New Market Tax Credits are enabling the transformation of the Oakland Museum of California into a community gathering space and “town square” in the heart of downtown Oakland. Our renewed gardens and enhanced campus will open up to the surrounding neighborhoods, will serve as a platform for arts and cultural programming, and will connect learning experiences about California art, history and natural sciences within the Museum galleries directly to interpretations and experiences in our landmark gardens. Even with public and private funding, we could not complete the vision for this project without NMTCs.