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Come nose-to-beak with penguins and parrots, watch sharks and sting rays cruise beneath your feet, and feel the spray of the California coast. Fly to Mars (and beyond the Milky Way!) from the safety of your planetarium seat, take a virtual safari in... more
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In 1982, a group of volunteers met to discuss the concept of an auto museum to be located in Sacramento?the first auto museum in the West to be established in perpetuity. Before the close of the meeting, a challenge was made by an attendee, who produ... more
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At Chabot Space & Science Center, the universe is yours to experience. Set amid 13 trail-laced acres of East Bay parkland, with glorious views of San Francisco Bay and the Oakland foothills, Chabot is a hands-on celebration of sights, sounds, and sen... more
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Chinese Performing Artists of America (CPAA) was founded in1991 as a nonprofit organization in the heart of the Silicon Valley by a group of individuals from the business world and high-tech industries. They shared the same vision for CPAA to be a co... more
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The Exploratorium is now open in our spectacular new home at Pier 15 on San Francisco's Embarcadero. There are 150 new exhibits - indoors and out - plus hundreds of beloved classics, a Bay Observatory, a bigger focus on tinkering and social science,... more
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Hartnell College Planetarium has been enchanting audiences with the wonders of astronomy and space science since its original construction in 1962. At the beginning of 2017 the planetarium moved into a new building with a new dome and new projection... more
Come visit the Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley's public science center and a destination for science fun for more than 40 years! Here's a place where visitors of all ages can explore science by doing science in: •    our fe... more
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The University of California Observatories (UCO) is a Multi-Campus Research Unit of the University of California, with headquarters at the UC Santa Cruz campus. UCO operates on behalf of the astronomers at all ten UC campuses and is comprised of exte... more
The Marine Science Institute provides engaging and interactive hands-on adventures with San Francisco Bay Area marine life. Led by a team of expert marine science educators, these experiences impact students of all ages, inspiring respect and steward... more
The Center was established in 1939 as the second laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and was named for the chair of the NACA, Joseph S. Ames. more
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The Randall Museum is a museum of science, nature and the arts as well as a San Francisco Recreation and Park Department community learning center. more
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Visit a working marine laboratory. Exhibit halls, aquarium, touch tanks, tours to marine mammal research overlook, Ocean Discovery Shop, and unsurpassed vistas of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Hold a sea star - marvel at the world's lar... more
Explore through interactive exhibits how technologies used to capture images, communicate across distance and record sound have evolved over time through. more
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With its splashy, mango-colored exterior, the Tech stands out among everything else in downtown San Jose. Millions have visited the place since it opened at the original location in 1990, which was around the corner on San Carlos Street. The Tech... more
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Discover surprising facts about how your vision works at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Truhlsen-Marmor Museum of the Eye®. The Museum of the Eye is the worlds only free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight. Through h... more
At the YSI's Vasona Science and Nature Center, there's always something fun going on! You can learn the difference between a tortoise and a turtle, observe live reptiles and other animals and insects, get an inside look into our watershed, see who... more