- S1963-1964 #94: Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (June 5, 1964–June 12, 1965)1,282 objects
- S2013-2014 #5: Patrick V. Kirch/Scarlett Chiu (May 14, 2014–June 30, 2014)618 objects
- S1965-1966 #55: Arizona State Museum/Bernard L. Fontana (January 20, 1966–August 23, 1971)293 objects
- S1994-1995 #5: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/E. Brumfiel (December 15, 1994–June 21, 1995)189 objects
- S1990-1991 #14: Suzanne Griset (October 12, 1990–May 23, 1997)165 objects
- S1976-1977 #56: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Colin L. Busby (March 2, 1977–May 26, 1978)123 objects
- S2000-2001 #7: Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education/Ronald L. Bishop (June 18, 2001–January 6, 2023)108 objects
- S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023)103 objects
- S2005-2006 #9: Department of Anthropology (UC Santa Cruz)/Sarah Ginn (April 24, 2006–August 27, 2009)103 objects
- D2000.002: Arizona State University/Stephen H. Savage (January 28, 2000–n/a)85 objects
- S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960)76 objects
- S1969-1970 #68: Lawrence Radiation Laboratory/Isadore Perlman (1970–January 17, 1973)71 objects
- S1958-1959 #3: Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (March 4, 1958–1958)67 objects
- S1982-1983 #29: Anthropology Department (U of Mississippi)/Edward Sisson (February 22, 1983–October 7, 1986)65 objects
- S1969-1970 #14: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology (August 6, 1969–August 6, 1969)61 objects
- S1967-1968 #94: State University of New York/Stuart D. Scott (February 23, 1968–August 24, 1977)60 objects
- S1960-1961 #10: San Francisco State University (February 16, 1961–May 1, 1961)40 objects
- S1972-1973 #37: Lawrence Berkeley Lab/Frank Asaro (December 7, 1972–June 28, 1973)35 objects
- S2010-2011 #8: SFO Museum (June 1, 2011–May 22, 2012)32 objects
- S1968-1969 #9: Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (July 28, 1967–August 9, 1968)31 objects