celebrating and preserving the gift of architecture
Architectural History
The architecture of the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is an alluring blend of innovative design, community engagement, and a reflection of California's diverse cultural heritage. Designed by Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates (KRJDA) in collaboration with landscape architect Dan Kiley, the museum's architecture has become an iconic symbol of Oakland, California, and modernist architecture.
Native America Statement and Land Acknowledgement
The Oakland Museum of California occupies the unceded, ancestral land of the Lisjan people who, for hundreds of generations, have belonged to the land that is now known as the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. The Confederated Villages of Lisjan are one of many Ohlone nations, each with its own geography and history and all of which are in reciprocal relationship with the land itself, as well as the plants and animals that share the earth and water. The places we know as Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, Piedmont, Emeryville and Albany, California are situated on the stolen territory of Huchiun, the land of the Chochenyo-speaking Ohlone people.
(Statement Courtesy of the Oakland Museum of California)