• American Victorian Museum,
Nevada City, also known as Teddy Bear Castle Museum, •
ARCO Center for Visual Art,
Los Angeles • Atascadero Historical Society Museum, closed due to the
2003 San Simeon earthquake, seeking new location •
Briggs Cunningham Museum, an automotive museum in
Costa Mesa, closed in 1986 (website) •
California State Military Museum, Sacramento, closed in 2014 • Carole & Barry Kaye Museum of Miniatures, Los Angeles, closed 2001, collection can be seen online • Celebrity Lingerie Hall of Fame, Hollywood, operated by
Frederick's of Hollywood, museum closed in 2005, displayed sexy Frederick's underwear worn by famous stars, information • Children's Discovery Museum of North San Diego County, Carlsbad, closed in 2006 •
Copia,
Napa, closed in 2008 •
Exotic World Burlesque Museum, moved from
Helendale to
Las Vegas, Nevada • Forrest Ackerman's Sci-Fi Mansion, Hollywood, science fiction memorabilia, closed in 2003, information • Fort Roosevelt Natural Science and History Museum, Hanford •
Guinness World Record Museum, San Francisco location; a museum still exists in Hollywood • Hays Antique Truck Museum,
Woodland, collection moved to
Reno, Nevada in 2013, • Helen Moe Antique Doll Museum, Paso Robles • Hollywood Entertainment Museum, archive of former website, closed in 2006 (website also closed by 2014) •
Hollywood Erotic Museum • Imaginarium of Nevada County,
Nevada City, closed in 2010 • Kenneth G. Fiske Museum of Musical Instruments, Claremont, located at the
Claremont Colleges, collection sold to
Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix • Lake Arrowhead Children's Museum, closed in 2006 • Lechler Museum,
Piru, closed in 2000 and contents auctioned interview with owner • Max Factor Museum, Los Angeles, closed in 1996, information, museum about
Max Factor and movie make-up history; building now houses the
Hollywood Museum •
Mingei International Museum,
Escondido location closed in June 2010 •
Movieland Wax Museum •
Ripley's Believe It or Not!,
Buena Park location closed in 2009 • Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum, Victorville, moved to
Branson, Missouri, official site • San Diego Computer Museum, holdings gifted to the
San Diego State University Library, now web-based only • Treasure Island Museum, San Francisco, website, closed in 1997 but trying to reopen, interpreted the American experience in the Pacific as lived by the men and women of the U.S. sea services: the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard ==See also==