Yes, Pi Day at the Exploratorium is a pun on the word pie, and both types are involved. On Sunday, March 14, the Exploratorium in San Francisco will toss around a lot of pies and pi talk. You can get $2 off admission to the museum if you use the link below the event description, [...]
The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose and the Big Island Visitors Bureau will present the FREE event “Hawaii’s Big Island: Earth, Sea and Sky” on Sunday, March 14, 2010 (a regular Tech Museum free day) from 11am to 2pm. Hosted Activities include: Navigation Presentation; and Star Compass Activity; Mitaka Fly-Thru the Universe. [...]
California Academy of Sciences is now hosting Nightlife, so you get to hang with the party animals and the museum animals at the same venue. Every Thursday night …
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 card to free museum admission during the first full weekend of every month with several dates [...]
Tutankhamun at the de Young Museum, San Francisco – Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs presents more than 130 important objects, including 50 from the tomb of King Tut. The exhibition places Tutankhamen in a larger context through an additional 80 objects from the tombs of his ancestors.
Tickets to the King Tut exhibition [...]
You know we love the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, and we’ve posted about their skip-the-line discount tickets and free days and locals days and even a way to get discounts on Nightlife, the museum’s Thursday night mixer. Now they’re offering several weeks worth of Free Days to active military, firefighters, police, and [...]
Now get up to $20 Off Tickets to California Academy of Sciences — 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.
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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 to the Exploratorium with the link below.
Plus, the museum now offers an “After Dark” Member Pass for $25, [...]
The Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco offers free admission on 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 visitors can see the plants at their peak.
DEAL: Conservatory of Flowers free [...]
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. Some of the offerings:
DEAL 1: Get [...]
Every First Thursday, of every month, you can enjoy free admission to art exhibitions and public programs at The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film …
For a Bay Area triple “A” day (Art, Asia, Ambiance), take advantage of Free First Sundays and check out the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco …
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 the month. San Francisco’s de Young is known for its major collections of American art from the 17th through the 20th centuries, art from Central and South [...]
The Contemporary Jewish Museum 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 offered each day. Tours [...]
If you’re curious as a coyote, go find out why the fog falls around here at the new interactive “Science of Nature” exhibit in San Mateo. You’ll find it at the Coyote Point Museum, an environmental science and wildlife center that houses more than 50 non-releasable animals native to the area, along with many other [...]
The new Outdoor Exploratorium–two years in the making, features a collection of 20 brand-new outdoor interactive science exhibits and artworks …
Want to learn more about the Bay Area’s sharks, crabs, fish and sea stars? Here’s your opportunity to view and participate in hands-on activities at the Marine Science Institute’s aquarium and teaching facilities on the shores of Redwood Creek.
On Aquarium Spotlight Days, trained docents will lead you on hands-on tours, guide you in touching and [...]
What would you have to pay to explore the planets, the rain forest, and the ocean–all in one place? The recently expanded California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, a 400,000 square foot eco-structure designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, features an aquarium, natural history museum, 4-story living rainforest, planetarium, world class [...]
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) offers free admission on the first Tuesdays of each month. You can also get into the museum for half price on Thursday nights. And we have discount tickets for all other days.
New Exhibits: The first U.S. retrospective of the work of Belgian contemporary artist Luc Tuymans—and the [...]
The Legion of Honor offers free admission on the first Tuesdays of each month. The world renowned museum in San Francisco displays an impressive collection of 4,000 years of ancient and European art in a setting that overlooks the Golden Gate Bridge.
DEAL 1: Legion of Honor FREE days, first Tuesdays. (regular price Adults $10, Seniors [...]
