The California Museum opens new exhibit honoring the 2007 California Hall of Fame inductees

continues through November 2008

The California Hall of Fame exhibit includes a 40-foot (wide) by 7 foot (high) stunningly designed exhibit, created by West Office Exhibition Design of Oakland, California, that greets visitors at the door in the Museum lobby with large scale portraits of the inductees, photographs and their biographical information. The exhibition continues on the second floor and showcases in greater detail each inductee’s unique contribution.

Celebrating the 2007 California Hall of Fame inductees, the exhibit highlights over a hundred artifacts - many of which have never been displayed before. Some examples include:

• Original prints by Ansel Adams;
• One of Milton Berle’s costumes as well as a wind-up toy called Berle Crazy Car;
• Willie Mays signed baseball and bat;
• Rita Moreno’s dress from “West Side Story,” as well as her Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy;
• Jonas Salk’s lab equipment including vials of the polio vaccine from 1954;
• John Steinbeck’s typewriter and original manuscript pages from “East of Eden;”
• Elizabeth Taylor’s costume from “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” for which she won an Oscar;
• Earl Warren’s desk as governor of California;
• John Wayne film memorabilia, including his boots, hat and saddle;
• Tiger Woods’ golf clubs.

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