Museums
Posted on October 9, 2008. Filed under: Museums | Tags: Best of Bay Area, best of the bay area, Hiller, Hiller Aviation, Hiller Aviation Museum, Hiller Museum |
Museum
Address: 601 Skyway Rd.
City: San Carlos
Phone: (650) 654-0200
From Website: The Hiller Aviation Institute, a non-profit organization, brings together historical, educational and technological resources to create programs which increase public understanding of science and aviation and inspire new opportunities.
http://www.hiller.org/
www.bestofbayarea.com
The Hiller Aviation Institute is dedicated to the dreams of flight – looking back into aviation’s history while [...]
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Posted on October 9, 2008. Filed under: East Bay Sightseeing, History Related Activities, Museums, Things to Do / Attractions | Tags: Niles ca train, Niles Canyon Railway, Niles Train, Sunol ca train, Sunol train |
Best of Bay Area Family & Dog Friendly Adventure
Niles Canyon Railway
Old Movies, Old Trains &
Dog That Was Once Mayor
Byron, Best of Bay Area
There are not too many places in the Bay Area that one can take the whole family on an adventure, including the family dog. We’ve selected the Niles Canyon Railway as our Best [...]
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Posted on October 7, 2008. Filed under: Museums | Tags: Best of Bay Area, best of the bay area, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose Museum of Art events, San Jose Museum of Art tickets, San Jose Museum of Art tours, san jose museums |
The San Jose Museum of Art
Activity/Event/Show Reviewed: Tours
Address: 110 S. Market Street
City: San Jose
Phone: 408.271.6840
Approximate Duration:
Costs Involved:
Summary: From Website: What is the San Jose Museum of Art?
SJMA is the leading institution dedicated to visual culture in Silicon Valley. It is a community anchor, ensuring artistic excellence and access for an extraordinarily diverse populace. It is [...]
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Posted on October 7, 2008. Filed under: Museums, Science | Tags: Best of Bay Area, best of the bay area, Hackworth IMAX, san jose ca imax, san jose imax, San Jose Tech Museum, San Jose Tech Museum san jose, San Jose technology museum, san jose things to do, the tech |
San Jose Tech Museum
Activity/Event/Show Reviewed: Tour
Address: 201 South Market Street
City: San Jose
Phone: (408) 294-TECH
Web: http://www.thetech.org/
Summary: The Tech is singularly focused on inspiring the innovator in everyone it reaches. Truly hands-on and interactive exhibits, divided among themed galleries, offer guests a truly memorable experience. The Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater and various unique museum programs make a [...]
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Posted on October 7, 2008. Filed under: Museums, Science, South Bay, South Bay Tours | Tags: Best of Bay Area, best of the bay area, Children's Discovery Museum San Jose ca, Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, Children's Discovery Museum San Jose, childrens museum san jose ca, Discovery Museum of San Jose |
Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose
Activity/Event/Show Reviewed: Tour
Address: 180 Woz Way
City: San Jose
Phone: 408-298-5437
From Website: The striking 52,000 square foot purple building, designed by Mexico City-based architect Ricardo Legorreta, signals the purpose of Children’s Discovery Museum to serve the needs of children, families and schools as a center for learning and discovery.
Encompassing the broad themes [...]
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Posted on October 7, 2008. Filed under: History Related Activities, Museums | Tags: best museums, Best of Bay Area, best of the bay area, Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum and Planetarium, Rosicrucian Planetarium, Temple of Amon |
San Jose
1342 Naglee Ave
San Jose CA
The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, architecturally inspired by the Temple of Amon at Karnak, houses the largest collection of Egyptian artifacts on exhibit in the western United States — including objects from pre dynastic times through Egypt’s early Islamic era.
Mondays: Closed
Tuesday – Friday: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday – Sunday: 11:00am – 6:00pm
www.egyptianmuseum.org
www.bestofbayarea.com
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Posted on August 24, 2008. Filed under: Animals/Zoos, Featured Articles, Museums | Tags: academy of science golden gate park, bay area planetarium, bay area to do, ca academy of science, cal academy of science, california academy of science, california academy of sciences, golden gate park tours, Green Roof, ifornia Academy of Sciences Water Planet, LEED Project, Living Roof, Morrison Planetarium, san francisco academy of science, san francisco aquarium, san francisco children, San Francisco Golden Gate Park, san francisco kids, san francisco planetarium, san francisco things to do, san francisco to do, san francisco tours, sf aquarium, steinhart aquarium |
California Academy of Sciences
A $488 Million Dollar Museum slid underneath Golden Gate Park
Byron, Best of Bay Area.com 08/24/2008
On September 27, 2008 one of the BEST family destinations will be re-opening in San Francisco. Hidden below its 2.5 acre living roof, a wonderful museum, aquarium, living 4 story rainforest and state of the art digital planetarium [...]
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Posted on August 10, 2008. Filed under: Museums | Tags: Cable Car Museum, Cable Car Museum San Francisco, Cable Car Museum tours, Powerhouse san francisco, san francisco cable cars |
Cable Car and Powerhouse
North Beach / Chinatown / Russian Hill
1201 Mason Street
San Francisco Ca
P: 415.474.1887
This is the city’s only surviving cable car barn and this building powers all the cable car systems in the city.
The irony of this old world technology (big churning wheels power the cables) in one of the world’s most technologically-savvy cities [...]
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