California has more than 3000 museums! I will continue to add museums to this list, but wanted to highlight a few of the best below.

• Los Angeles County Museum of Art
  • I visited this museum and college and loved seeing the modern art pieces by Pollack, Warhol and more…great museum and near the La Brea Tar Pits
• J. Paul Getty Museum – LA
  • An AMAZING collection of art spanning thousands of years – and an amazing building by Frank Gehry
• Crocker Museum of Art – Sacramento
  • Fine collection of California and western artists
• Norton Simon Museum – Pasadena – over 12,000 masterworks by top European artists and beyond
• San Diego Museum of Art
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
• DeYoung Museum and Legion Museum of Art – San Francisco
• Hammer Museum – LA
• Bowers Museum – Santa Ana/Orange County
• Palm Springs Art Museum – Palm Springs
• Asian Art Museum – San Francisco
• Museum of Contemporary Art – LA
• Museum of Contemporary Art – San Diego
• Fresno Art Museum
• Riverside Arts Center
• California African American Museum
• Skirball Cultural Center (Jewish art!)
• USC Fisher Museum of Art
• Napa Valley Museum
• The Broad
• Oakland Museum of California