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BayAreawithKids.com has compiled the list of all major Museums within the San Francisco Bay Area.
Berkeley Oakland San Francisco San Jose San Rafael Sausalito
San Francisco Bay Area Museums, Aquariums, Science
Centers, and Planetariums
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley (510) 642-0808
2065 Kittredge, Berkeley (510) 647-1111
1 Centennial Dr., Berkeley (510) 642-5132
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
103 Kroeber Hall, at UC Berkeley (510) 642-3682
DNA sculpture at the Lawrence Hall of Science
Alexander Calder’s "The Hawk for Peace” outside the Berkeley Art Museum
Oakland
Chabot Space & Science Center Oakland Museum of California
52 9th St., Oakland (510) 238-2200 10000 Skyline Blvd., Oakland (510) 336-7300
The planetarium beckons visitors to the Cabot Space & Science Center
Sculpture found in the rooftop garden at the Oakland Museum of California
Aquarium of the Bay Our Review
The Enbarcadero and Beach St., San Francisco (415) 623-5300
Jellyfish at the Aquarium of the Bay
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
200 Larkin St., San Francisco (415) 581-3600
California Academy of Sciences Our Review
This museum includes the Steinhart Aquarium, the Morrison Planetarium,
the Kimball Natural History Museum, a 4-story Rainforest and the
Naturalist Center. Golden Gate Park, 55 Music Concourse Dr., San
Francisco (415) 379-8000
678 Mission St., San Francisco (415) 357-1848
655 Mission St., San Francisco (415) 227-8666
JFK Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco (415) 666-7001
Contemporary Jewish Museum of San Francisco
736 Mission St., San Francisco (415) 655-7800
de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park
50 Hagiara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco (415) 750-3600
3601 Lyon St., San Francisco (415) 674-2893
Lincoln Park, 34th Avenue & Clement Street, San Francisco
(415) 750-3600
Museum of the African Diaspora
685 Mission St., San Francisco (415) 358-7200
199 Museum Way, San Francisco (415) 554-9600
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum
175 Jefferson St., San Francisco (415) 771-6188
San Francisco Fire Department Museum
655 Presidio Ave., San Francisco (415) 563-4630
San Francisco Museum of Craft and Folk Art
51 Yerba Buena Lane, San Francisco (415) 227-4888
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
151 Third St., San Francisco (415) 357-4000
Noted architect Mario Botta designed the building
for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park and USS Pampanito
Building E, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco (415) 561-7006
The After Engine Room aboard
the USS Pampanito
77 Steuart Street, San Francisco (415) 974-1948
The Wax Museum at Fisherman's Wharf
145 Jefferson St., San Francisco (415) 202-0400
420 Montgomery St., San Francisco (415) 396-2619
221 Fourth St., San Francisco (415) 820-3320
Field Clock at the Conservatory of Flowers
The Legion of Honor Museum boasts these fine sights before visitors even enter.
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose
180 Woz Way, San Jose (408) 298-5437
Children’s Discovery Museum
of San Jose
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum & Planetarium
1664 Park Ave., San Jose (408) 947-3636
201 South Market St., San Jose (408) 294-8324
Marin History Museum
1125 B Street, San Rafael (415) 454-8538
Marin WildCare and Terwilliger Nature Education
76 Albert Park Lane, San Rafael (415) 453-1000
San Mateo County
1651 Coyote Point Dr., San Mateo (650) 342-7755
Colorful mural in the Coyote Point Museum
500 Discovery Parkway, Redwood City (650) 364-2760
San Mateo County History Museum
2200 Broadway St., Redwood City (650) 299-0104
Sausalito
Fort Baker, 557 McReynolds Rd., Sausalito (415) 339-3900
Unusual stairs at the Bay Area
Discovery Museum
2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito (415) 332-3871
Peninsula
Canter Arts Center at Stanford University
328 Lomita Drive (at Museum Way), Stanford (650) 723-4177
Admission is always free.
King Tut at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
The Boyd Gatehouse exudes Victorian charm and houses the Marin History Museum
This three-dimensional hydraulic model of the San Francisco Bay and Delta areas is found at the Bay Model Visitor Center
