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 membership@museumca.org, or leave us a message at 510-318-8520.

We’ve made an exciting upgrade! The Museum has transitioned to a new ticketing platform designed to better serve our community. This update will bring enhanced security more control over your account—making it easier than ever to stay connected to OMCA. We’re looking forward to offering a smoother, more intuitive experience and appreciate your patience as we make this transition. Need help logging in? Visit our how to page or reach out at membership@museumca.org.

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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

Spotlight Sundays: Roadsongs for Dorothea Lange

For this month’s Spotlight Sunday join us for a live production of Last West: Roadsongs for Dorothea Lange, an immersive one-hour play written by Tess Taylor and directed by Ciera Eis. Last West was born from OMCA’s archive of Lange’s images and notebooks and returns to bring this legendary Bay Area photographer’s stories to life. We will travel with Lange as actors perform the journey outlined in her road journals and oral histories, and witness again the California we experience today. Set against a stunning projected backdrop of Lange’s photographs, this offering is a meditation on witness, migration, and time. 

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS & features

Exhibition Great Hall BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration

Can looking closely at photographs change what we see, know, and feel about this history? Japanese artist Masaki Fujihata explores this very question in BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration. Through immersive installations of historic images and augmented reality (AR) experiences, the exhibition brings visitors into the moments of 1942—before Japanese Americans in Oakland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles were transported to concentration camps during World War II.

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Exhibition Great Hall Mildred Howard: Poetics of Memory

Mildred Howard: Poetics of Memory is the first major museum exhibition to celebrate the work of beloved Bay Area artist Mildred Howard. Spanning Howard’s five-decade practice, Poetics of Memory brings together her renowned collages, found-object sculptures, and immersive installations that explore memory, identity, and the African American experience. New and never-before-seen pieces punctuate the exhibition, while archival materials from Howard’s Oakland studio illuminate the cultural currents and lived experiences that shape her practice.

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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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