- S1985-1986 #26: Department of Anthropology (UC Santa Barbara)/Phillip L. Walker (February 5, 1986–January 7, 1988)1,384 objects
- S1964-1965 #8: University of California, Santa Barbara/Jay Ruby (August 26, 1964–April 17, 1967)562 objects
- S1971-1972 #12: Stanford University/Charles Nelson (August 11, 1971–September 9, 1971)297 objects
- S1965-1966 #55: Arizona State Museum/Bernard L. Fontana (January 20, 1966–August 23, 1971)238 objects
- S2005-2006 #6: Integrative Biology (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (October 12, 2005–November 20, 2020)228 objects
- S1971-1972 #11: Department of Anthropology (Stanford Univ.)/Robert L. Hoover (August 3, 1971–unknown)216 objects
- S1985-1986 #37: State Archaeology Lab/Peter Schultz (May 7, 1986–June 12, 1986)157 objects
- S1990-1991 #14: Suzanne Griset (October 12, 1990–May 23, 1997)133 objects
- S1996-1997 #11: Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley) (April 18, 1997–June 7, 2000)71 objects
- S1970-1971 #22: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo/Robert L. Hoover (September 25, 1970–April 12, 1971)68 objects
- S2001-2002 #10: Integrative Biology (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (November 30, 2001–November 30, 2002)65 objects
- S1963-1964 #73: University of California, Santa Barbara (March 18, 1964–April 17, 1965)43 objects
- S1971-1972 #13: California State University, Sacramento (August 16, 1971–September 9, 1971)43 objects
- S1983-1984 #55: University of California, Riverside (May 23, 1984–December 17, 1984)40 objects
- S2011-2012 #8: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Jun Sunseri (April 3, 2012–May 17, 2012)40 objects
- S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023)39 objects
- S1974-1975 #12: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo/Robert L. Hoover (August 28, 1974–October 4, 1974)37 objects
- S1974-1975 #90: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Christopher R. Corson (April 15, 1975–August 18, 1975)31 objects
- S1978-1979 #31: San Bernardino County Museum/Robert E. Reynolds (1978–June 14, 1979)26 objects
- S1964-1965 #104: University of California, Los Angeles/Donald Miller (May 21, 1965–unknown)21 objects