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Space-related Visitor Opportunities: San Francisco Bay Area
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California Academy of Sciences/Morrison Planetarium
55 Concourse Drive
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 750-7145
info@calacademy.org
http://www.calacademy.org
Chabot Space & Science Center
10000 Skyline Boulevard
Oakland, CA 94619
510-336-7300
info@chabotspace.org
http://www.chabotspace.org
Exploratorium
Hands-on science exhibits and also features activities with the Hubble Space Telescope and an observatory.
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 397-5673
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Foothill Observatory
Operated by the Peninsula Astronomical Society, Foothill Observatory offers weekly public programs. These programs allow the public to directly view the wonders of the universe through the observatory's large astronomical telescopes.
Foothill College
12345 El Monte Road
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022-4599
(650) 949-7334
http://www.foothill.fhda.edu/ast/fhobs.htm
Lick Observatory
University of California Observatories/Lick Observatory conducts leading-edge research to answer the most profound questions in observational astronomy.
University of California
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
831/459-2513
webeditor@ucolick.org
http://www.ucolick.org/
Jimmy Doolittle Museum, Travis AFB Heritage Center
The museum is utilizing the former base commissary to display hardware, with plans to build a permanent glass and steel facility designed in the form of a stylized wind tunnel, as well as a soon-to-be-reassembled full-scale replica of the "bridge" of the U.S.S. Enterprise from the original Star Trek TV series (photo on right). The museum provides youth, students and scholars historical research facilities and inspirational exhibits.
Building 80
Burgan Blvd.
Travis AFB, CA 94535
707/424-5605
http://www.jimmydoolittlemuseum.org/
Minolta Planetarium
The Minolta Planetarium is located at DeAnza College in the heart of Silicon Valley. It provides a preeminent center for elementary, college-level, and public education in space science and technology, astronomy, the earth sciences and related disciplines.
De Anza College
21250 Stevens Creek Boulevard
Cupertino, CA 95014
(408) 864-8814
vonahnen@fhda.edu
http://planetarium.deanza.fhda.edu/pltwww/ghome.html
NASA Ames Exploration Center
The NASA Ames Exploration Center, where visitors can experience NASA technology and missions firsthand, recently added a number of fresh and exciting exhibits open to the public at no charge. The NASA Exploration Center has welcomed more than 150,000 visitors since it opened at the beginning of 2004 and has inspired tens of thousands of schoolchildren to become the next generation of space explorers. The facility is open to the public at no charge.
Main Gate
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA
(650) 604-6497
(650) 604-6274
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/home/home-explorationcenter.html
NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Ames Research Center is located at Moffett Field, California in the heart of "Silicon Valley". Ames was founded December 20, 1939 as an aircraft research laboratory by the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) and in 1958 became part of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Ames specializes in research geared toward creating new knowledge and new technologies that span the spectrum of NASA interests.
DXE:223-8/Visitor Center
Moffett Field, CA 94035
(650) 604-6274
brobinson@mail.nasa.gov
Visiting Ames
Visitors' Center
NASA Ames Traveling Exhibit
This program provides displays for conventions, commemorative aerospace events and other special occasions. This is a limited program which includes displays, models and Moon rocks.
Mail Stop 943-4
Attn. Exhibits Coordinator
Moffett Field, CA 94035
650-604-6571
exhibits@mail.arc.nasa.gov
Note: These exhibit items are not viewable at Ames, but rather are made available to other institutions and organizations for their use in displays.
Paramount's Great America
Amusement park and largest IMAX theatre in North America. The park organizes Math & Science (and Physics) Days each year in the summer for students.
4699 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95052
(408) 988-1776
http://www.pgathrills.com/
Sally Ride Science Camps
Astronaut Sally Ride and Galileo Educational Services have teamed up to create a camp at world-renowned Stanford University that offers middle school girls an opportunity to explore science and have fun in a safe environment.
Sally Ride Science Camp
c/o Galileo Educational Services
5332 College Ave., Suite 203
Oakland, CA 94618
1-888-472-4386
info@GalileoEd.com
http://www.sallyridecamps.com/
Sony IMAX San Francisco at Metreon
Largest IMAX theatre in North America.
159 4th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 369-6202
http://www.metreon.com
The Tech Museum of Innovation
Aiming to inspire the innovator in everyone, The Tech puts nearly 250 high-technology exhibits, divided into four theme galleries (one is "Exploration", including space), into a fun experience that includes large-format movies in the Hackworth IMAX® Dome Theater, all in a brightly mango-colored box.
201 South Market St
San Jose, CA 95113
(408) 294-8334
http://www.thetech.org
See also Camp Galileo
William Knox Holt Planetarium
The William K. Holt Planetarium has developed an international reputation as a leader in design of effective activity-oriented planetarium programs.
Lawrence Hall of Science
University of California, Berkeley
Lawrence Hall of Science #5200
Berkeley, CA 94720-5200
510-642-5132
lhsweb@uclink.berkeley.edu
Lawrence Hall of Science
http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/planetarium/
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