花园
With a focus on sustainability and accessibility, OMCA’s terraced gardens facing Oakland’s Lake Merritt have been reenvisioned with new native plantings, amplifying five ecoregions of California on each level of the garden. In addition to OMCA’s thriving beds of native and drought-resistant plants, new plantings are in the works for additional areas of campus—along Oak Street and 10th Street.
The garden is free and open to the public 星期三 through 星期日, from 11 am to 5 pm (and until 9 pm on 星期五). Please check to see occasional Garden closures.
亮点
博物馆梯田花园的每一层都有来自不同加州生态区的耐旱本土植物。花园中的物种来自沿海森林、橡树林地、低矮的沙漠和萨克拉门托-圣华金河三角洲生态系统，花园中的植物也为留鸟和候鸟、授粉昆虫等提供了重要的栖息地。
从附近和在校园里都可以看到，花园里的雕塑包括艺术家的作品，如Ruth Asawa, Betty Gold, Bruce Beasley, Fletcher Benton, Beniamino Bufano, Mark di Suvero, Viola Frey, 亨利-C-罗林斯。 和Peter Voulkos。
奥克兰当地的艺术家Binta Ayofemi为OMCA的花园和户外公共空间创作了雕塑和艺术家版的座椅、桌子和其他家具。Ayofemi的作品，她称之为 "门户"，部分灵感来自奥克兰的文化和历史。
建筑物的梯级提供了周围奥克兰景观的视野，包括一些有文化意义的地方，在户外标签中都有描述。
一个新的入口允许从梅里特湖直接进入花园，并邀请奥克兰在大草坪上聚会。主舞台上的表演和节庆活动将社区聚集在这个美丽的湖边环境中。
1969年博物馆开放时，由建筑师凯文-罗奇设计的OMCA因其大胆和创新的前提而受到赞誉：一个博物馆同时也是一个充满活力的城市公园和公共空间。OMCA的屋顶梯田花园和中央庭院，最初由景观设计师丹-凯利设计，继续吸引着奥克兰居民和来自湾区及其他地区的游客。
In fall 2021, OMCA hosted an ofrenda created by the Museum’s Día de los Muertos Volunteer Committee in remembrance of lives lost to COVID-19. As of 2024, more than one million people have died from this virus in the United States. As such, the Día de los Muertos Committee worked with OMCA to create a permanent plaque near the great oak tree to honor the lives lost, and provide a safe space for healing in the Garden.