List of participating Blue Star Museums in California
Beginning on Memorial Day 2012 (May 28th) and running through Labor Day 2012 (September 3rd) over 1,600 museums nationwide will offer free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families...read article about the 2012 Blue Star Museums Initiative... view participating museums in other states.
Here's a list of participating art museums, science centers, history museums, nature centers and children’s museums in California:
Participating Blue Star Museums in California:
Arcata
HSU Natural History Musem
Avalon
Catalina Island Museum
Barstow
National Training Center & 11th Armor Cavalry Regiment Museum
Berkeley
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)
Habitot Children's Museum
Lawrence Hall of Science
Boulder Creek
San Lorenzo Valley Museum
Buena Park
Buena Park Historical Society
Burbank
Southern California Genealogical Society and Family Research Library
Calabasas
Leonis Adobe Museum
Claremont
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Danville
Museum of the San Ramon Valley
Downey
Columbia Memorial Space Center
Encinitas
Lux Art Institute
Escondido
Escondido History Center
San Diego Archaeological Center
San Diego Children's Discovery Museum
Felicity
Museum of History in Granite
Hanford
Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture
Hayward
Hayward Area Historical Society, McConaghy House
Homewood
Tahoe Maritime Museum
La Jolla
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla
Laguna Beach
Festival of Arts/Pageant of the Masters
Laguna Art Museum
Lakeside
Barona Cultural Center & Museum
Lancaster
Museum of Art and History (MOAH)
Long Beach
Museum of Latin American Art
Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum
Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch & Gardens
Los Angeles
Autry National Center
Chinese American Museum
Craft and Folk Art Museum
The Grammy Museum at LA LIVE
Heritage Square Museum
LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Museum of Tolerance
Otis College of Art and Design, BEN MALTZ GALLERY
Skirball Cultural Center
The Zimmer Children's Museum
McClellan
Aerospace Museum of California
Monterey
The Monterey Museum of Art
Moraga
Saint Mary's College Museum of Art, formerly Hearst Art Gallery
Napa
di Rosa
Newport Beach
ExplorOcean/Newport Harbor Nautical Museum
Orange County Museum of Art
Novato
Hamilton Field History Museum
Oak Glen
Oak Glen School House Museum
Oakhurst
Wild Wonderful King Vintage Museum
Oakland
MOCHA Museum of Children's Art
Oakland Museum of California
Oceanside
California Surf Museum
Oceanside Museum of Art
Oxnard
Carnegie Art Museum
Ventura County Maritime Museum
Palo Alto
Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo
Pasadena
The Gamble House
Norton Simon Museum
Pacific Asia Museum
Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA)
Pasadena Museum of History
Rancho Cordova
Sacramento Children's Museum
Rancho Dominguez
Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum
Redding
Turtle Bay Exploration Park
Redwood City
San Mateo County History Museum
Riverside
Southern California Medical Museum
Sacramento
California Automobile Museum
California State Military Museum
Crocker Art Museum
Sacramento History Museum
San Diego
Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum
Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation
Japanese Friendship Garden
Mingei International Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Downtown
Museum of Photographic Arts
San Diego Chinese Historical Museum
San Diego History Center
The San Diego Museum of Art
San Diego Museum of Man
Timken Museum of Art
Veterans Museum and Memorial Center
Visions Art Museum: Contemporary Quilts + Textiles
San Diego
The New Children's Museum
San Francisco
Children's Creativity Museum
de Young Museum
Museum of Craft and Design
San Francisco Fire Department Museum
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Walt Disney Family Museum
San Francisco
Legion of Honor
San Jose
San Jose Museum of Art
San Mateo
CuriOdyssey (formerly Coyote Point Museum)
San Pedro
Point Fermin Lighthouse
San Ramon
Forest Home Farms Historic Park & Glass House Museum
Santa Barbara
Reagan Ranch Center Exhibit Gallery
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Santa Monica
Santa Monica Museum of Art
Santa Monica Pier Aquarium
Sausalito
Bay Area Discovery Museum
Simi Valley
Simi Valley Historical Society & Museum
Solvang
Elverhoj Museum of History & Art
St. Helena
Robert Louis Stevenson Museum
Stanford
Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
Stockton
Haggin Museum
Tahoe City
Gatekeeper's Museum
Truckee
KidZone Museum
Tujunga
Bolton Hall Museum
Tulare
Tulare Historical Museum
Vallejo
Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum
Ventura
Museum of Ventura County
Vista
Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum
Walnut Creek
Lindsay Wildlife Museum
Westlake Village
The Discovery Center for Science and Technology
Williams
Sacramento Valley Museum Association
Willits
Mendocino County Museum
Woodland
Gibson House Yolo County Historical Museum
Reiff's Antique Gas Station Automotive Museum
Woodside
Filoli
Yountville
Napa Valley Museum
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