- S1963-1964 #94: Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (June 5, 1964–June 12, 1965)1,270 objects
- S2013-2014 #5: Patrick V. Kirch/Scarlett Chiu (May 14, 2014–June 30, 2014)601 objects
- S1965-1966 #55: Arizona State Museum/Bernard L. Fontana (January 20, 1966–August 23, 1971)221 objects
- S1976-1977 #56: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Colin L. Busby (March 2, 1977–May 26, 1978)113 objects
- S2000-2001 #7: Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education/Ronald L. Bishop (June 18, 2001–January 6, 2023)99 objects
- S2005-2006 #9: Department of Anthropology (UC Santa Cruz)/Sarah Ginn (April 24, 2006–August 27, 2009)94 objects
- S1990-1991 #14: Suzanne Griset (October 12, 1990–May 23, 1997)86 objects
- S1994-1995 #5: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/E. Brumfiel (December 15, 1994–June 21, 1995)82 objects
- S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023)64 objects
- S1969-1970 #14: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology (August 6, 1969–August 6, 1969)59 objects
- S1982-1983 #29: Anthropology Department (U of Mississippi)/Edward Sisson (February 22, 1983–October 7, 1986)58 objects
- S1958-1959 #3: Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (March 4, 1958–1958)39 objects
- S1966-1967 #46: Geology Department (Stanford Univ.)/W. R. Dickinson (December 8, 1966–1968)25 objects
- S2002-2003 #14: Pacific Legacy, Inc./Thomas L. Jackson (February 21, 2003–February 21, 2004)25 objects
- S1962-1963 #29: Department of Anthropology (Univ. of Illinois) (November 30, 1962–June 12, 1963)24 objects
- S1957-1958 #6: Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (December 18, 1957–June 24, 1958)23 objects
- S1984-1985 #39: California Academy of Sciences/Norman Hammond (March 29, 1985–February 5, 1986)20 objects
- S1970-1971 #75: Otago University Museum (January 25, 1971–September 24, 1971)19 objects
- S1967-1968 #94: State University of New York/Stuart D. Scott (February 23, 1968–August 24, 1977)16 objects
- S1974-1975 #44: California Department of Parks and Recreation/Anne Peak (January 17, 1975–December 18, 1975)15 objects