The California Academy of Sciences is a renowned scientific and educational institution dedicated to regenerating the natural world. Based in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, it's the only place in the world to house an aquarium, planetarium, and natural history museum—as well as innovative programs in scientific research and education—all under one living roof. To find out more about our opportunities, visit our Careers page at calacademy.org/careers, or simply follow us here. The Academy is committed to cultivating a culturally inclusive environment where diversity of thought and expression are valued, respected, appreciated and celebrated. We believe in creating a culture where all individuals feel respected, are treated fairly, provided work-life balance, and have an opportunity to excel.

The Exploratorium is the global leader in informal learning, designed to ignite curiosity and inspire creativity in people of all ages. The world-renowned science museum creates original, interactive exhibits, on display at more than 1,000 science centers, museums and public spaces around the world. Dedicated to education reform in and out of the classroom, the Exploratorium is a premier professional development center for educators and a creator of award-winning educational resources. Since 1969, the Exploratorium has influenced generations of entrepreneurs, artists, scientists, teachers, students, children, museum professionals and everyday doers, reaching nearly 200 million people annually from around the globe. In the spring of 2013, the Exploratorium will move to Pier 15 in the heart of San Francisco's waterfront district, where it will celebrate a new era of experiences that encourage critical thinking and awaken wonder for generations to come. Founded in 1969 by Dr. Frank Oppenheimer, our mission is to create a culture of learning through innovative environments, programs, and tools that help people nurture their understanding about the world around them. We believe that following your curiosity and asking questions can lead to amazing moments of discovery, learning, and awareness, and can increase confidence in your ability to understand how the world works. We also believe that being playful and having fun is an important part of the process for people of all ages.

The Fine Arts Museums welcome more than 1.5 million visitors annually to enjoy an ambitious schedule of special exhibitions and education programs along with our world-class collection of 151,000 important artworks. Our staff is building on these successes to further expand the Museums’ reach with an exciting array of innovative and groundbreaking projects. Comprising the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are together the largest public arts institution in the City of San Francisco, and one of the largest art museums in the United States.

The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) tells the many stories that comprise California, creating the space and context for greater connection, trust, and understanding between people. Through its inclusive exhibitions, public programs, educational initiatives, and cultural events, OMCA brings Californians together and inspires greater understanding about what our state’s art, history, and natural surroundings teach us about ourselves and each other. With more than 1.9 million objects, OMCA brings together its multi-disciplinary collections of art, history, and natural science with the first-person accounts and often untold narratives of California, all within its 110,000 square feet of gallery space and seven-acre campus. OMCA is a leading cultural institution of the Bay Area and a resource for the research and understanding of California's dynamic cultural and environmental heritage for visitors from the region, the state, and around the world.

As the first museum to focus exclusively on storytelling through images, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art™ believes that visual storytelling can connect us and help shape a more just society. With a growing collection that encompasses artworks from across cultures, places, times, and mediums, including paintings, sculptures, murals, photography, comic art, book and magazine illustrations, and the arts of filmmaking, the Lucas Museum will explore narrative art’s potential to prompt questions, invite opinions, inspire community, and move people to think about the impact of images on our world. Co-founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson and led by director and CEO Sandra Jackson-Dumont, the Lucas Museum was designed by renowned architect Ma Yansong of MAD Architects with Stantec as executive architect and will open in Los Angeles’s Exposition Park in 2025. An 11-acre campus with extensive new green space designed by Studio-MLA will embrace the museum’s 300,000-square-foot building, which will feature expansive galleries, two state-of-the-art theaters, and dedicated spaces for learning and engagement, dining, retail, and events.

Every day, we create playful learning experiences that inspire a lifelong passion for discovery in every child and connect them with the people and world around them. Play is essential to children’s wellbeing, and when children and families thrive, our communities thrive. our communities thrive. The Bay Area Discovery Museum is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity.

Visit an amazing place and immerse yourself in the remarkable life story of Walt Disney, who raised animation to an art and transformed the entertainment world! Located in the Presidio of San Francisco, The Walt Disney Family Museum welcomes visitors to an historic building that reveals 40,000 square feet of imagination. Contemporary interactive galleries and state-of-the-art exhibits are narrated in Walt’s own voice, and feature early drawings, cartoons, movies, music, listening stations, more than 200 video screens, and a 14-foot model of Disneyland. If you are interested in a career at The Walt Disney Family Museum, we invite you to review our open positions at waltdisney.org/jobs. Find animation, innovation, inspiration.

Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture is a waterfront destination for thought-provoking programs, events, restaurants, and nonprofit organizations that support and reflect the evolving cultural fabric of San Francisco and the Bay Area. An arts hub within San Francisco, the campus consists of former military-use buildings, piers, and open space within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

San Francisco’s largest watershed conservation group, bay.org is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit that is an amalgam of six institutions, united under one mission to protect and conserve the Bay Area ecosystems. Human impact and environmental changes have put a strain on the ecological balance, and bay.org works towards preserving the natural environment for future generations. We focus on changing the conversation about conservation from a position of scarcity to that of abundance and from fear to opportunity. With the mission to protect, restore, and inspire conservation of San Francisco Bay and its watershed, from the Sierra to the sea, bay.org is changing the relationship that people have with the Bay. By tapping into the lifestyle of the Bay Area, we are changing the conversation about conservation to make it approachable, achievable, and fun. Through our six unique divisions – Aquarium of the Bay, The Bay Institute, Sea Lion Center, EcoCenter at Heron’s Head Park, Bay Model Alliance, and Bay Academy – we motivate Bay Area residents, influencers, politicians, businesses, and out of town visitors to become agents of change for a healthy, thriving ecosystem.

Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland CA serves artists with intellectual/developmental and concurrent physical disabilities, providing a professional studio environment for artistic development and gallery exhibition and representation. Artwork fostered in this unique environment is included in prominent collections and museums worldwide. The Creative Growth Studio provides a professional art atmosphere to over 140 artists in a variety of media including fiber arts, drawing, painting, wood, ceramics, printmaking, and digital arts. Creative Growth's gallery is the world’s oldest professional exhibition space dedicated to the artwork made by artists with disabilities. Creative Growth presents seven exhibitions annually in our Oakland gallery, in addition to a roster of annual exhibits, projects, and art fairs around the globe. Creative Growth is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Point Reyes National Seashore Association (aka PRNSA) is the official nonprofit partner of Point Reyes National Seashore. We create opportunities for ALL people to experience, enhance, and preserve Point Reyes National Seashore for present and future generations. Conservation - We provide funds and trained staff to the Park to further its priorities in the conservation of natural resources, including habitat restoration and critical inventory and monitoring work of threatened and endangered species. Youth Education - We inspire future generations of environmental stewards and create opportunities for children from diverse backgrounds to enjoy and learn from what the Park has to offer. Community Building - We bring people together in the Park through our lifelong education programs, volunteer and networking opportunities, recreational events, and outreach. Join us in our vision to make our national seashore relevant, inspiring, and accessible for ALL communities. We strive to inspire an entire generation of Park protectors and Earth stewards.

Our mission: Connect people with wildlife to inspire responsibility and respect for the world we share. Lindsay Wildlife Experience saves animals lives, teaches and inspires children and adults through up-close-and personal encounters with live wild animals, and strengthens the connection between people and the natural world. Lindsay Wildlife Rehabilitation Hospital the oldest and largest rehabilitation centers in the United States. Our team of veterinarians, staff, and volunteers treats more than 5,500 injured and orphaned wild animals each year. The hospital is a pioneer in wildlife rehabilitation. Because wildlife does not have medical insurance, the hospital relies on donations to provide this life-saving work. Our education programs and interactive exhibit hall create meaningful opportunities to learn about the natural world and live in harmony with wildlife. Listen to the cry of a red-tailed hawk, go eye-to-eye with an opossum and watch a great horned owl eat lunch. More than 50 species of live, non-releasable, native California animals are on exhibit.