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  • January 2024

  • Sat 20
    January 20, 2024 from 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

    Gallery Chats at OMCA

    • Gallery Chats at OMCA
    • Family
    OMCA Great Hall 1000 Oak, Oakland, California

    Join us for Gallery Chats, an opportunity to chat with and ask questions of our enthusiastic and knowledgeable OMCA Facilitators.

    Admission ticket required
  • Sun 21
    artists working inside Into the Brightness.
    January 21, 2024 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

    Spotlight Sundays: Exploring Intergenerational Chicanx Dialogue around Art and Practice

    • Spotlight Sundays
    • Conversation / Lecture
    • Members
    James Moore Theater

    Join us for Spotlight Sundays: Exploring Intergenerational Chicanx Dialogue around Art and Practice at OMCA on Jan. 21.

    $1 – $30
  • Wed 24
    January 24, 2024 from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

    Into the Brightness Garden Lights Celebration

    • Family
    • Free

    Brighten up your week with a tour of the OMCA  Garden, transformed with radiant light structures that pay homage to the aesthetic themes of Into the Brightness.

    Free
  • Thu 25
    January 25, 2024 from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

    Into the Brightness Garden Lights Celebration

    • Family
    • Free

    Brighten up your week with a tour of the OMCA  Garden, transformed with radiant light structures that pay homage to the aesthetic themes of Into the Brightness.

    Free
  • Thu 25
    Two people holding hands and eating at Town Fare at OMCA
    January 25, 2024 from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

    Thursday After Hours at OMCA | Sketchboard Live Drawing and Gallery Chats

    • Gallery Chats at OMCA
    • Thursday After Hours
    • Town Fare Cafe
    • Ticketed
    • Members
    OMCA Great Hall 1000 Oak, Oakland, California

    Head over to the Gallery of California Natural Sciences for a live drawing session hosted by Sketchboard, a BIPOC figure drawing collective, curating eclectic, diverse, and affordable events in the Bay Area over the last 10 years.

    Museum ticket
  • Fri 26
    January 26, 2024 from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

    Into the Brightness Garden Lights Celebration

    • Family
    • Free

    Brighten up your week with a tour of the OMCA  Garden, transformed with radiant light structures that pay homage to the aesthetic themes of Into the Brightness.

    Free
  • Sat 27
    January 27, 2024 from 11:00 am

    Into the Brightness Garden Lights Celebration

    • Family
    • Free

    Brighten up your week with a tour of the OMCA  Garden, transformed with radiant light structures that pay homage to the aesthetic themes of Into the Brightness.

    Free
  • Sat 27
    Person sitting in a chair holding up their fist while people take photos of them
    January 27, 2024 from 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

    Gallery Chats at OMCA

    • Gallery Chats at OMCA
    • Ticketed
    • Family
    OMCA Great Hall 1000 Oak, Oakland, California

    Join us for Gallery Chats, an opportunity to chat with and ask questions of our enthusiastic and knowledgeable OMCA Facilitators.

    Admission ticket required
  • Sat 27
    January 27, 2024 from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

    Into the Brightness Garden Lights Celebration

    • Family
    • Free

    Brighten up your week with a tour of the OMCA  Garden, transformed with radiant light structures that pay homage to the aesthetic themes of Into the Brightness.

    Free
  • Sun 28
    White Elephant Sale logo on building
    January 28, 2024 from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm

    65th Annual White Elephant Preview Sale – SOLD OUT

    • Fundraiser
    • Family
    White Elephant Sale 333 Lancaster St., Oakland

    Don’t miss the best and biggest rummage sale of the year, the Oakland White Elephant Sale.

    $40
  • Sun 28
    January 28, 2024 from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

    Into the Brightness Garden Lights Celebration

    • Family
    • Free

    Brighten up your week with a tour of the OMCA  Garden, transformed with radiant light structures that pay homage to the aesthetic themes of Into the Brightness.

    Free
  • Wed 31
    White Elephant Sale logo on building
    January 31, 2024 from 9:00 am – February 24, 2024 from 1:00 pm

    65th Annual White Elephant Public Shopping Days

    • Ticketed
    • Fundraiser
    • Family
    White Elephant Sale 333 Lancaster St., Oakland

    The 65th annual White Elephant Sale (WES), a Bay Area tradition and the largest rummage sale in Northern California.

    $5
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Ongoing events

Evening hours ThursDates at OMCA

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! 

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Evening hours Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid

Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid, Oakland’s favorite free weekly block party is back, April—October!

Gather with family, friends, and community every Friday 5—9 pm for live music, hands-on activities, Off the Grid (OTG) food trucks, and late-night access to our galleries and special exhibitions, with a Museum ticket.

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Gallery Events Gallery Chats at OMCA

Join us for Gallery Chats, an opportunity to chat with and ask questions of our enthusiastic and knowledgeable OMCA Facilitators.

 

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Third Sundays Spotlight Sundays

Every third Sunday, OMCA invites visitors to Spotlight Sundays, a series of conversations, performances, and experiences that showcase California visionaries.

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First Sundays First Sundays

Every first Sunday of the month, General Admission to OMCA’s Galleries of California Art, History, and Natural Sciences is free and tickets to Special Exhibitions in our Great Hall are offered at a discounted price of $6.

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Gallery Events Group Tours

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.

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Annual events

Community Event White Elephant Sale

The Oakland Museum Women’s Board started the White Elephant Sale over sixty years ago. The annual event is not-to-be-missed.

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Community Celebration Lunar New Year

OMCA celebrates the Lunar New Year and explores the shared connections between the diverse Asian cultures of the Bay Area. These family-friendly programs will include both virtual and in-person offerings that celebrate and honor Lunar New Year traditions through storytelling, performances, activities, cooking demonstrations, and more. OMCA holds space for our AAPI communities to come together and uplift each other with both in-person and virtual healing circles.

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Community Celebration Día de los Muertos

In collaboration with OMCA’s Día de los Muertos Committee, we honor Day of the Dead every October and November.

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