In addition, see below for a list of Bay Area-wide free or low-cost resources. Feel free to share these lists widely. Or add in some resources of your own in the comments section!
Please remember to
double check with each venue about any changes!
FREE ADMISSION – ANYDAY
1. Tilden
Regional Park Botanic Garden, Nature Study Area & Little Farm, Berkeley
2. Museum of
Children's Art, Oakland http://www.mocha.org
3. Palo Alto
Art Center, Palo Alto http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/community-services/ac-generalinfo.html
4. Berkeley
Art Center, Berkeley http://www.berkeleyartcenter.org
5. Nasa Ames
Research Center, Mountain View http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/home/exploration.html
6. Lick
Observatory, Mt. Hamilton http://www.ucolick.org/public/visitors.html
7. Jelly
Belly Factory Tour, Fairfield http://jellybelly.com
8. Cable Car
Museum, San Francisco http://www.cablecarmuseum.org
9. Chinese
Cultural Center Gallery, San Francisco http://www.c-
c-c.org
10. Museo
ItaloAmericano, San Francisco http://www.museoitaloamericano.org
11. San
Francisco Fire Department Museum, San Francisco http://www.sffiremuseum.org/index.html
12. Cantor
Arts Center, Stanford http://museum.stanford.edu
13. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley http://hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu
14. San
Francisco Botanical Garden www.sfbotanicalgarden.org
FREE ADMISSION – FIRST SUNDAYS
1. Oakland
Museum of California— (not including special exhibitions) http://www.museumca.org/visit/index.html
2. Asian Art
Museum, San Francisco http://www.asianart.org/hoursandadmission.htm
FREE ADMISSION -- FIRST TUESDAYS
1. De Young
Museum, San Francisco (except special exhibitions) http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/visiting/index.asp
2. Legion Of
Honor, San Francisco (except special exhibitions) http://www.famsf.org/legion/visiting/index.asp
3. Cartoon
Art Museum, San Francisco ("pay what you wish" day) http://www.cartoonart.org/directions.html
4. Museum of
Craft & Folk Art (Yerba Buena), San Francisco in 2008 http://www.mocfa.org/visit/index.htm
5. Yerba
Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco http://www.ybca.org/visit/gallery.aspx
6. Conservatory
of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco http://www.conservatoryofflowers.org/visit/hours
7. Museum of
Modern Art (MOMA), San Francisco http://www.sfmoma.org/visit/visitinfo_hours.asp
FREE ADMISSION – FIRST WEDNESDAY
1. San
Francisco Zoo, San Francisco—For residents of San Francisco only http://www.sfzoo.org
2.
Exploratorium, San Francisco http://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/hours_admission.html
3. Bay Area
Discovery Museum, Sausalito 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. http://www.badm.org
FREE ADMISSION – THIRD WEDNESDAY
1. California
Academy of Sciences & Steinhart Aquarium, San Francisco (first come,
first served) http://www.calacademy.org
FREE ADMISSION – FIRST THURSDAY
1. Burlingame
Pez Museum, Burlingame http://www.burlingamepezmuseum.com
2. Berkeley
Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
ALMOST FREE or REDUCED FEES
1. Tilden
Park Steam Train ($1.75) or Merry-Go-Round ($1) http://www.ebparks.org/parks/tilden
2. Los Gatos
Billy Jones Railroad Train or Carousel ($2) http://www.bjwrr.org
3. Mrs.
Grossman’s Sticker Factory and Museum Tour ($3) http://www.mrsgrossmans.com/7-1_location.cfm
4. Tech
Museum of Innovation in San Jose SJ— Open Access Policy http://www.thetech.org/about/open_access
5. Children's
Discovery Museum of San Jose— Open Door Policy http://www.cdm.org/info
6. Monterey
Bay Aquarium, Monterey County Public libraries has a "book" that residents
of Monterey County can check out for free admission for up to 6 people.
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org
7. A List of
Free Things to Do in San Jose http://www.sanjose.com/free-guide
8. 25
Sacramento Museums that are Free or Nominal Fee http://www.sacmuseums.org/findamuseum.html
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