Explore through interactive exhibits how technologies used to capture images, communicate across distance and record sound have evolved over time through. more
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One-of-a-kind bar-cafe-museum-venue. If you've ever mused on the ultimate fate of humanity or been inspired by the megalithic ceremonial calendar-structure at Stonehenge, you'll feel a familiar twinge of recognition at The Interval at the Long Now... more
Featuring priceless lace parasols, gloves, fans and purses dating from the 1800s. more
The MADE is the only all-playable video game museum in the world.  Itching to replay an old classic? Revel in video game history? Talk shop with fellow video game nerds? From the Atari to the Playstation 3, the MADE houses over 5,300 playable v... more
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life was established in 2010 following the transfer of the Judah L. Magnes Museum to the University of California, Berkeley. Its remarkably diverse archive, library and museum holdings include art, objects, tex... more
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The Museum of Vision is an educational program of The Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.  It is the only institution in the United States whose sole purpose is to preserve the history of ophthalmology and celebrate its unique c... more
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The Museum of Performance & Design (MPD), formerly the San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum, is the first museum in the country dedicated exclusively to the performing arts and theatrical design. The Museum's mission is to educate p... more
The Plymire-Schwarz House and Museum began its life in 1906 as the first hospital in San Mateo County, California. It was established by Dr. H.G. Plymire and also served as his home. more
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The Egyptian Museum at Rosicrucian Park has been a fixture of San José life for so long that it is difficult to conceive of a time without it. Hundreds of thousands of residents and visitors to Northern California have experienced "history com... more
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The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum is housed in the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse at Lighthouse Point on West Cliff Drive. Overlooking internationally renowned surfing hotspot Steamer Lane, this little gem of a museum has photographs, surfboards, and ot... more
The Space Station is an innovation in museum exhibits in that vacant commercial space is filled and the public gains a new education venue in their local neighborhood through private contributions. It is located in the Pacheco Plaza, a shopping cente... more
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With its splashy, mango-colored exterior, the Tech stands out among everything else in downtown San Jose. Millions have visited the place since it opened at the original location in 1990, which was around the corner on San Carlos Street. The Tech... more
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The fascinating and inspiring story of Walt Disney, whose artistry, imagination and vision helped define 20th-century America, has been brought to life at The Walt Disney Family Museum in the Presidio of San Francisco. The Museum illuminates Walt Dis... more
Tor House and Hawk Tower were built by Carmel poet Robinson Jeffers as a home and refuge for himself and his family, using granite boulders gathered from the shore of Carmel Bay. He sited the house on a point of land that meets the sea like the "prow... more
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The Treasure Island Museum engages visitors and island residents with Treasure Island's rich cultural legacy, the natural wealth of Yerba Buena Island, and the islands' forthcoming sustainable development, to explore innovative solutions to the chall... more
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For nearly 50 years, the Triton Museum of Art has been a destination for the community, providing a venue where local artists exhibit their work alongside regional and national artists, and where students of all ages learn about art and the creative... more
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Discover surprising facts about how your vision works at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Truhlsen-Marmor Museum of the Eye®. The Museum of the Eye is the worlds only free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight. Through h... more
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The aircraft carrier USS Hornet is a national treasure, having participated in two of the greatest events of the 20th century — World War II and the Apollo 11 manned space mission when the first humans in the history of mankind set foot upon th... more
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The USS Pampanito (SS-383) is a World War II Balao class Fleet submarine museum and memorial that is open for visitors daily at San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. The Pampanito made six patrols in the Pacific during World War II during which she san... more
Wells Fargo's flagship museum, located at corporate headquarters in the heart of the financial district, is the site where Wells Fargo first opened for business in 1852.  The museum tells the story of how Wells Fargo provided banking and express... more
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Opened to the public in 1993, YBCA was founded as the cultural anchor of San Francisco's Yerba Buena Gardens neighborhood. Our work spans the realms of contemporary art, performance, film, civic engagement, and public life. Centering artists as essen... more
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At the YSI's Vasona Science and Nature Center, there's always something fun going on! You can learn the difference between a tortoise and a turtle, observe live reptiles and other animals and insects, get an inside look into our watershed, see who... more