- S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023)147 objects
- S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955)107 objects
- S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957)64 objects
- S1938-1939 #1: Golden Gate International Exposition (February 14, 1939–October 11, 1940)55 objects
- S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960)53 objects
- S1928-1929 #1: Los Angeles Natural History Museum (May 1929–August 1945)52 objects
- S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965)50 objects
- S1973-1974 #35: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Richard L. Burger (November 9, 1973–May 4, 1978)42 objects
- S1967-1968 #25 [formerly I-54-B]: University of California, Riverside/John F. Goins (July 1, 1954–present)39 objects
- S1982-1983 #29: Anthropology Department (U of Mississippi)/Edward Sisson (February 22, 1983–October 7, 1986)36 objects
- S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)33 objects
- S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)31 objects
- S1952-1953 #2: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (dates unknown)28 objects
- S1978-1979 #72: University of British Columbia (June 28, 1979–October 22, 1979)28 objects
- S1963-1964 #9: UC San Francisco Medical Center (September 3, 1963–October 11, 1963)27 objects
- S1974-1975 #41: Palo Alto Cultural Center (January 6, 1975–March 19, 1975)25 objects
- S1967-1968 #137: Design (UC Berkeley) (May 15, 1968–May 28, 1968)24 objects
- S1977-1978 #69: California Academy of Sciences (May 26, 1978–October 4, 1978)24 objects
- S1994-1995 #5: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/E. Brumfiel (December 15, 1994–June 21, 1995)24 objects
- S2008-2009 #9a: SFO Museum (February 11, 2009–January 11, 2010)23 objects