| Neat things to do in the South Bay - most of these are free
Free Things to do in Sunnyvale Hike or bike the Bay Trail. Schedule a free nature hike or attend a presentation. San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Shoreline Park, Amphitheatre Drive, Mountain View. Go fly a kite, hike, bike, walk, and enjoy the outdoors. San Jose Giants tickets for selected games are available free at Costco. Sunnyvale Historical Museum in the Murphy Park Building, 235 E. California Ave. Tue, Thu 12-3:30 pm, Sun 1-4 pm, 408-749-0220 Ames Exploration Center, 101 and Moffett Blvd. Tue-Fri 10 am-4 pm, Sat, Sun 12-4 pm Cantor Center for Visual Arts, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford University next to the Rodin Sculpture Garden. Wed-Sun 11 am-5 pm, Thu 11 am-8 pm. Parking free weekdays after 4 pm, free weekends. Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline, Mountain View. Wed, Fri tours at 1 and 2:30 pm, Sat 11 am-5 pm, tours at 11:30 am, 1 pm, and 2:30 pm Intel Museum, 2200 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara. Mon-Fri 9 am-6 pm, Sat 10 am-5 pm No bags or backpacks are allowed. Guided tours are available 408-765-0503 Foothill Observatory, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. 16” and 6” telescopes, evening viewing on clear Fridays 9-11 pm. Solar viewing on clear Saturdays 10 am-12 pm. Parking lots 3 and 4 is closest and takes 8 quarters—$2. de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University. Tue-Sun 11 am-4 pm. Triton Museum, 1505 Warburton Ave., Santa Clara. Mon-Sun 11 am-5 pm, Thu 11 am-9 pm. San Jose Museum of Art, 110 S. Market St., San Jose. Tue-Sun 11 am-5 pm Mission San Jose, 43300 Mission Blvd., Fremont. Daily 10 am-5 pm, Exhibits California Missions Mission Santa Clara, Santa Clara University. Tue-Sun 11 am-4 pm Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley, Palo Alto, Daily open during daylight hours. Seasonal: Summer months - Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. Summer Sounds family concerts are Thursdays from 6:30-8:30 pm. Children’s Theatre in the Park Peninsula Youth Theatre are Fridays 6:30 pm through August 15. Mainly North Bay 11 THINGS: Free Museum DaysTim Sullivan Thursday, September 28, 2006 1. First Tuesdays: Asian Art Museum, California Historical Society, Cartoon Art Museum (pay what you wish), Conservatory of Flowers, de Young Museum, Legion of Honor, Museum of Craft & Folk Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. 2. First Wednesdays: California Academy of Sciences, Exploratorium, Mexican Museum, Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco African American Museum and San Francisco Zoo. 3. First Thursdays: Chinese Historical Society of America, Pez Museum (Burlingame) and the San Francisco Museum of Craft & Design. 4. Second Saturdays: Bay Area Discovery Museum (Sausalito). 5. Second Sundays: Oakland Museum of California. 6. Third Mondays: Contemporary Jewish Museum. 7. Thursdays: Hearst Museum of Anthropology (Berkeley). 8. Free public tours: San Francisco City Hall, Contemporary Jewish Museum (12:30 p.m. Sun. and Wed.), Gold Rush Trail, San Francisco City Guides, San Francisco Botanical Garden, others. 9. Always free: African-American Museum and Library (Oakland), Cable Car Museum, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, Chinese Cultural Center, Maritime Museum, Mills College Art Museum (Oakland), Museum of Children's Art Oakland, Museum of the City of San Francisco, Octagon House, Presidio Museum, Randall Museum, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco Fire Museum, Takara Sake USA Museum (Berkeley), Triton Museum (Santa Clara). 10. Sometimes free: Habitot, including Oct. 6 (Mooncake Festival) and Oct. 8 (Indigenous People's Day). 11. Free, but coin-operated: Musée Mécanique. MUSEUMSASIAN ART MUSEUM200 Larkin St. Free: First Tuesday of the month; children under 12 free when accompanied by an adult 415-581-3500 www.asianart.org BAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES CARTOON ART MUSEUM CCA WATTIS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS CHINESE CULTURE CENTER CHINESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA THE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM DE YOUNG MUSEUM EXPLORATORIUM LEGION OF HONOR MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA MUSEUM OF CRAFT AND FOLK ART OCTAGON HOUSE - A MUSEUM OF DECORATIVE ARTS SAN FRANCISCO CABLE CAR BARN AND MUSEUM SAN FRANCISCO CENTER FOR THE BOOK SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT MUSEUM SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SAN FRANCISCO MARITIME NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK VISITOR CENTER SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF CRAFT+DESIGN SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY MUSEUM (Opening Sept., 2006) WELLS FARGO HISTORY MUSEUM YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS ZEUM ENTERTAINMENTGOLDEN GATE PARK BAND CONCERTSLawn near San Francisco Botanical Garden Sundays at 1 pm April-October Free: Always SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC STREET ARTISTS or CONCERTS AT: TOURSCITY HALL1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place Free: Always 415-554-4933 www.sfgov.org SAN FRANCISCO CITY GUIDES For general information on hotel packages and reservations; events; activities and transportation in San Francisco, visit www.onlyinsanfrancisco.com. Visitor guides are available at the Visitor Information Center at 900 Market St. at the corner of Powell and Market streets, lower level, Hallidie Plaza. |