List of museums in the San Joaquin Valley

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The San Joaquin Valley /ˌsæn hwɑːˈkiːn/ is the area of the Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta in Stockton.

This is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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Museums [edit]

Main article: List of museums in California

Name	Town/City	County	Type	Summary
African-American Historical and Cultural Museum of the San Joaquin Valley	Fresno	Fresno	African American	information
Air Force Flight Test Center Museum	Edwards Air Force Base	Kern	Aviation	Historic military aircraft and testing at the Base, located at the North Entrance, also a facility in Palmdale
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park	Allensworth	Tulare	African American	Historic farming town founded, financed and governed by African Americans, with nine restored buildings
Armenian Museum	Fresno	Fresno	Ethnic	website
Arte Américas	Fresno	Fresno	Art	website, cultural arts center with exhibit galleries focusing on Mexico, Latin America, the Southwest and California
Ashjian's Olive Museum	Madera	Madera	Food	website, part of an olive-growing farm
Bakersfield Museum of Art	Bakersfield	Kern	Art	Collection focus is regional art
Billy Creek Museum	Huntington Lake	Kern	Local history	website, operated by the Huntington Lake Big Creek Historical Conservancy
Buck Owens Crystal Palace	Bakersfield	Kern	Biographical	Country western music hall with museum about musician Buck Owens
Buena Vista Museum of Natural History	Bakersfield	Kern	Natural history	Exhibits include anatomy, astronomy, anthropology, archeology, biology, geology and paleontology
California Foundry History Museum - Lodi	Lodi	San Joaquin	Industry	website
Castle Air Museum	Atwater	Merced	Aviation	Vintage aircraft
Castle Science and Technology Center	Atwater	Merced	Science	website, science museum and education center, includes Challenger Learning Center
Central Sierra Museum	Shaver Lake	Fresno	Local history	website, planned museum, operated by the Central Sierra Historical Society
Children's Museum of Stockton	Stockton	San Joaquin	Children's	website
Children's Museum of the Sierra	Oakhurst	Madera	Children's	website
Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture	Hanford	Kings	Culture	website, paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts of Japan
Clovis Museum	Clovis	Fresno	Local history	website, operated by the Clovis-Big Dry Creek Historical Society
Coarsegold Historic Museum	Coarsegold	Madera	Open air	website, complex includes an adobe freight way-station, one-room school and the barn with museum displays of local history
Cowboy Memorial & Library	Caliente	Kern	History	website
Dinuba Southern Pacific Depot Museum	Dinuba	Tulare	Local history	website, operated by the Alta District Historical Society
Discovery Center	Fresno	Fresno	Science	website, educational science center and natural history exhibits
Double T Acres Ag Museum	Stevinson	Merced	Agriculture	information
Eagle Field AAF	Firebaugh	Fresno	Military	History of the World War II army airfield, also known as the Central California Historical Military Museum
Eastern Fresno County Historical Society Museum & Park	Auberry	Fresno	Local history	website
Escalon Historical Society Museum	Escalon, California	San Joaquin County, California	Local history
Exeter Historical Museum	Exeter	Tulare	Local history	information
Forestiere Underground Gardens	Fresno	Fresno	Historic house	Hand-built network of underground rooms, courtyards and passageways with fruit-bearing plants
Fort Tejon Historic Park	Grapevine	Kern	Fort	Living history programs on Saturdays
Fresno Art Museum	Fresno	Fresno	Art	website
Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park	Oakhurst	Madera	Open air	website, complex includes two restored homes, two one-room schools, two 19th Century jails and several farm buildings
Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art and Science	Fresno	Fresno	Multiple	Art, science and culture, including European and American paintings, jigsaw puzzles, Native American artifacts, photography, Asian fine arts, decorative arts
Great Valley Museum of Natural History	Modesto	Stanislaus	Natural history	website, part of Modesto Junior College
Gustine Museum	Gustine	Merced	Local history	website, housed in a former courthouse and jail, operated by the Gustine Historical Society
Haggin Museum	Stockton	San Joaquin	Multiple	Art and history, collection includes late 19th-century American and European paintings, local and regional historical artifacts
Hanford Carnegie Museum	Hanford	Kings	Local history
Hanford Taoist Temple & Museum	Hanford	Kings	Culture	information
Heritage Complex	Tulare	Tulare	Agriculture	website, includes the Antique Farm Equipment Museum
Hillier Air Museum	Modesto	Stanislaus	Aviation	website, collection of classic aircraft from the years 1937 to 1947
Hill House Museum	Lodi	San Joaquin	Historic house	information
ImagineU Children's Museum	Visalia	Tulare	Children's	website
Kearney Mansion Museum	Fresno	Fresno	Historic house	website, located in Kearney Park, operated by the Fresno Historical Society
Kern County Museum	Bakersfield	Kern	Open air	Over 50 historic buildings, includes Bakersfield Country Music Museum
Kern Valley Museum	Kernville	Kern	Local history	website, operated by the Kern Valley Historical Society
Legion of Valor Museum	Fresno	Fresno	Military
Raymond Museum	Raymond	Madera	Local history	information, also known as Charles Miller House
Manteca Historical Society and Museum	Manteca	San Joaquin	Local history	website
McHenry Mansion	Modesto	Stanislaus	Historic house	Victorian Italianate mansion
McHenry Museum	Modesto	Stanislaus	Local history	website, also houses Central California Art League Gallery
Maturango Museum	Ridgecrest	Kern	Local history	Cultural history, natural history and geology of the Northern Mojave Desert
Merced Agricultural Museum	Merced	Merced	Agriculture	information, antique farming equipment, gas engines and household appliances
Merced County Courthouse Museum	Merced	Merced	Local history	website, located in the county's three-story courthouse built in 1875
Meux Home Museum	Fresno	Fresno	Historic house	website, Victorian mansion
Milliken Museum	Los Banos	Merced	Local history	website, operated by the Milliken Museum Society of Los Banos California
Minter Field Air Museum	Shafter	Kern	Aviation	website
Modesto Radio Museum	Modesto	Stanislaus	Media	website, planned museum to open in 2009
Naval Museum of Armament & Technology	Ridgecrest	Kern	Military	Also known as China Lake Museum, naval air armaments and technology
Newman Museum	Newman	Stanislaus	Local history	website, operated by the Newman Historical Society
“Nuui Cunni” Native American Intertribal Culture Center	Lake Isabella	Kern	Native American	website
Oakdale Cowboy Museum	Oakdale	Stanislaus	History	website
Oakdale Museum and History Center	Oakdale	Stanislaus	Local history	information
Patterson Historical Society Museum	Patterson	Stanislaus	Local history	website
Porterville Historical Museum	Porterville	Tulare	Local history	information
Randsburg Museum	Randsburg	Kern	Local history	information
Reedley Museum	Reedley	Fresno	Local history	website
Ridge Route Communities Historical Society Museum	Frazier Park	Kern	Local history	website
Sanger Depot Museum	Sanger	Fresno	Local history	website
San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum	Lodi	San Joaquin	Open air	Exhibits about San Joaquin County agriculture and history, including farm equipment, period furnishings, tools, ranching equipment, early transportation, harness and blacksmith shops, one-room school, Native American exhibit
Saxon Aerospace Museum	Boron	Kern	Aviation	website
Shafter Depot Museum	Shafter	Kern	Local history	website, railroad, agriculture, and local history exhibits
Sierra Mono Museum	North Fork	Madera	Native American	website
Tehachapi Heritage Museum	Tehachapi	Kern	Local history	website, located in the Errea House
Three Rivers Historical Museum	Three Rivers	Tulare	Local history	website, Historical Museum located at entrance to Sequoia National Park.
Tracy Historical Museum	Tracy	San Joaquin	Local history	information, information
Tulare County Museum	Visalia	Tulare	Local history	website, information
Tulare Historical Museum	Tulare	Tulare	Local history	website
Tule River Historical Society Museum	Springville	Tulare	Local history	information
Twenty Mule Team Museum	Boron	Kern	Local history	website, local history and history of borax mining in Death Valley and Boron
Wasco Historical Museum	Wasco	Kern	Local history	website
West Kern Oil Museum	Taft	Kern	Local history	website, story of oil in California, particularly in West Kern County
Wild Wonderful King Vintage Museum	Oakhurst	Madera	Textile	website, vintage clothing and accessories including bridal gowns, uniforms, hats, children's items
Zalud House	Porterville	Tulare	Historic house	information