| Founded in 1901, the Hearst Museum houses the oldest and largest anthropological collection in the West. The Museum preserves and interprets a global record of material culture through its more than 3.8 million objects. It also promotes the history and diversity of human cultures through research, exhibitions, and programs. The museum is located in Berkeley California, on the University campus at... |
| Dinosaurs, local ecology, insects and the planets and stars are just a few of the subjects covered at the Lawrence Hall of Science, a public science education center set in the Berkeley Hills and named after the UC's first nobel laureate, Ernest Lawrence. The exhibits are geared towards kids from preschool to high school, but even if you're a little bit older, a good planetarium show never fails... |
| The de Young, in Golden Gate Park, is one of San Francisco's oldest cultural attractions. In 1893 M.H. de Young, publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle, felt that California should have a cultural fair to keep pace with the extravagent expositions in Chicago and elsewhere. After holding the California Midwinter International Exposition de Young had a huge profit burning a hole in his pocket and... |
| The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) houses America’s best collection of 20th century art outside of New York. The large, monochromatic, marble-lined building has five stories of Klee, Kandinsky, Duchamp, Rothko and other luminaries as well as world-class traveling exhibits. There also tends to be a focus on design, media arts, and photography. |  |
| The California Palace of the Legion of Honor is a three-quarters scale recreation of the palace for the French Legion of Honor in Paris. While the building and grounds are spectacular, inside are original works by Degas, Rembrandt, Renoir, Monet and Picasso, as well as newer local masters like quirky cartoonist Robert Crumb. The museum is especially well known for its collection of Rodin... |
| The Asian Art Museum is in a huge, stately building on Larkin St. overlooking the Civic Center Plaza. It's a great location. The collection is a wide ranging suvey of Asian art, mostly Chinese and Japanese, from ancient to modern. This stuff is neglected in other art museums that focus exclusively on the Western tradition; it's nice to get some variety. |  |
| Golden Gate Park is larger than New York's Central Park and extends from the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood right out to the pacific coast. It was established for the people in 1870 and, in fact, the vast green fields and eucalyptus groves that can be seen there now used to be sand dunes. The whole area had to be replanted to make the park. The park remains a symbol of San Francisco's dedication to... |
| Alcatraz, or “The Rock,” is a spooky and beautiful San Francisco landmark. In the middle of the Bay one truly feels the isolation that made this island an effective super-prison, holding high-profile troublemakers like Al Capone. Exhibits detail Alcatraz’s history, first as a military fort, and then, from the30s to the 60s, as a prison. Special attention is also paid to Native American prisoners... |
| The Wave Organ, constructed in the 80s by sculptor Peter Richards and stone mason George Gonzales, is a truly unique piece of art. Located at the end of a jetty in the Marina district, within walking distance of the Exploratorium, this musical sculpture is made of pipes that come out of the ocean through a large granite patio. As water moves in and out of the pipes subtle sounds can be heard.... |
| The Golden Gate Bridge is perhaps the most recognizable landmark in San Francisco. It spans 1.2 mi. of the Bay’s entrance, from the northern tip of the San Francisco peninsula to southern Marin County. The visionary was Joseph Strauss, also responsible for many less famous bridges and construction began in 1933 with bonds that put many local residents’ houses up as collateral. The bridge’s... |
| The Love Parade was originally a giant, annual public party held in Berlin, focusing on electronica and exhibitionism. While numbers in Berlin have been dwindling, the party has officially moved to San Francisco with great success. In 2004, the first year the Love Parade was held here, it drew over 35,000 revelers. In 2005 it was 50-60,000. The summer of 2006 should not disappoint. The parade... |  |
| Every Sunday during the Summer, this is what to look forward to...free concerts at one of the most nature-like music venues around--Stern Grove. From Afro-Cuban music to the San Francisco Ballet, the Stern Grove Festival has featured Santana, Ozomatli, and Aimee Mann to name a few. Established in 1938, Stern Grove's purpose is to provide San Francisco with admission free concerts, as a concert... |
| Muir Woods doesn't look anything like the East Bay or San Francisco. It looks like Jurassic Park, primeval with huge dewy ferns and towering redwoods. There are a few short, well-groomed, really easy hikes that'll take you around the the biggest redwoods. After 5 or 6pm you'll see a few cube monkeys in their suits and wingtips hiking these. But if you've brought some proper shoes you can get much... |
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