RON HENGGELER

December 27, 2011
Impressions from the Oakland Museum of California

When the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) first opened its doors more than forty years ago, it brought together three historically independent disciplines—art, history, and natural sciences—under one roof. This progressive multidisciplinary approach was to celebrate the many facets of California. The museum's collections—comprise more than 1.9 million objects including seminal art works, historical artifacts, ethnographic objects, natural specimens, and photographs—and its programs explore and reveal the factors that shape California character and identity, from its extraordinary natural landscapes, to successive waves of migration, to its unique culture of creativity and innovation.

On Monday afternoon, Dave and I visited the Oakland Museum of California. It was the first time I’d been back since they reopened after a major remodeling in 2008.

Sunset and the Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island, and San Francisco, as seen with a 300mm lens from the Grizzly Peak Road it the top of the Oakland Hills

The Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island, and San Francisco, as seen with a 300mm lens from the Grizzly Peak Road it the top of the Oakland Hills

Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge as seen with a 300mm lens from the Grizzly Peak Road it the top of the Oakland Hills

 

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