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Alcatraz
'Alcatraz' is Spanish for pelican, but to its inmates it was simply known as 'the Rock'. The West Coast's first lighthouse was built here in 1854, but it...
Alcatraz Island
Asian Art Museum
This popular museum has one of the world's most comprehensive collections of Asian art, spanning 6,000 years of Asian history and with more than 15,000...
200 Larkin StreetBay Area Discovery Museum
This hands-on museum, located just below the north ramp of the Golden Gate Bridge and boasting spectacular skyline views, offers a load of hands-on...
East Fort Baker, 557 McReynolds RoadBerkeley Art Museum
Opened in 1970, this dramatic exhibition space is arranged in terraces so visitors can see the works from various vantage points. The collection's strength...
2626 Bancroft WayCable Car Museum
The sight most often associated with San Francisco is its cable cars. The best way to study them is to ride one, but at this entertaining museum you can...
1201 Mason Street
California Academy of Sciences
How has life on earth evolved? How do we foster the respect needed to preserve and protect its future? These are the themes the California Academy of...
55 Concourse DriveCalifornia Historical Society
The state's official historical group has focused its efforts on assembling this impressive collection of Californiana. The vaults hold half a million...
678 Mission StreetCalifornia Palace of the Legion of Honor
Built as a memorial to the Californians who died in World War I, and set in a wooded spot overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the Palace of the Legion of Honor...
Lincoln ParkCartoon Art Museum
The camera that was used to create the first animation for television (called Crusader Rabbit and produced from 1949 to 1951) graces the lobby of this...
655 Mission StreetChabot Space & Science Center
High in the Oakland Hills, the Chabot combines a superbly equipped, state-of-the-art planetarium with an observatory and film theatre; the latter runs 70mm...
10000 Skyline BoulevardChinese American National Museum & Learning Center
Formerly the Chinese Historical Society Museum, this facility opened in 2001 in the historic Chinese YWCA building, which was designed by renowned local...
965 Clay StreetContemporary Jewish Museum
Slated to reopen in its new Yerba Buena Gardens location in late spring 2008, the Contemporary Jewish Museum is devoted to linking the art of the Jewish...
736 Mission StreetDe Young Museum
The most prominent feature of this controversial new future-primitive building, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, is the massive tower that emerges from the...
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden DriveExploratorium
Housed in the historic Palace of Fine Arts, the Exploratorium has over 600 interactive exhibits about science, art and human perception. A highlight is the...
3601 Lyon StreetFort Mason Center
This collection of ex-military buildings features various cultural institutions, including the Museo ItaloAmericano (Building C, 673 2200,...
Marina Boulevard