- American cultures30,194 objects
- North American cultures26,452 objects
- North American native cultures22,519 objects
- Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe)22,261 objects
- Classical Civilizations16,707 objects
- California tribes13,366 objects
- Egypt9,903 objects
- Ancient Egyptian9,537 objects
- Asian cultures8,553 objects
- African cultures7,678 objects
- Oceanian cultures7,407 objects
- Dynastic Period, Egypt (ca. 3000–343 BC)6,918 objects
- Central California Tribes6,251 objects
- Northern California tribes5,995 objects
- New World (the Americas and Oceania)5,733 objects
- North Central California tribes5,216 objects
- South America5,094 objects
- Peruvian sequence4,607 objects
- Northwestern California tribes4,092 objects
- Western African cultures3,942 objects