Resource Guide for Alameda County
Alameda Museum
- Features the local history of the community of Alameda
- The web site includes a page on research resources at the museum.
- Location: 2324 Alameda Avenue near Park Street
- Open Wednesday through Friday from 1:30 to 4 p.m., Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Admission: donations encouraged
- Call (510) 521-1233
- Visit http://www.alamedamuseum.org
C.E. Smith Museum of Anthropology
- Changing exhibits focus on aspects of world archaeology and ethnology
- Houses collections and archives from 18 Bay Area archaeological sites
- Other collections include Africa, Asia, North American, and small collections from Central and South America.
- Location: 4th floor of Meiklejohn Hall at the southwest corner of the Cal State Hayward Campus
- Open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Call the Museum Office at (510) 885-3104 or the Museum Exhibit Hall at (510) 885-7414
- Visit http://www.isis.csuhayward.edu/cesmith/acesmith.html
Coyote Hills Regional Park
- On the southeast shore of San Francisco Bay, explore the tidal marshland
- Visit the Ohlone Indian exhibit at the visitor center
- Guided tours of some of the last remaining large archaeological mound sites
- Location: 8000 Patterson Ranch Road in Fremont
- Open April to October from 8 a.m to 8 p.m., October to April from 8 a.m to 6 p.m., unless otherwise posted
- Admission: $5 per vehicle (when kiosk is attended); $4 per trailered vehicle. Buses: $1 per person (empty bus $50; empty commercial trans. van $5); $2 per dog; guide/service dogs free
- Call (510) 795-9385
- Visit http://www.ebparks.org/parks/coyote_hills
Oakland Museum of California
- Exhibits on Native Americans of California, the California Gold Rush and other aspects of local cultural and natural history
- Location: downtown Oakland at 1000 Oak Street, one block from the Lake Merritt BART Station
- Open Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday from 12 noon to 5 p.m.; closed Monday and Tuesday
- Admission: $8 Adults, $5 seniors and students, Children under 6 are free. Free admission every 2nd Sunday of each month
- For information call (510) 238–2200
- visit http://www.museumca.org/global/history
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
- Events and exhibitions
- See the web site for lists of the contents of the California ethnology and archaeology collections, referenced by site, and to specific University of California Archaeological Survey work.
- Location: Kroeber Hall at the University of California, Berkeley
- Open Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Sunday from 12 noon to 4:00 p.m.
- Admission: $4 adults, $3 seniors, children 12 and under are free
- Call (510) 642-3282, or for the gift store 643-7648
- Visit http://hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu
|
|
|
|
