The California Hall of Fame 2009
Continues through October 31, 2010
The California Hall of Fame exhibit includes a striking 40-foot wide display, designed by West Office Exhibition Design of Oakland, California, that is the focal point of the Museum lobby. The panel display features large scale portraits of the inductees, photographs and their biographical information. The artifact exhibit, located inside the museum galleries, showcases in greater detail each inductee’s unique contribution.
Celebrating the 2009 California Hall of Fame inductees, this year’s newly renovated exhibition space is over 3,000 square feet and includes more than 100 items. Glass panels of the 2006, 2007 and 2008 inductees line the walls.
The 2009 exhibition includes artifacts, photographs, and ephemera. Some examples include:
- Star Wars droids R2-D2 and C-3PO and other Lucas film props and screenplays
- Milk’s exhibit will feature a just-opened time capsule, containing a lock of hair, a letter, a campaign button, and a rainbow flag, which until now was held by the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC.
- A gallery of original masterpieces most of which depict Native Americans by Scholder
- An interactive display on the creation of an Intel microprocessor for Grove
- The Olympic torch used by Johnson to ignite the 1984 Summer Olympics flame
- A 1953 Kaiser de Luxe Traveler car, the first hatchback vehicle
- Madden’s 1977 Super Bowl trophy and game ball
- General Yeager’s flight jacket and medals
- Burnett’s Emmy, Golden Globe, People’s Choice and American Comedy awards
- The original legislation creating suffrage, recall and referendum by Governor Johnson
- Weider’s historic kettle bell weights
California IQ
Which of the bridges that span San Francisco Bay links the city with Marin County?
