdible.
OMCA celebra el Año Nuevo Lunar y explora las conexiones compartidas entre las diversas culturas asiáticas del Área de la Bahía. Estos programas familiares incluirán ofertas virtuales y presenciales que celebran y honran las tradiciones del Año Nuevo Lunar a través de cuentos, actuaciones, actividades, demostraciones de cocina y mucho más. La OMCA ofrece un espacio para que nuestras comunidades AAPI se reúnan y se eleven mutuamente con círculos de curación tanto presenciales como virtuales.
En colaboración con el Comité del Día de los Muertos de OMCA, honramos el Día de los Muertos cada octubre y noviembre.