{"id":186,"date":"2021-08-10T18:49:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.townhouseplaza.com\/blog\/?p=186"},"modified":"2021-08-10T19:35:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T19:35:35","slug":"national-family-fun-month-museums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.townhouseplaza.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/10\/national-family-fun-month-museums\/","title":{"rendered":"National Family Fun Month: Museums"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking to learn something new or just explore?! Check out these museums around the Bay Area! Make sure you check our their website before attenting for hours, prices & more info! <\/p>\n

Children’s Museums<\/p>\n

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• Habitot Children’s Museum<\/a> – Berkeley<\/li>\n
• Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery<\/a> – Capitola<\/li>\n
• Children’s Natural History Museum<\/a> – Fremont<\/li>\n
• Junior Center of Art and Science<\/a> – Oakland<\/li>\n
• Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo<\/a> – Palo Alto<\/li>\n
• Children’s Creativity Museum<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
• Children’s Discovery Museum<\/a> – San Jose<\/li>\n
• Curiodyssey<\/a> – San Mateo<\/li>\n
• Children’s Museum of Sonoma County<\/a> – Santa Rosa<\/li>\n
• Bay Area Discovery Museum<\/a> – Sausalito<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  Art Museums<\/p>\n

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  • Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive<\/a> – Berkeley<\/li>\n
  • Junior Center of Art and Science<\/a> – Oakland<\/li>\n
  • Museum of Children’s Art<\/a> (MOCHA) – Oakland<\/li>\n
  • Oakland Museum of California<\/a> – Oakland<\/li>\n
  • Palo Alto Art Center<\/a> – Palo Alto<\/li>\n
  • Richmond Art Center<\/a> – Richmond<\/li>\n
  • Asian Art Museum<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
  • Cartoon Art Museum<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
  • de Young Museum<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
  • International Art Museum of America<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
  • Museum of Craft and Design<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
  • Palace of the Legion of Honor<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
  • San Francisco Center for the Book<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
  • San Francisco Children’s Art Center<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
  • De Saisset Museum<\/a> – Santa Clara<\/li>\n
  • Triton Museum of Art<\/a> – Santa Clara<\/li>\n
  • Museum of Art & History<\/a> – Santa Cruz<\/li>\n
  • Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History<\/a> – Santa Cruz<\/li>\n
  • Quilt Museum<\/a> – San Jose<\/li>\n
  • San Jose Museum of Art<\/a> – San Jose<\/li>\n
  • Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University<\/a> – Stanford<\/li>\n
  • Bedford Gallery at Lesher Center<\/a> – Walnut Creek<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Cultural Museums<\/p>\n

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    • Judah L. Magnes Museum<\/a> – Berkeley<\/li>\n
    • Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology<\/a> – Berkeley<\/li>\n
    • Hayward Japanese Garden<\/a> – Hayward<\/li>\n
    • Center for African & African American Art and Culture<\/a> – Oakland<\/li>\n
    • China Town<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
    • The Contemporary Jewish Museum<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
    • Museum of African Diaspora<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
    • Japanese American Museum of San Jose<\/a> – San Jose<\/li>\n
    • Japanese Friendship Garden in Kelly Park <\/a>– San Jose<\/li>\n
    • Rosicrutian Egyptian Museum<\/a> – San Jose<\/li>\n
    • San Mateo Japanese Garden in Central Park<\/a> – San Mateo<\/li>\n
    • Hakone Garden<\/a> – Saratoga<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Science & Technology Museums<\/p>\n

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      • Lawrence Hall of Science<\/a> – Berkeley<\/li>\n
      • UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology<\/a> – Berkeley<\/li>\n
      • Fujitsu Planetarium<\/a> – Cupertino<\/li>\n
      • Youth Science Institute Science and Nature Center<\/a> – Los Gatos<\/li>\n
      • NASA Ames Visitor Center <\/a>– Mountain View<\/li>\n
      • Moffett Field Museum<\/a> – Mountain View<\/li>\n
      • Oakland Aviation Museum<\/a> – Oakland<\/li>\n
      • Chabot Observatory & Science Center<\/a> – Oakland<\/li>\n
      • Junior Center of Art and Science<\/a> – Oakland<\/li>\n
      • Hiller Aviation Museum<\/a> – San Carlos<\/li>\n
      • California Academy of Sciences<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
      • Exploratorium<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
      • Morrison Planetarium<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
      • Lick Observatory<\/a> – San Jose<\/li>\n
      • The Tech Museum<\/a> – San Jose<\/li>\n
      • Intel Museum<\/a> – Santa Clara<\/li>\n
      • Santa Cruz City Museum of Natural History<\/a> – Santa Cruz<\/li>\n
      • Pacific Coast Air Museum<\/a> – Santa Rosa<\/li>\n
      • Natural History Museums (Dinosaurs!)<\/li>\n
      • UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology<\/a> – Berkeley<\/li>\n
      • Children’s Natural History Museum<\/a> – Fremont<\/li>\n
      • Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History<\/a> – Pacific Grove<\/li>\n
      • California Academy Natural History Museum<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
      • Santa Cruz City Museum of Natural History<\/a> – Santa Cruz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Train Models & Museums<\/p>\n

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        • Niles Depot Model Railroads & Museum<\/a> – Fremont<\/li>\n
        • West Bay Model Train Association<\/a> – Menlo Park<\/li>\n
        • Barron Park Garden Railway<\/a> – Palo Alto<\/li>\n
        • Golden State Model Railroad Museum<\/a> – Point Richmond<\/li>\n
        • California State Railroad Museum<\/a> – Sacramento<\/li>\n
        • Golden Gate Model Railroad Club at Randall Museum<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
        • Cable Car Museum<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
        • Golden Gate Railroad Museum<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
        • Market Street Railway<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
        • San Francisco Cable Cars<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
        • South Bay Historical Railroad Society<\/a> – Santa Clara<\/li>\n
        • Western Railway Museum<\/a> – Solano<\/li>\n
        • Niles Canyon Railway Museum<\/a> – Sunol<\/li>\n
        • Railroad-Ferry Depot<\/a> – Tiburon<\/li>\n
        • Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society<\/a> – Walnut Creek<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Specialty Museums<\/p>\n

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          • Pacific Pinball Museum<\/a> – Alameda<\/li>\n
          • Blackhawk Museum<\/a> – Danville<\/li>\n
          • Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia<\/a> – Burlingame<\/li>\n
          • Museum of American Heritage<\/a> – Palo Alto<\/li>\n
          • National Women’s History Museum<\/a> – Richmond<\/li>\n
          • Ripley’s Believe-It-Or-Not<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
          • San Francisco Fire Department Museum<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
          • Wells Fargo Museum<\/a> – San Francisco<\/li>\n
          • Rosecrutian Museum<\/a> – San Jose<\/li>\n
          • Winchester Mystery House<\/a> – San Jose<\/li>\n
          • Charles M. Schulz Museum<\/a> – Santa Rosa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            \nLet us know if you're been to any and what your thoughts are! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Looking to learn something new or just explore?! Check out these museums around the Bay Area! Make sure you check our their website before attenting for hours, prices & more info!  Children’s Museums Habitot Children’s Museum – Berkeley Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery – Capitola Children’s Natural History Museum – Fremont Junior Center of Art and Science –… <\/p>\n

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