The Best Museums in Orange County, CA (2024)

A museum entrance

Orange County, CA has several popular museums. Each of the museums we’ve selected has its own unique specialization, which we’ll describe below.

Bowers Museum | Santa Ana, CA

The Bowers Museum features an impressive collection of historic artifacts from indigenous communities throughout the world.

Bowers Museum entrance

Orange County Museum of Art | Costa Mesa, CA

This is the newest museum in Orange County with gorgeous architecture and a wealth of thought-provoking art exhibits. Best of all, admission to OCMA is free for the next ten years.

Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA): What to Expect (2024)

Stair seating outside OCMA

Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Musem | Yorba Linda, CA

Learn more about Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, at his birthplace and gravesite in Yorba Linda.

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Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum entrance

Discovery Cube Orange County | Santa Ana, CA

The Discovery Cube is a Children’s Science Museum in Santa Ana where kids can learn about science in a hands-on way.

Discovery Cube view from the freeway

These museums are smaller but worth mentioning:

Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum

Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum exterior

Balboa Island Museum (Newport Beach, CA)

Balboa Island museum exterior

Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach, CA)

Laguna Art Museum exterior

Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University (Orange, CA)


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