Current Exhibits
Frequently-changing special exhibits highlight the people and places that make the Golden State unique. Here are the special exhibits that are on display now.
Special Exhibits
March 14, 2009 through March 14, 2010
Beautiful and rare baskets from over twenty different tribes will demonstrate why California Indian basketry is widely considered to be among the world's finest textile traditions.
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April 18, 2009 through December 20, 2009
A surrealist collage exhibit of historic representations of the booming City on the Bay. Celebrate the 160th anniversary of the Gold Rush and check out rare "immoral" artifacts!
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June 1, 2009 through September 20, 2009
These are not just beautiful paintings of California's waterfowl. They are saving lives.
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June 24, 2009 through August 22, 2009
This exhibit from the Library of Congress will commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the nation’s revered sixteenth president. Charting Lincoln’s growth from prairie politician to preeminent statesman, it will address the controversies that marked the road to his presidency, including challenges to civil liberties and the Constitution, slavery and race, and the dissolution of the Union and the Civil War.
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Continues through October 31, 2009
Celebrating the 2008 California Hall of Fame inductees, this year’s exhibit includes artifacts ranging from Governor Leland’s Stanford’s carriage to Dave Brubeck’s original handwritten score of "Take Five."
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Continues through March 28, 2010
This exhibit explores some of the things dogs do for us, and shows California's leadership role in teaching dogs new - and useful - tricks.
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Ongoing Exhibits
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This exhibit, inspired by California First Lady Maria Shriver, honors the extraordinary women who strengthen, shape and serve our great state.
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The California Museum is home to the Minerva Awards exhibit, which highlights the awardees announced each year at the Women’s Conference.
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"I believe that each woman is the artist of her own life. My hope is that young girls will be inspired by the Minerva Quilts to develop qualities they wish to see in themselves," First Lady Shriver said.
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This exhibit follows the history of Japanese Californians from immigration to internment and their ultimately successful struggle to obtain redress for their wartime losses.
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