Most of the folks may have visited the famous Smithsonian museums in Washington or if not visited then i am assuming it would be on their To Visit list :). But have any of you visited the museums in and around San Jose. I’ve only been to Children’s discovery museum in San Jose and it is definitely lot of fun for the kids. It seems that there are lot of museums for adults as well as kids in bay area. I am listing some of the museums that i found in and around San Jose. It will be helpful to get information about the various museums in the bay area, these museums could become one of the places to take visitors.
Lot of folks with kids who visit from India have liked the childrens discovery museum.
Children’s discovery museum
When someone starts searching for attractions in the Bay Area, you can be sure that they are hosting visitors. 🙂
I have heard Exploratorium (museum of Science, Arts and Human Perception) in San Francisco is very good. But it is for older kids (may be 6+ or so)
Here is the web site:
http://www.exploratorium.edu
I have heard Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum is good. When my mom was here, my uncle in Houston was highly recommending it but we couldn’t make it.
Exploratarium is good. We visited there 3-4 years back. Older kids will have fun.
I think Dimple has visited Tech museum. I still need to visit it. I am dying to visit the Discovery Museum. I think I will have as much fun there as Kairavi. 🙂
Speaking of museums, the Getty Museum in Los Angeles is also good. Nice huge open structure and many ancient things (around 200-300 years) in that museum. It has a wonderful garden too.
I think the Bay Area Discovery Museum is the one where they have a mini-sized model of the San Francisco Bay. They actually generate tides, etc and you can see how water flows around in the SF Bay.
We just visited it for 5 mins (since we just got in before closing time). But if you visit Muir woods then on the way back you can stop at Sausalito and visit this museum. I think its free.
I have not been to Tech Museum but went to Intel museum. Its small but fun for IT people to explore old machines and technology.
Leena’s company hosted their annual party in the Exploratorium a couple of years ago. It’s a good location for Diwali party. 🙂