Highest-rated specialty museums in California by visitors

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- Rating: 4.8/5 (219 reviews)
- City: Carlsbad
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#30. Miniature Engineering Craftsmanship Museum (MECM)
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- Rating: 4.7/5 (761 reviews)
- City: Oakland
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#29. Oakland Museum of California
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- Rating: 4.3/5 (568 reviews)
- City: Bakersfield
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#28. Buck Owens' Crystal Palace
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- Rating: 4.4/5 (1,397 reviews)
- City: Los Angeles
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#27. Hollywood Bowl Museum
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- Rating: 4.6/5 (568 reviews)
- City: Alameda
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#26. USS Hornet Museum
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- Rating: 4.9/5 (156 reviews)
- City: Los Angeles
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#25. Medieval Torture Museum
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- Rating: 4.6/5 (268 reviews)
- City: Santa Barbara
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#24. Reagan Ranch Center
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- Rating: 4.6/5 (642 reviews)
- City: Oceanside
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#23. Mission San Luis Rey
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- Rating: 4.5/5 (343 reviews)
- City: Sausalito Marin County
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#22. The Marine Mammal Center
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- Rating: 4.3/5 (906 reviews)
- City: Los Angeles
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#21. GRAMMY Museum
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- Rating: 4.8/5 (855 reviews)
- City: Los Angeles
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#20. The Nethercutt Collection
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- Rating: 4.7/5 (604 reviews)
- City: Pasadena
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#19. The Gamble House
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- Rating: 4.2/5 (970 reviews)
- City: San Jose
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#18. The Tech Interactive
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- Rating: 4.2/5 (811 reviews)
- City: Los Angeles
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#17. The Hollywood Museum
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- Rating: 4.3/5 (893 reviews)
- City: San Diego
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#16. San Diego Air & Space Museum
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- Rating: 4.4/5 (938 reviews)
- City: San Jose
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#15. Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
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- Rating: 4.6/5 (1,195 reviews)
- City: Santa Rosa Sonoma County
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#14. Charles M. Schulz Museum
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- Rating: 4.5/5 (2,991 reviews)
- City: San Francisco
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#13. Musee Mecanique
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- Rating: 4.3/5 (1,290 reviews)
- City: Klamath
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#12. Trees of Mystery
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- Rating: 4.3/5 (3,390 reviews)
- City: Los Angeles
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#11. Madame Tussauds Hollywood
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- Rating: 4.5/5 (3,791 reviews)
- City: San Francisco
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#10. Cable Car Museum
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- Rating: 4.7/5 (2,106 reviews)
- City: Palm Springs Greater Palm Springs
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#9. Palm Springs Air Museum
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- Rating: 4.7/5 (1,627 reviews)
- City: San Juan Capistrano
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#8. Mission San Juan Capistrano
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- Rating: 4.8/5 (3,193 reviews)
- City: Simi Valley
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#7. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum
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- Rating: 4.7/5 (2,592 reviews)
- City: Malibu
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#6. The Getty Villa
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- Rating: 4.8/5 (2,833 reviews)
- City: Sacramento
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#5. California State Railroad Museum
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- Rating: 4.6/5 (2,860 reviews)
- City: San Francisco
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#4. Walt Disney Family Museum
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- Rating: 4.6/5 (2,541 reviews)
- City: Los Angeles
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#3. Petersen Automotive Museum
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- Rating: 4.8/5 (14,842 reviews)
- City: Los Angeles
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#2. The Getty Center
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- Rating: 4.8/5 (25,872 reviews)
- City: San Diego
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This story features data reporting by Wade Zhou, writing by Madison Troyer, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 51 states.

#1. USS Midway Museum
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