Bay Area Hands-on
Discovery Field Trips
These California Bay Area hands-on field trip destinations have been
recommended by homeschooling parents and kids. If you have a favorite
that isn't listed here please call us at 650-365-9425 or
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While we hope that this information is accurate, please do call to confirm.
East Fort Baker, 557 McReynolds Road, Sausalito, CA
Phone: 415-339-3900
Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed Mondays, except when noted.
Admission: Adults: $10
Children (1 - 17): $8
Children under 1 and members are FREE.
Free Days: Free Second Saturdays for Families. (1 - 5 p.m.)
Hands-on exhibits for the family in art, nature, and multi-media.
Especially for kids 10 and under. BADM offers "Homeschooling Days"
throughout the year when admission is reduced. The integrated curriculum
uses ceramics, multi-media projects, computer animation, and night hikes
to teach lessons based on the California State Curriculum Standards.
E-mail for details.
180 Woz Way, San Jose, CA
Phone: 408-298-5437
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday noon to 5pm
Admission: $8/adult, $8/kids 1-17, free under age 1
Parking: $5.00
Especially designed for kids and their families. Changing exhibits
and on-going galleries with hands-on interactive displays exploring
science, nature, art, & theater.
E-mail for details.
Palace of Fine Arts, 3601 Lyon St., San Francisco
Phone: 415-563-7337.
Hours: Open 10am to 5 pm, Tuesday-Sunday.
Admission: $14/adults, $11/youth (13-17), $9/children (4-12), free
under age 3
One of the best! Museum of science, art and human perception. Over
650 hands-on exhibits that create innovative learning environments
-- and lots of fun for the family. Free admission on first Wednesday
of each month; however, due to capacity limits, groups of 10 or more
are required to make reservations or will not be admitted.
2065 Kittredge Street (at Shattuck Avenue), Berkeley, CA
Phone: 510-647-1111
Hours: Tuesday - Thursday 9:30 am to 1 pm.,
Friday & Saturday 9:30 am - 4:30 p.m.,
Closed Sunday & Monday,
Free Family Nights 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Admission: $6/adults, $7/children, free/under 12-months. Free family
nights available.
Highlights include areas with water toys, child-scaled grocery
store & café, costume shop and stage for junior thespians.
The Museum has a toy-lending library! Back to the Farm exhibit lets
kids wiggle through tunnels like an earthworm, look into a mirrored
fish pond, don farm animal costumes, ride on a John Deere tractor
and more.
201 South Market Street, San Jose, CA
Phone: 408-795-6100
Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Admission: Exhibits or IMAX only is $4-8. Both: $10-13.50
The Tech features hands-on, imaginative, high-tech exhibits showcasing
emerging technologies of the present and future. Cyberspace, biotech,
microtech, and other "new worlds".
221 Fourth Street (at Howard), San Francisco, CA
Phone: 415-777-2800
Hours: Wednesday - Friday 1:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Weekends, 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Admission: $8/adults, $7/Students, $6/Youth (3-8), Free children 2 and under
Zeum, located in Yerba Buena gardens is S.F.'s new art and technology
center where kids and teens get hands-on experience producing the
arts, whether it's filming an animation, producing a video, web-casting
or working the lights in a state-of-the-art theater. Cool! Also, The
Rooftop located here offers rides on the historic Charles Looff carousel,
a bowling alley and ice skating.
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