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are many museums to enjoy in the San Francisco Bay Area. A majority
of these museums have free days or cheap days. However, there are actually
some museums in the area that are always free. You should have a list
of them for a rainy day.
There are some free museums in the San Francisco Bay Area to visit as a
tourist group. Cantor Arts Center is a free art history museum located
at Stanford. The collections present approximately four thousand years
of history so there is a lot of cool informative art education here. There
are also beautiful gardens there including Rodin Sculpture Garden. This
museum is open Wednesday through Sunday with evening hours available on
Thursdays. It is always free for all tourists. Chinese Cultural Center
Gallery contains artworks and sculptures related to the Chinese culture.
There is also a gallery shop here with fascinating books, teapot sets and
other things that are enjoyable to browse through. The center also has
various programs, events, film screenings and other things to enjoy and
learn from. Notably, this gallery is located on the third floor of the
Hilton Hotel, which has a very pretty internal and external architecture
for you to enjoy during tourist visit. Hearst Museum of Anthropology was
established back in 1901. As described on the museum’s website:
It “houses the oldest and largest anthropological collection in the
Western U.S., preserving and interpreting a global record of material culture
as represented by more than 3.8 million catalogued objects.” This
museum is located on the Berkeley campus where there are many other things
to see so it’s great to plan a whole day for the visit here. The
museum is open Wednesdays through Sundays. It is free, although for two
dollars the tourists can enjoy a docent-led tour to learn more about the
items that they are seeing inside of the museum. Hyde Street Pier Visitor’s
Center and the Museum are attractions on the bay where tourists can see
historic ships that are docked. Tours on the ships cost money but it’s
free to see them from the pier. The visitor’s center is also a museum for the San Francisco Maritime National Park. It’s a great place
to learn about the maritime history of the Bay Area. The tourists should
visit the Marin History Museum if they are interested in Marin, the area
just north of San Francisco over the Golden Gate Bridge. However, they
don’t really know where to learn about this area. This free museum is a great starting point.
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