California Academy of Sciences discount tickets are always a big hit here on Bay Area On The Cheap. So now the Academy is offering you their best deal ever during the month of September — 34% Off Tickets to the Platinum Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the museum. These VIP tickets sell out at the regular price [...]
California Academy of Sciences $20 Off VIP, or skip the line discount tickets — Cal Academy has so much to offer, we want to go again and again. Maybe that’s why it was named by Conde’ Nast Traveler as one of the ‘New Wonders of the World.’ Check out their cool new video tour. These [...]
If you own a Bank of America credit card, you can get in free to several San Francisco Bay Area museums the first weekend of every month. The B of A “Museums On Us” promo entitles one person per BofA card to free museum admission during the first full weekend of every month for 2010. [...]
A delightful new exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California is included as part of OMCA’s free day: PIXAR: 25 Years of Animation (July 31 – January 9, 2011). The PIXAR exhibit may also be discounted to Half Price later this week as another one of the Daily Deals (according to a source at the [...]
Discount Tickets to SFMOMA’s Fisher Collection Features Previously Undisplayed Works from Andy Warhol–You can’t get this deal directly from the museum, but if you buy tickets online from the link below you can save $9. The SF Museum of Modern Art’s top two floors, including the Rooftop Garden, feature paintings, sculptures, photographs, and video works [...]
Want to learn more about the Bay Area’s sharks, crabs, fish and sea stars? The Marine Science Institute’s Aquarium Spotlight Days (coming up October 16, 2010) gives you and your family an opportunity to view and participate in hands-on activities at the Institute’s aquarium and teaching facilities on the shores of Redwood Creek. On Aquarium [...]
On Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day (September 25, 2010) you can get in FREE to hundreds of participating museums. San Francisco Bay Area museums on the list include Cal Academy, CJM, Chabot Space & Science Center, Hiller Aviation, Coyote Point Museum, and several others. Don’t just show up at a museum, though. You need to fill [...]
UPDATE: Birth of Impressionism will be open even later over Labor Day Weekend: Friday and Saturday until 11pm (last entry 9:30), and Sunday 10pm (last entry 8:30pm). If you haven’t been to the de Young Museum lately, here’s how to check it out for less. First, the museum is free on every first Tuesday of [...]
California Academy of Sciences Nightlife – Nightlife admission is only $12 (almost half the daytime admission to Cal Academy) and you can skip the line at the front gate when you buy tickets online here. (Not available on the Cal Academy website.) This is a huge bonus because the lines often wrap around the building. [...]
The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is the visual arts center of the University of California, Berkeley. Every First Thursday of every month you can enjoy free admission. And on some Friday Nights, admission is just $7 for the museum’s L@te Friday mixers. L@TE Friday, 9/3/10: Gallery B: Terry Riley Celebrates 75–After [...]
Did you know you can get free admission to Exploratorium Science Museum in San Francisco on the First Wednesdays of every month? If you can’t make free first Wednesdays, you can always get $2 off discount tickets. Plus, the Exploratorium is part of two discount passes, San Francisco CityPass, and Go San Francisco Card. Things [...]
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) offers free admission on the first Tuesdays of each month. Four times a year they hold Free Family Sundays. You can also get into the museum for half price on Thursday nights. And we have discount tickets for all other days. New Exhibit: Aug 27-Sep 3: SFMOMA [...]
UPDATE 8/14/10: If you missed the recent Aquarium of the Bay free day and the half price discount tickets, you can still get BOGO tickets (buy one get one free) with the new 2011 Entertainment Book (currently with free shipping). The Aquarium s also part of the deal package with three attraction passes, San Francisco [...]
The Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco also offers free admission every first Tuesday of every month. The Conservatory features four permanent galleries, each painstakingly cared for by nursery specialists. Plants are rotated into the galleries as they bloom so you see the plants at their peak whenever you visit. And check [...]
Bay Area Discovery Museum in Sausalito offers free admission on the first Wednesday of every month, and you can take advantage of other ways to save, like a coupon for a free child admission, a AAA discount. Located at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge, this nationally recognized children’s museum is a one-of-a-kind indoor/outdoor [...]
The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, located in San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens, features cutting edge visual art, performing arts, and film, with year-round programs in two buildings. You’ll find plenty of exciting events to splurge on, but YBCA also offers lots of fun for free and cheap. DEAL 1: Yerba Buena Center for [...]
The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco offers several free tours, including a teen led tour and one you can listen to on your cell phone. Also, the price of admission drops to $5 after 5pm on Thursdays. Worth a look. Free Public Tours – Free tours on the CJM’s architecture and current exhibitions are [...]
If you’re curious as a coyote, go find out why the fog falls around here at the new interactive “Science of Nature” exhibit at the Coyote Point Museum in San Mateo. Go on a free day, or take advantage of a few other ways to save (details below). The kid-friendly environmental science and wildlife center [...]
The Charles M. Schulz Museum features exhibits and programs that highlight the life and art of the beloved cartoonist and international icon Charles M. Schulz (1922-2000), creator of the Peanuts cartoons. Check out the outdoor courtyards. The sculptures are a hoot, and so is the Snoopy Labyrinth. DEAL 1: Get a $2 discount on adult [...]
Where else but in Silicon Valley would you find a museum devoted solely to tech innovation? San José’s Tech Museum of Innovation presents over 240 hands-on science and technology exhibits and themed galleries, including a new exhibit called the Virtual Test Zone, the world’s first virtual-world-to-real-world gallery. The hands-on, interactive exhibit was developed in the [...]
