de Young Museum9:30am - 5:15pm, till 8:45pm on Friday
Dubbed fashion’s enfant terrible, Jean Paul Gaultier launched his first prêt-à-porter collection in 1976 and founded his own couture house in…
Legion of Honor9:30am - 5:15pm
Plato considered both art and athletics to be gifts from the gods, and the connection between art and sports in ancient Greece can be viewed…
San Jose Museum of Art11am-5pm
"Mexicanisimo Through Artists' Eyes" explores Mexico's deep well of visual culture, from its folk art to its popular culture, from its vernacular…
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Cartoon Art Museum11am – 5pm
The Cartoon Art Museum celebrates five decades of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes with Avengers Assemble!, an exhibition featuring some of the most…
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose12pm
Backyard Shenanigans will perform as apart of the Children's Discovery Museum's Music Fun Under the Sun in the outdoor Cadence Amphitheater. Backyard…
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Conservatory of Flowers10 AM - 4 PM
Step back in time … WAY back in time as the Conservatory of Flowers transports you to a real life land of the lost in its newest exhibition…
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SFMOMA10am - 5:45pm, Thu till 8:45pm
One of Japan's most prominent photographers, Naoya Hatakeyama is known for austere and beautiful large-scale pictures that capture the extraordinary…
San Jose Museum of Art11am - 5pm
To Hell and Back: Sandow Birk's Divine Comedy features a selection from the museum's permanent collection of Birk's series of lithographs.…
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Museum of Craft & Folk Art11am–6pm, x1
The Museum of Craft and Folk Art (MOCFA) in San Francisco on Yerba Buena Lane is proud to present a traveling exhibition co-organized by Japan…
Oakland Museum of California11am - 5pm
The social forces that swirled through the turbulent 1960s crested in 1968. It was a turning point for a generation coming of age and a nation…
The San Jose Museum of Art is proud to showcase the works of acclaimed artist, Frank Lobdell, in its newest exhibition, "Wonderland." Frank…
One of the most influential artists of our time, Cindy Sherman creates provocative artworks that explore wide-ranging issues of identity and…
Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm Wed-Sun; 11am-8pm Thurs
Beginning February 29th, Stanford University's Cantor Arts Center presents a new installation featuring work by John Chamberlain, Martin Puryear,…
Asian Art Museum10am - 5pm, Thu till 9pm
One of the most interesting things for the exhibitions team is discovering the way the objects from Phantoms of Asia have been packed. Since…
Man Ray |Lee Miller, Partners in Surrealism consists of approximately 115 photographs, paintings, drawings and manuscripts that explore the…
Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History11am and 12:30pmTwo shows
Free with admission: $4 adults, $2 seniors, Kids and Museum Members free Join us as we celebrate our final Families in Nature event of the…
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Playland-Not-At-The-Beach10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
August 4 - 5 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Weekend What would our heroes Greg and Rowley do during the dog days of summer? They'd escape evil older…
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History ParkSpirit of '45 Day, August 4th (11am-5pm)For more information, www.faceb…
This year’s weeklong series of events will launch with the Spirit of ’45 Day at History Park! Spirit of '45 Day, August 4th from 11 a.m.…
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Exploratorium12pm, 2pm, 4pm
In conjunction with the Exploratorium’s Return to Mars exhibition and web cast series, the museum’s Cinema Arts department presents a program…
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Exploratorium10am-5pm
In tandem with the scheduled landing of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Curiosity rover on Mars on August 5, 2012, the Exploratorium…