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Museums California Beale AFB - Blythe

  CA

  Beale AFB

  Edward  Beale Museum

  Beale AFB

  9 SRW/CCX, Building 2471

  Beale AFB  CA   95903    

  Phone  916 634-2038

  Web Site http://dwb.sacbee.com/content/travel/yuba/

  Alt Web http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/museums/ca/efbm/efbm.htm

  Description  training center and WWII POW camp holds objects from 13th Armored

                    Division, 100th Bomb Group, and 9th Bomb Group

  Type of Resource  Museum

  Primary Focus  Military

  Industry/Profession  Air Force

  New or Updated:  11/14/2006
 

  CA

  Belvedere-Tiburon

  Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society

  1550 Tiburon Blvd, Suite M

  Belvedere-Tiburon  CA  94920    

  Phone  415 435-1853

  Web Site http://www.landmarks-society.org/

  E-mail  mailto:lmsoffice@sbcglobal.net

  Description  owns and maintains several properties -- Old St Hilarys, SS China

                    Cabin, Art & Garden Center, Railroad-Ferry Depot Museum

  Type of Resource  Museum

  Primary Focus  Preservation

  Building Type  Depot

  Research  Archives

  Era  1900

  New or Updated:  11/17/2006

Berkeley
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
2626 Bancroft Way
Berkeley CA 94720
Phone 510 642-1412
Alt Phone 510 642-0808
Web Site www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Description emphasis on 20th century visual arts - painting, sculpture,
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Arts
Industry /Profession Movies
Collection A-F Film
Research /Reading Archives

California
Berkeley Historical Society
1931 Center St
Berkeley CA 94704
Phone 510 848-0181
Web Site www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/histsoc/
Description
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Local History

  Berkeley

  Habitot Children's Museum

  2065 Kittredge Street

  Berkeley  CA   94704    

  Phone   510 647-1111

  Web Site http://www.habitot.org/

  Description  six exhibit galleries emphasizing hands on multisensory experience -

                    wind tunnel, wiggle wall, waterworks, stage, art studio

  Type of Resource  Museum

  Primary Focus  Children

  New or Updated:  9/5/2007

California
Berkeley
Judah L Magnes Memorial Museum
2911 Russell Street
Berkeley CA  94705
Phone 510 549-6950
Web Site www.jfed.org/magnes/magnes.htm
Alt Web www.amuseum.org/jahf
Description Jewish artists of the last 2 centuries: drawing, painting, folk art, textiles
Type of Resource Museum
Collection A-F Folk Art
Collection N-Z Paintings
Group Identity Jewish

Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology
103 Kroeger Hall
UC Berkeley
Berkeley CA 94720
Phone  510 642-3683
Web Site www.qal.berkeley.edu/~hearst/index.html
Description
Type of Resource Museum
Field of Study/Science Facility Anthropology

California
UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
2626 Bancroft Way
Berkeley CA 94720
Phone 510 642-0808
Web Site www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/
Description International, focus 20th century all media, Asian collection
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Arts
Era 20th

Big Bear City
Big Bear Historical Museum
Big Bear Park
Greenway Drive
Big Bear City CA
Phone 909 585-8181
Web Site http://www.bigbeartodaymag.com/museum.html
Description cattle ranching, mining, natural History, Native Americans
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Local history
New or Updated: 03/27/2003

California
Bishop
Laws Railroad Museum and Historical Site
Silver Canyon Road
PO Box 363
Bishop CA 93514
Phone 760 873-5950
Web Site http://thesierraweb.com/bishop/laws/
Description railroad town, a few original buildings, others moved to the site, equipment and non-functional rolling stock
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Village
Research /Reading Library

Blairsden
Plumas-Eureka State Park
1030 E Lavaca
Blairsden CA
Phone 530 836-2380
Web Site http://parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=507
Description 5500 acre park with hiking and skiing, focus on museum in former miner's bunkhouse, Mohawk Stamp mill, demonstrative blacksmith, mine office, and stable
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Industrial
Building Type Mill
Field of Study/Science Facility Gold Rush