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

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

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

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

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