WELCOME TO THE OAKLAND COLLECTION
OF THE OAKLAND MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA

In celebration of Oakland’s 150th anniversary, the Oakland Museum of California presents over 7000 Oakland objects from its California Collections. These include historical photographs, paintings, documents, objects, all about Oakland, the city founded on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in 1852. Explore Oakland’s neighborhoods, walk the shoreline, stand atop city hall and look all around.
 

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Links to more California Collections:
See over 25,000 photographs by Dorothea Lange shown in the Museum Online Archive of California
See slide shows of California Collection highlights
Finding aid to the California Design Archive
Finding aid to the Helen Nestor Free Speech Movement Photographs
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