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Museums
Children’s Discovery Museum San Jose

180 Woz Way
San Jose, CA 95110-2780
408-298-5437
Hours: Call for days and hours of operation

Admission Charged

Children's Discovery Museum is a hands-on museum featuring over 150 interactive exhibits.

Children of all ages are invited to test, prod, taste, crank and tinker in the striking purple building in Discovery Meadow.

 

Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum

1342 Naglee Ave.
San Jose, CA 95191
408-947-3635

Hours: Call for days and hours of operation

Admission Charged

The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, architecturally inspired by the Temple of Amon at Karnak, houses the largest collection of Egyptian artifacts on exhibit in the western United States -- including objects from pre dynastic times through Egypt's early Islamic era.

 

San Jose Historical Museum

1650 Senter Road
San Jose, CA 95112
408-287-2290

Hours: Call for days and hours of operation

Admission Charged

The San Jose Historical Museum consists of 25 acres with 27 original and reconstructed homes, businesses, and landmarks highlighting the culture and history of San Jose and Santa Clara Valley. The museum is unique with paved streets, running trolleys and an old-fashioned Ice Cream and Candy Parlor, and a museum gift shop.

 

San Jose Museum of Art

110 South Market Street
San Jose, CA 95113
408-271-6880

Hours: Call for days and hours of operation

Admission Charged

The San Jose Museum of Art presents a full range of exhibitions with a focus on works created during the 20th Century, including painting, sculpture, installations, photography, works on paper, and video.

 

San Jose Museum of Quilts

110 Paseo de San Antonio
San Jose, CA 95112
408-971-0323

Hours: Tuesday to Sunday: 10am - 5pm, Thursday: 10am – 8pm

Admission Charged

Regularly changing exhibits of quilts and textiles from around the world as well as the Museum's own collection.

 

Tech Museum of Innovation

201 South Market Street
San Jose, CA 95113
408-294-8324

Hours: Call for days and hours of operation

Admission Charged

Technology from Silicon Valley and beyond comes alive in this unique museum featuring interactive exhibits for all ages. The Tech is a place about real technology . . . changing the way people work and play, create, harness and share information, how we innovate, how we do things differently. Featuring over 250 interactive exhibits and the Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater.

 

Kelley Park

1300 Senter Road
San Jose, CA 95112
408-277-4191

Hours: Park hours are daily from 8am to one-half hour after sunset

Admission Charged

Kelley Park is the home to Happy Hollow Park & Zoo, the Japanese Friendship Garden and the San Jose Historical Museum. Visitors may enjoy a train ride, picnicking, beautiful lawn and shade tree areas or a walk through the tranquil Japanese Friendship Garden. For those looking for more activity, visit the zoo, amusement park and play area of Happy Hollow or step back in time to the historic 1800s of San Jose at the Historical Museum.

 

Blackhawk Museum

3700 Blackhawk Plaza Circle
Danville, CA 95406
925-736-2277

Hours: Open Wednesday-Sunday 10am - 5pm, and holidays with the exception of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day

Admission Charged

Smithsonian affiliate with changing exhibits/artifacts from Smithsonian collections: large galleries with over 100 of the world's greatest autos dating from the 1890's.

 

 

 

 

 

 
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