Thursday 2 February 2012

List of Museum to Visit in San Francisco Holidays


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San Francisco is great place to plan vacations with family and friends. It is considered as the cultural, financial and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area. This city is more than a destination as it offers variety of landscapes and sightseeing to enjoy in San Francisco holidays. Tourists who are interested in the history and culture of this place can explore the best museums of the city. Some of the well-known museums of the city are explained below.

Fortune Cookie Museum: Taste the Original Cookies of California

Fortune Cookie Museum is an interesting factory of cookies. It is located in the Ross Alley, San Francisco, California. This is quite interesting place for the fortune cookie lovers. The Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory is the residence to city’s Fortune Cookie Museum. In this factory you can see cookie making process in California. While planning holidays to San Francisco visit this factory to see astonishing varieties of cookies. At this place fortune cookie was actually invented a long time back. The factory handles to manufacture a confounding 20,000 fortune cookies every day and sells bags of cookies which are very logically priced. This museum is open daily and admission here is free.

Pardee Home Museum: Popular Historic Landmark

Pardee Home Museum is extensively thought to be one of the most extraordinary historical landmarks in this part of the USA. It was constructed in 1868 and it is located in Oakland, California. The Pardee Home Musuem was owned by a rich family of California who had a significant role in state and local politics. This is close to the city and is a part of the Preservation Park Historic District. It attributes a gorgeous estate, with many momentous features. Especially prominent are the tobacco pipes initiated from the Philippines, the traditional furniture and the original carriage house. If you are enjoying holidays in San Francisco book your guided tours to this estate. This is only open on Wednesday and second Saturday & Sunday of the month. Private group tours can be also organized between Tuesday and Sunday admission here is chargeable and children below the age of 12 years are free.

California Academy of Sciences: Great Place for Science Lovers
California Academy of Sciences was constructed in the middle of the 19th century but relocated to its new position in 2008.  It is situated within the Golden Gate Park and it open everyday.  In your San Francisco tours visit this place which has been praised for its sustainable and environmentally friendly architecture. Attractions here really bountiful and come in the form of the Morison Planetarium, Kimball Natural History Museum and African Hall and more.

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