- S1928-1929 #1: Los Angeles Natural History Museum (May 1929–August 1945)816 objects
- S1974-1975 #60: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (February 18, 1975–August 1975)506 objects
- S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960)438 objects
- S1963-1964 #82: Mesa Verde National Park/H. Douglas Osborne (May 6, 1964–September 1, 1964)304 objects
- S1938-1939 #1: Golden Gate International Exposition (February 14, 1939–October 11, 1940)234 objects
- D2000.002: Arizona State University/Stephen H. Savage (January 28, 2000–n/a)206 objects
- S1945-1946 #3: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (dates unknown)203 objects
- S1958-1959 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (April 3, 1959–unknown)179 objects
- S1960-1961 #10: San Francisco State University (February 16, 1961–May 1, 1961)176 objects
- S2005-2006 #6: Integrative Biology (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (October 12, 2005–November 20, 2020)172 objects
- S1996-1997 #8: Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley) (November 6, 1996–December 18, 1996)140 objects
- S1968-1969 #9: Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (July 28, 1967–August 9, 1968)118 objects
- S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965)110 objects
- S1952-1953 #7: Los Angeles County Fair (July 28, 1952–December 15, 1952)85 objects
- S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)82 objects
- S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955)79 objects
- S1969-1970 #68: Lawrence Radiation Laboratory/Isadore Perlman (1970–January 17, 1973)79 objects
- S1965-1966 #88: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 1, 1966–June 1, 1966)75 objects
- S1966-1967 #52: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/A. Van Dusen Eggers (January 2, 1967–unknown)74 objects
- S1987-1988 #44: SFO Museum (June 23, 1988–August 25, 1988)70 objects