Defunct Museums
- ARCO Center for Visual Art, Los Angeles
- Atascadero Historical Society Museum, closed due to earthquake damage in 2003, seeking new location
- Briggs Cunningham Museum, an automotive museum in Costa Mesa, closed in 1986 (website)
- 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
- Deer Park Automobile Museum and Winery, Escondido
- 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
- Helen Moe Antique Doll Museum, Paso Robles
- Hollywood Entertainment Museum, website, closed in 2006
- Hollywood Erotic Museum
- Kenneth G. Fiske Museum of Musical Instruments, Claremont, located at Claremont College, 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 History 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
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