Haggin Museum
 Location within California
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| Location | 1201 Pershing Avenue. |
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| Coordinates | 37°57′37″N 121°18′50″W / 37.960284°N 121.313991°WCoordinates: 37°57′37″N 121°18′50″W / 37.960284°N 121.313991°W |
| Type | Art museum |
| Website | www |
The Haggin Museum, is an art museum and local history museum in , San Joaquin County, California. It is located in the city's Victory Park, in the northern San Joaquin Valley.
The museum was founded around 1928, and opened in 1931. Its collections include paintings by Jean Béraud, Rosa Bonheur, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Jean-Léon Gérôme, George Inness and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It has the largest collection of Albert Bierstadt works in the region, and also the largest collection of illustrations by J. C. Leyendecker.
The San Joaquin Pioneer and Historical Society wanted to build a history museum, but was unable to raise sufficient funds to do so. Robert McKee offered the group $30,000 in memory of his wife, Eila Haggin McKee, if the museum would be named for her father Louis Terah Haggin and if they added a wing to house his art collection. The museum opened its doors to the public on 14 June 1931, Flag Day.
The first addition followed the death of McKee's wife, Eila, in 1936. Wishing to honor her memory, McKee donated the funds for additional square footage including storage space on the ground floor and a small vestibule and main gallery on the second. When it opened on December 1939, the later named "McKee Room" contained paintings, furniture, and decorative art from the couple's New York residence, and it overlooked the rose garden behind the museum.
Following World War II, the museum was once again in need of additional space for offices, storage, and most importantly, for exhibitions. In 1948 Stockton architect Howard G. Bissel drew up plans for a 15,500 square foot addition that would run along the western edge of the existing structure. Principal funding for this addition came from the estates of Miss Jennie Hunter and Robert T. McKee, as well as a significant gift from Irving Martin Sr., owner of the . When it opened in 1949, the new wing contained eight new exhibit areas: the California Room, Jennie Hunter Rooms, Upper and Lower West Galleries, as well as the areas known today the Ancient Arts Gallery, Victorian Hallway, Arms Gallery, and Vehicle Gallery.
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