Science
San Jose Tech Museum – Tour – San Jose
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 [...]
Children’s 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 [...]
Mars Center, NASA/Ames – Tours (Moffet Field/Mountain View)
NASA/Ames Research Center
Moffett Field CA
P: 650.604.5000
There is a NEW technical visit in Silicon Valley called the NASA Ames Mars Center. It features a theatre with live feeds from NASA as well as a simulated Martian landscape. The Mars Center is located outside the main gate of the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, [...]
The Tech Museum of Innovation – Museum/IMAX Theater (San Jose)
San Jose
201 S. Market Street
San Jose CA
P: 408.795.6100
An interactive museum focusing on technology, how it works and how it affects our lives. Perfect for all ages and knowledge levels. The IMAX theater is spectacular. A great place to visit on a warm day as you can cool off in the hyperactive fountain across the [...]
New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. Tour – Fremont
New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. Tour
Address: 45500 Fremont Boulevard
City: Fremont
Phone: (510) 498-5765
Summary: Each year, some 13,000 visitors take advantage of NUMMI’s public tour program. The 90-minute tour discusses the origins and culture of the historic joint venture of Toyota and General Motors, provides company statistics, explains our manufacturing processes and basic concepts of the Toyota [...]
Lawrence Hall of Science – Berkeley
Lawrence Hall of Science
Address: Centennial Drive in the Berkeley hills east of the main campus
City: Berkeley
Phone: 510-642-5132
From Website: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) is a singular resource center for preschool through high school science and mathematics education, and a public science center with exciting hands-on experiences for learners of all ages.
History
Established in 1968 at the [...]
The Marine Mammal Center – Tour/Education – Sausalito
The Marine Mammal Center
Activity/Event/Show Reviewed: Tours
Address: 1065 Fort Cronkhite
City: Sausalito
Phone: 415.289.7325
Summary: Founded in 1975, The Marine Mammal Center is a nonprofit organization that rescues, rehabilitates and releases injured, sick and orphaned marine mammals (seals, sea lions, dolphins, porpoises, whales and sea otters) along a 600 mile stretch of California coastline, from Mendocino County through San [...]
Exploratorium
Marina
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco CA
P: 415.397.5673
This fascinating and fun interactive science museum at the stately Palace of Fine Arts (which is worth seeing on its own) is one of the finest in the world. Discover the magic of the universe through more than 650 hands-on exhibits like the miniature tornado, shadow room, and echo [...]
