San Francisco Maritime Museum is located at the north end of the Embarcadero and Fisherman's Wharf starting at Pier 45. From the museum is a beautiful view of the bay. Not only a museum but several piers offering a historic tallship, ferry boat and WWII submarine. Tours are available and facilities can be rented for group events.
San Francisco Maritime Museum
900 Beach Street
San Francisco, California 94123
(415) 561-6662
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Exploratorium / Palace of Fine Arts is located off Highway 101 a short distance west of Fisherman's Wharf. This museum is a collection of exhibits and hands-on demonstrations of modern science, biology and physics. This is a great place for both children and adults to expand there minds. The Roman-style architecture, fountains and pond of the Palace of Fine Arts are on the same grounds. These are the last remaining structures of the 1915 Panama-Pacific Expo and are best photographed in the morning hours. The Palace of Fine Arts also features a theatre showcasing film, dance, plays and musical events.
Exploratorium / Palace of Fine Arts
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, California 94123
(415) 561-0360
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Wax Museum at Fisherman's Wharf features 100,000 square feet of wax figures depicting everything from celebrities, religions, history, art and horror. Exhibits include The Last Supper, King Tut's Tomb, The Wizard of Oz, Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, U.S. Presidents and many, many more.
Wax Museum at Fisherman's Wharf
145 Jefferson Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
(800) 439-4305
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Museum of Modern Art is located in Downtown San Francisco off Market Street. This museum houses a fantastic collection of mind contorting art from abstract paintings and modern sculptures to the just weird and bizarre. The building itself is a modern art must see.
Museum of Modern Art
151 Third Street
San Francisco, California 94103
(415) 357-4000
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de Young / Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco is situated in Golden Gate and Lincoln Parks and comprises one of this nation's largest art museums. Exhibits include paintings, statuary, photographs, textiles and more. A climb to the top of the de Young building rewards with panoramic views of Golden Gate Park.
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 750-3600
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California Academy of Sciences is a conglomeration of educational facilities including the Steinhart Aquarium, Morrison Planetarium, Kimball Natural History Museum and a 4-story rainforest. Walk over a shark tank, view images from space, come face-to-face with a Tyrannosaurus Rex and peer into an actual bat cave all in one day. California Academy of Sciences is situated in Golden Gate Park.
California Academy of Sciences
Golden Gate Park
55 Music Concourse Drive
San Francisco, California 94118
(415) 379-8000
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Asian Art Museum is located in Downtown San Francisco near City Hall. View art and artifacts from all Asian cultures including paintings, ceramics, basketry, textiles, sculture and more. Learn about Asian history including the Ming Dynasty, Opium Wars and Gold Country prospecting.
Asian Art Museum
Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture
200 Larkin Street
San Francisco, California 94102
(415) 581-3500
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Contemporary Jewish Museum is located in Downtown San Francisco across from the Yerba Buena Gardens. View art and artifacts by Jewish artists or representing the Jewish culture. Exhibitions also include movies, lectures, literary readings and more.
Contemporary Jewish Museum
736 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 655-7800
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Cable Car Museum is located in Downtown San Francisco near Chinatown. Learn about the history of cable cars in San Francisco. View photographs, displays, historic cable cars and peruse their gift shop. Afterwards, hop on one of San Francisco's modern-day cable cars just outside the museum for the full experience.
Cable Car Museum
1201 Mason Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
(415) 474-1887
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Walt Disney Family Museum is located off Highway 101 near the entrance to the Golden Gate Bridge. Situated in the Presidio, a former Army base, the museum showcases photos, drawings and artifacts that trace the history of Walt Disney from his cartooning to the completion of his amusement park. A state-of-the-art theater displays classic Disney films that rotate monthly.
The Walt Disney Family Museum
104 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94129
(415) 345-6800
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Cartoon Art Museum is located in Downtown San Francisco between 2nd and 3rd streets. View art from movies, superhero comics, newspaper comics, graphic novels, Japanese anime and more.
Cartoon Art Museum
655 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 227-8666
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