The Best Museums in Orange County, CA (2024)
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.
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.
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.
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.
These museums are smaller but worth mentioning:
Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum
Balboa Island Museum (Newport Beach, CA)
Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach, CA)
Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University (Orange, CA)
The Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University is free! You just need to make advanced reservations online.
