MUSEUM HOURS AND ADMISSION Wednesday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. SECOND FRIDAYS OPEN TO 9 p.m. Closed Monday and Tuesday Closed New Year's Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
お値段 Admission is $12 general; $9 seniors and students with valid ID; $6 youth, ages 9-17. Free for children 8 and under and OMCA members. FIRST SUNDAYS ARE FREE!!
11 a.m. May 1, public welcome ceremony, including Native American Ohlone blessing and premier of a dance work by Project Bandaloop. Expanded and reinstalled art and history galleries will open, as will the new museum store and new restaurant, Blue Oak.
Other opening day entertainers will include yo-yo wizard Dazzling Dave, whistler Sean Lomax and the Oakland Hip-Hop Dance Institute.
Overnight program: 6 p.m. Sat.-6 a.m. Sun., will feature live DJs, a dance music showcase, "California Futures" - ongoing conversations and events about California culture, including food, screenings of California films, plus fire dancers.
Sunday morning will begin with yoga in the garden and coffee, followed - until 6 p.m. Sun. - by family-oriented events including a presentation by bubble-magician Mike Miller, juggling, dance and music performances by Capacitor Dance group, Oakland School for the Arts Jazz Band, the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, A'Dunyae Lee rap, community drumming with DRUMMM Rhythmic
Events and more. Info: (510) 238-2200, www.museumca.org.