Coming to California: The OMCA Gallery of California History
The Gallery of California History at the Oakland Museum of California focuses on the mixing of peoples, cultures, and ideas—beginning in the 1500s and continuing through present day.
The new Gallery of California History, organized around the theme of "Coming to California," employs an experimental design approach to the consideration of California history.
Conceived as overlapping dialogues, and designed to continually change over time, the gallery is more like a themed public space than a "permanent exhibition."
Organized chronologically, the gallery begins at a time "Before the Other People Came," with an installation co-designed by the museum and Native Californians from across the state.
In "Cultures Meet," a darkened room with pin-spotted objects and voices of Native Californians and Spanish explorers immerses people in a space of timeless memory and encounter.
- Oakland Museum of California
- Capital Campaign
- National Endowment for the Humanities