Editing Stockton, California (section)

===Visual arts===

====Museums and galleries====

Stockton is home to several museums:

* [[Haggin Museum]]  — the private, non-profit fine arts and history museum was built in Victory Park in 1931. The museum displays 19th and 20th-century works of art and houses local historical exhibits. The Haggin Museum features collections and exhibits related to local Valley history and California history. The museum also displays fine art of late 19th and early 20th century artists such as [[Jean Béraud]], [[Albert Bierstadt]], [[Rosa Bonheur]], [[William-Adolphe Bouguereau]], [[Paul Gauguin]], [[Jean-Léon Gérôme]], [[Childe Hassam]], George Inness, Daniel Ridgway Knight, [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], Jehan-Georges Vibert, and Jules Worms.<ref name="historycity" />
* The [[San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum]] operates an {{convert|18|acre|ha|adj=on}} museum facility at [[Micke Grove Regional Park]], {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} north of the city. The museum houses exhibits dedicated to the founding of Stockton, San Joaquin County's legacy of innovation in agriculture and manufacturing, immigrant communities in Stockton and Lodi, and historic industries in San Joaquin County.
* Reynolds Gallery, and Horton Gallery — the [[University of the Pacific (United States)|University of the Pacific]] Reynolds Gallery, and the [[San Joaquin Delta College]] Horton Gallery, both feature contemporary work by students and local and nationally known artists.
* Children's Museum of Stockton — housed in a former warehouse in the Downtown Waterfront District, featuring many interactive displays.
* Elsie May Goodwin Gallery — operated by the Stockton Art League.
* [[Filipino American National Historical Society]] proposed the construction of the National Pinoy Museum in the [[Little Manila, Stockton, California|Little Manila]] district, dedicated to the history of [[Filipino Americans]]. Stockton historically had one of the largest populations of Filipinos, immigrants and U.S. citizens, in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |author=Rachael Myrow |title=Stockton's Little Manila: the Heart of Filipino California |url=http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/29/little-manila-the-heart-of-filipino-california/ |newspaper=KQED |location=San Francisco |date=September 2, 2013 |access-date=January 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223100750/http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/29/little-manila-the-heart-of-filipino-california/ |archive-date=December 23, 2014 |url-status=dead  }}<br />{{cite web |url=http://www.kvie.org/programs/kvie/viewfinder/little_manila/ |title=Little Manila: Filipinos in California's Heartland |year=2014 |publisher=KVIE |access-date=January 1, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101144730/http://www.kvie.org/programs/kvie/viewfinder/little_manila/ |archive-date=January 1, 2015 }}<br />{{cite web |url=http://www.sfsu.edu/news/2008/spring/37.html |title=New on SF State bookshelf |date=April 11, 2008 |website=SF State News |publisher=San Francisco State University |access-date=January 1, 2015 }}<br />{{cite news |author=Deborah Kong |agency=Associated Press |title=Filipino Americans work to preserve heritage |url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2002/12/26/news/index8.html |newspaper=Star Bulletin |location=Honolulu |date=December 26, 2002 |access-date=January 1, 2015 }}<br />{{cite news |author=Steven Winn |title='Romance of Magno Rubio': Filipino homecoming |url=http://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Romance-of-Magno-Rubio-Filipino-homecoming-3191421.php |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |date=October 8, 2008 |access-date=January 1, 2014 }}<br />{{cite book |title=The Secrets of Giron Arnis Escrima |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=atlsCwa8v9QC&pg=PP11 |date=March 15, 1998 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |isbn=978-0-8048-3139-0 |page=11 }}<br />{{cite book |author=Angeles Monrayo Raymundo |title=Tomorrow's Memories: A Diary, 1924-1928 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RvjeL2ADhy8C&pg=PA263 |year=2003 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |isbn=978-0-8248-2688-8 |page=263 }}<br />{{cite book |last=Austin |first=Leonard |year=1959 |title=Around the World in San Francisco |url=https://archive.org/stream/2aroundworldinsan00aust/2aroundworldinsan00aust_djvu.txt |location=San Francisco |publisher=Fearon Publishers |pages=26–28 |lccn=59065441 |access-date=January 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.org/stream/2aroundworldinsan00aust#page/26/mode/2up/search/Filipino |archive-date=February 11, 2009 }}<br />{{cite book |author=Jon Sterngass |title=Filipino Americans |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-gjvUvVY-ngC&pg=PA71 |date=January 1, 2009 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-1-4381-0711-0 |page=71 }}</ref> The museum opened in 2015 after two decades of planning.<ref>{{cite news |last=Conclara |first=Rommel |date=March 5, 2015 |title=Fil-Am museum to open in California |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/03/05/15/fil-am-museum-open-california |newspaper=ABS-CBN News |access-date=March 6, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://fanhsmuseum.com/index.html |title=Filipino American National Historic Society Museum}}</ref>
* Art Expressions of San Joaquin – an artists' cooperative featuring the works of local artists – with a prior gallery on the Miracle Mile and ongoing shows at the Hilton Hotel, the County Administration Building and the Stockton Metropolitan Airport.
* Stockton Field Aviation Museum – sponsored by the Aeronautical Education Foundation, featuring WWII-era memorabilia.
[[Murals]] depicting the city's history decorate the exteriors of many downtown buildings.
*Mexican Heritage Center & Gallery, Inc. — A non-profit located in downtown Stockton whose mission is to educate and promote art and culture for current and future generations. Since the late 1990s, the Mexican Heritage Center & Gallery has been a pioneer in bringing Mexican visual and performing arts to the Stockton community.

With over 77,000 trees, the City of Stockton has been labeled Tree City USA some 30 times.<ref name="historycity" />

Stockton has over 275 restaurants, ranging in variety reflective of the population demographics. A mix of American, African American, BBQ, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Greek, Italian, Mexican and Vietnamese restaurants are abundant in the community reflecting the city's diverse culture. Cantonese restaurant On Lock Sam still exists and dates back to 1895.<ref>downtownstockton.org</ref>