California Attractions:
U.S.S. Midway Museum
Essentially a floating city, the U.S.S. Midway Museum is housed inside the namesake ship, formerly one of the U.S. Navy’s flagships from 1945 to 1991. ...
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Exploratorium
Ever wanted to investigate the living world beyond the pages of your science books? Ever wanted to see the world without color or have a bigger sense of ...
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Getty Center Museum
In its billion-dollar in-the-clouds perch high above the city, the Getty Center presents triple delights: a stellar art collection (Renaissance to David ...
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has always strived to be an eclectic, unconventional museum, since it opened in 1935, and a visit here will ...
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Balboa Park
With its world-class museums, manicured gardens, and world-famous San Diego Zoo, Balboa Park tops the list of sights in downtown San Diego. Its 1,200 acres ...
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Bowers Museum
A museum that enriches an understanding of different cultures, the Bowers Museum is a must-visit for its imaginative exhibitions, lectures, art classes, ...
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California Academy of Sciences
Inside bucolic Golden Gate Park, the California Academy of Sciences holds a fascinating collection of 38,000 natural wonders and the occasional freak of ...
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Legion of Honor
At once both a place of peace and relaxation and a museum housing collections spanning more than 6,000 years of ancient and European Art, the California Palace ...
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San Diego Harbor
Maritime enthusiasts should spend some time visiting San Diego Harbor. The many attractions here include the Maritime Museum, U.S.S. Midway Museum, the ...
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Embarcadero
Lying along the east side of San Diego Bay, the Embarcadero will appeal to fans of the historic maritime vessels and all things associated with the sea. The ...
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Madame Tussauds Hollywood
Unlike her lifelike figures, Madame Tussaud was a real human being, a wax sculptor in 1770s Paris who became an art tutor at the Palace of Versailles. During ...
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Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum
Ripley's Believe It or Not! museums (or "Odditoriums") are interactive extensions of a long-running franchise created by the late American cartoonist ...
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Palace of Fine Arts
Like a fossilized party favor, this romantic, Greco-Roman ruin is the memento San Francisco decided to keep from the 1915 Panama-Pacific International ...
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Autry National Center
The most popular outpost of this unique educational center, the Museum of the American West, was created in 1988 by Western movie star and country recording ...
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Children’s Creativity Museum
Nurturing children’s creative passions for a chance at a successful and innovative 21st Century, the Children’s Creativity Museum (formerly ZEUM) offers an ...
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