List of museums in Orange County, California

This is a list of museums in Orange County, California, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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Defunct museums

 * Briggs Cunningham Museum, an automotive museum in Costa Mesa, closed in 1986
 * Irvine Museum, Irvine, collection donated to UCI in 2016 to form part of the Langson IMCA
 * Movieland Wax Museum, Buena Park
 * Newport Sports Museum, Newport Beach, closed in 2014