San
Francisco is full of educational and historical museums and
galleries. The information provided in the museums will
help you discover San Francisco as well as art, culture and
history. Interactive exhibits will entertain adults and
children alike. Below we have highlighted some of the more
popular museums in the San Francisco area. We hope you
will find a few to visit while you are here. To make you
hotel and car rental reservations use the links to the left and
be guided through our easy, secure reservations system and save
up to 40%.
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Museums
Bay
Area Discovery Museum
- Hands-on interactive exhibits for children. Ongoing
classes, performances and special programs. 557 East Fort Baker,
Sausalito (415) 487-4398
Cable
Car Barn & Museum
- Learn the history of San Francisco's cable cars and
see the underground cables that pull the cars along the tracks.
1201 Mason/Washington (415) 474-1887
Coyote
Point Museum
- Colorful environmental exhibits, computer games, an
aquarium and wildlife habitats of the Bay Area. San Mateo (415)
342-7755
Exploratorium
- An
interactive science museum housed in the Palace of Fine Arts.
Reservations are required for the Tactile Dome. 3601 Lyon/Marina
Blvd. (415) 561-0360
Lawrence
Hall of Science
- This children's user-friendly museum features
interactive experimentation in geology, animal behavior and
plant life. UC Berkeley (510) 642-5134
Randall
Museum - Designed
just for children, this museum offers ongoing classes in art,
science, computers and a petting zoo. Museum Way/Roosevelt (E,
11) (415) 554-9600
Maritime
Museum -
History of West Coast steam navigation. View figureheads, ship
models, art and photos. Polk/Beach (415) 556-3002
Mexican
Museum - This
museum is devoted to the fine art, folk art, culture and history
of Mexican and Mexican-American/Chicano people. Fort Mason,
Bldg. D (415)
441-0404
Museum
of the City of San Francisco - Explore
the City's history through photographs, maps, paintings,
antiques, artifacts. The Cannery, 2801 Leavenworth/Beach (415)
928-0289
Galleries
Thomas
Kinkade Gallery
- The authentic source for current releases and
vintage originals from the Painter of Light (TM). 781 Beach/Hyde
(415) 440-0270
Lahaina
Galleries
- Featuring sculptures, paintings and prints by John
Cosby, Adolf Sehring, Jan Parker, Gary Swanson, Kudo, Andrea
Smith and more. 645 Beach/Hyde (415) 749-1000
Wyland
Gallery
- One of the world’s premier environmental marine
life artists. Original oils, sculpture and watercolors, gifts
from the sea. PIER 39 (415) 398-1922
San
Francisco is full of educational and historical museums and
galleries. The information provided in the museums will
help you discover San Francisco as well as art, culture and
history. Interactive exhibits will entertain adults and
children alike. Below we have highlighted some of the more
popular museums in the San Francisco area. We hope you
will find a few to visit while you are here. To make you
hotel and car rental reservations use the links to the left and
be guided through our easy, secure reservations system and save
up to 40%.
