This list of museums in the San Francisco Bay Area is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.
Museums
San Francisco
East Bay Area
San Francisco Peninsula
Santa Clara Valley
Entries in this list are generally according to Santa Clara Valley.
Other San Francisco Bay Area
Defunct museums
- Diablo Valley College Museum, Pleasant Hill
- Hall of Health, Berkeley, sponsored by Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland, closed in 2009
- Museum of Conceptual Art, San Francisco, closed in 1984
- Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, closed in November 2012
- Natural World Museum
- New Langton Arts, San Francisco, closed in 2009
- Treasure Island Museum, San Francisco, closed in 1997, building tours by appointment, group working to establish new museum
- San Francisco Museum at the Mint, planned museum in the Old Mint to be operated by the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society
- Wax Museum at Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, closed in 2013
- World of the Unexplained museum, San Francisco, closed in 1985
See also
- List of attractions in Silicon Valley
References
External links
- California State Association of Counties (CSAC)
