Closed 28 months ago for a $58-million renovation and reinstallation, the Oakland Museum of California reopened its art and history galleries Saturday. The museum is an ode to California and its "People," "Landscape" and "Creativity."

The first room opens to Thomas Hill's monumental painting, "Yosemite Valley" (1876), part of a strong 19th-century art collection, and flows through thematic groupings, slightly chronological, which incorporate a variety of mediums, from sculpture to video.