
At a glance
Location
Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Price
Museum admission is $15 general; $10 seniors and students with valid ID, $6 youth ages 9 to 17, and free for Members and children 8 and under. Admission during Friday Nights @ OMCA is half-off for adults, and free for ages 18 and under, after 5 pm.
Hours
Museum + Store Hours:
Wednesday–Thursday, 11 am–5 pm
Friday, 11 am–9 pm
Saturday–Sunday, 10 am–6 pm
Closed Monday and Tuesday
Contact info
Visitor Information:
510-318-8400
888-OAKMUSE (625-6873) – Toll-free
510-451-3322 – TTY
museumca.org
Category
Exhibition
Options
- Good for Groups
- Good for Kids
- Near BART
- Parking
- Indoors
Pacific Worlds
In May 2015, the Oakland Museum of California presents Pacific Worlds, a major exhibition exploring Californian identity as tied to and shaped by the histories, peoples, and geography of the Pacific Islands. The exhibition examines the deep and many-layered histories of this region’s interactions with the Pacific, and explores the on-going connections between Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians, along with Filipinos, Native Californians, and American collectors and colonists.
Turning the familiar idea of California as the western frontier on its head and re-positioning the State as “the East Coast of the Pacific,” Pacific Worlds weaves together objects and ephemera from the Oakland Museum of California’s collections along with contemporary California Pacific Islander artwork and community voices. Through the exhibition, visitors will experience how Pacific Islanders in California today maintain cultural practices including dance and music, food, fiber arts, tattooing, surfing, and other practices.
Pacific Worlds is presented to coincide with the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) in San Francisco.