History Museums in East Bay
The permanent exhibit is The African American Community in Oakland years 1890 to 1900.
The Bade Museum permanent collection is both ancient and modern and spans a period of 3,000 years. The museum holds a phenomenal array of everyday artifacts such as cooking pots, grinding stones, and agricultural implements from ancient Palestine along with colorful Greek and Cypriot ceramics, scarabs from Egypt, cuneiform tablets from ancient Mesopotamia, and over 300 historic Bibles from around the world. There are also ongoing educational lectures by visiting experts. There are docent led tours of the museum.
Explore and learn about local history in the permanent exhibit or rotating temporary exhibits. The collection includes dolls from the late 1800s to the 1960s, ladies hats that date from the 1930s to the 1950s, photos of old Hayward, collections donated by diffferent families and a toy collection. They have a library and archival collections are available for researchers in the Research Center.
The musum was established in 2004. It hosts an extensive collection of laces and textiles donated by Kaethe and Jules Kliot. The collection has thousands of specimens from pre-Columbian Peru, the finest from the 17th century European courts and examples of the machine laces exemplifying the 19th centrury industrial revolution. The museum also has a library that is home to over 10,000 books, patterns and articles. There are many tools of the textile arts including those used for lace-making and sewing machines. They also have free classes: http://lacismuseum.org/classes/
The museum is a resource for all different aspects of silent film making and it houses photos, posters, books and other artifacts. They also shows silent films in the theater that used to show Charlie Chaplin films.
The Oakland Museum of California is devoted to the art, history and natural sciences of California. There is a cafe on site.
This museum has interpretive exhibits, photographs and hands on materials about the San Leandro community.
The redwood framed house was built by pioneer Hiram Penniman in 1903. It contains many historical artifacts as well as an archive of Contra Costa and Walnut Creek history including collections of old newspapers, photographs and government records.
The museum is focused on the art and history of the Jewish experience. It has a wide ranging collection, provacative programs, research facilities and the largest history center relatiing to the Jews in the American West.
The Aircraft Carrier USS HORNET Museum is a national treasure, having participated in two of the greatest events of the 20th century, World War II and the Apollo 11 manned space mission. It is now moored at historic Alameda Point on San Francisco Bay. There are exhibits all over the ships flight and other decks including Apollo artifacts and photos from WWII, Hornet Strike Fighter plane flight simulator and over 10 differnt types of aircraft including jets and helicopters. Check for times that the flight simulator is available. They have free parking as well as stroller accesibility.