California Academy of Sciences
This popular Bay Area attraction houses a natural history museum, planetarium, aquarium, and rainforest dome. It is also home to a world-class research institution with over 26 million specimens in its collections.
55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park
415-379-5149
www.calacademy.org
Monday-Saturday 9:30am-5pm; Sunday 11am-5pm.
San Francisco Botanical Gardens
Escape to a unique urban oasis of extraordinary beauty at the San Francisco Botanical Gardens spanning over 55 acres with 26 distinct gardens. The Garden showcases more than 8,000 species and cultivars, ranging from our famous redwood grove to tracts of plants from all over the world, some of which are no longer found in their native homes.
9th Ave. & Lincoln
1199 9th Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94122
415 661-1316
www.sfbg.org
FREE ADMISSION for residents
Daily: 9 am – 6 pm (April-Oct.)
Daily: 10 am – 5 pm (Nov-March)
San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers
The Conservatory of Flowers is a unique living museum that’s bursting with life just waiting to be discovered. Its intimate setting gives visitors an up-close look at rare, exotic plants and beautiful tropical flowers.
100 John F. Kennedy Drive, Golden Gate Park
415-831-2090
www.conservatoryofflowers.org
Tuesday – Sunday: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (Last entry is at 4 p.m).
Monday: Closed, except Memorial Day and Labor Day
de Young Museum
The de Young Museum, designed by the renowned Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron and Fong & Chan Architects in San Francisco, is a landmark art museum of priceless collections of American art from the 17th through the 20th centuries, Textile arts, and art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
415-750-3600
deyoung.famsf.org
Tuesday-Sunday 9:30am-5:15pm; Friday (mid-January through November) 9:30am-8:45pm; Monday-closed.
