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Oakland Museum of California

About Oakland Museum of California

The Oakland Museum of California or OMCA (formerly the Oakland Museum) is an interdisciplinary museum dedicated to the art, history, and natural science of California, located at 1000 Oak Street in Oakland, California. The museum contains more than 1.8 million objects dedicated to "telling the extraordinary story of California."

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Art museum
Founded
1969
Architect
Kevin Roche, Dan Kiley

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  4. Chicago Police helmet & billy-club04Chicago Police helmet & billy-clubBill Abbott · CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. Dirk van Erp lamp OMCA05Dirk van Erp lamp OMCACullen328 · CC BY-SA 3.0
  6. Arequipa Pottery vase OMCA06Arequipa Pottery vase OMCACullen328 · CC BY-SA 3.0

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