ARTS COUNCIL OF SAN MATEO COUNTY – The Council advocates for the arts and artists at the state and county level.The gallery displays mixed-media art work and exhibits which change on a monthly basis.
1219 Ralston Avenue, Belmont, CA 94002.
Phone: (650) 593-1816.
www.smcoarts.org

BURLINGAME MUSEUM OF PEZ MEMORABILIA - An icon of American pop culture, over 550 unique Pez dispensers have been produced since 1950, and the Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia is the only place in the world to see them all.
Open Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 6pm.
214 California Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010.
For information call (650) 347-2301.
www.burlingamepezmuseum.com

CITY ARTS OF SAN MATEO – An organization which promotes, supports and develops visual,literary and performing arts in San Mateo.The organization publishes a guide and location map to sculpture, murals and other art in public places in the city of San Mateo.
330 West 20th Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94403.
Phone: (650) 522-7522
www.cityarts-sm.org

COASTSIDE TOWNS - Half Moon Bay, San Gregorio, Pescadero, Montara, Moss Beach, El Granada, Princeton, Miramar, La Honda offer a rich history of Native American and European settlers, agricultural development and bootlegging. Historical sites include Johnston's House, Cunha's Country Store, Greek Revival Building, San Gregorio Store, Half Moon Bay Jail, Pescadero Community Church, Zaballa House, Moss Beach Distillery and more. Half Moon Bay offers a historic walking tour highlighting some of the oldest buildings.
For information, call the Half Moon Bay Coastside Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau at (650) 726-5202

COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM - The world's largest and most significant history museum for preserving and presenting the computing revolution and its impact on the human experience. Come and discover how computing became the amplifier for our minds and changed the way we work, live and play.
1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, CA 94043.
For information call (650) 810-1010.
www.computerhistory.com

COYOTE POINT MUSEUM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION - Environmental exhibits in addition to aquariums, computers, games, films and a wildlife habitat which features native Bay Area live animals and plants.
1651 Coyote Point Drive, San Mateo, CA 94401-1097.
Phone:(650) 342-7755.
www.coyoteptmuseum.com

FILOLI ESTATE - Location used for many films and the TV series "Dynasty" is a rare, historically important example of an early 1900's country estate (beautifully preserved
Georgian Revival house and magnificent gardens).
86 Canada Road, Woodside, CA 94062.
For information and schedules, call (650) 364-8300, ext. 507 or 508.
www.filoli.org

HILLER AVIATION MUSEUM – Facility showcases the past, present and future of aviation with a wide array of aircraft, interactive hands-on displays, and multimedia presentations spanning the development of aviation since the early 1800's.
601 Skyway Road, San Carlos, CA94070.
Phone: (650) 654-0200.
www.hiller.org

KOHL MANSION - Built for music and parties, this beautiful Tudor mansion was completed in 1914.The movie Flubber was filmed here. 2750 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, CA94010.Tours by appointment. (650) 762-1136

MUSEUM OF SAN CARLOS HISTORY - In a rebuilt firehouse, the Museum contains artifacts from the Indian and Spanish eras, the 1888 Train Depot and early San Carlos life. It also houses Engine One, a restored 1927 Seagrave Fire Engine, a rare collection of Sorcha Boru pottery, and memorabilia from San Carlos High School.
533 Laurel Street, San Carlos, CA 94070.
For details, call (650) 802-4354
www.sancarloshistorymuseum.org

OLD MOLLOY'S TAVERN -A one-time hotel and a 1920's speakeasy, the famous watering hole contains historical pictures and memorabilia throughout.
1655 Old Mission Road, Colma, CA.Phone (650) 755-9545

PENINSULA MUSEUM OF ART -Located in a wonderful environment for art, in a lovely park in the middle of the Peninsula. The Twin Pines Art Center site includes one formal gallery, a reference library, and museum store.
10 Twin Pines Lane, Belmont, CA
Phone (650) 654-4068
www.peninsulamuseum.org

PIGEON POINT LIGHTHOUSE - One of the tallest lighthouses in the U.S. built in 1872 following a string of shipwrecks . Now serves as a youth hostel.
Highway 1 and Pigeon Point Road, Pescadero, CA 94060.
For tours, call (650) 879-0633

POINT MONTARA LIGHTHOUSE - Picturesque 1875 light station served as a naval training base during WW II and became a hostel in 1980.
16th Street and Highway 1, Montara, CA 94037.
For tours, call (650) 728-7177

RALSTON HALL - Victorian mansion completed in 1868 and furnished with priceless antiques is now the location of the Notre Dame de Namur University.
Tours by appointment. (650) 593-1601 x 201

SAN MATEO COUNTY HISTORY MUSEUM - Museum features exhibits depicting the history of the Peninsula through the times of the Ohlone Indians, the Spanish explorers, the ranchos, pioneer logging, agriculture, dairy farms, whaling, and the Victorian era of great estates.Largest stained glass dome in a public building on entire west coast.
2200 Broadway Street, Redwood City, CA 94063.
Phone: (650) 299-0104.
www.historysmc.org

SANCHEZ ADOBE - Restored 1848 rancho-era adobe furnished with period pieces traces the various periods of California's past.
1000 Linda Mar Blvd., Pacifica, CA 94044.
For tour schedule, call (650) 359-1462.
www.historysmc.org

WOODSIDE STORE - Dr. Robert Tripp's store is a relic of the early timber operations in California.An early center of the logging community, the store also served as a post office and San Mateo County's first library.
3300 Tripp Road at Kings Mountain Road, Woodside, CA 94062.
For hours, call (650) 851-7615.
www.historysmc.org

AMERICAN ANTIQUE SLOT MACHINE MUSEUM - The largest of its kind in the world, the museum displays antique gumball machines, fortune-telling machines, large music boxes, and slot machines dating from 1857.
383 West San Bruno Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066.
Phone:(650) 583-3978

BELMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM - Highlights the history of Belmont.
1219 Ralston Avenue, Lodge Building, Twin Pines Park, Belmont, CA 94002. Phone (650) 593-4213

BURLINGAME RAILROAD STATION - First permanent building in the mission revival style in San Mateo County.
California Drive and Burlingame Avenue, Burlingame, CA 94010.
Contact the Burlingame Chamber of Commerce at (650) 344-1735

COLMA CEMETERIES - Early tycoons and financiers of San Mateo County including Crocker, Flood, Spreckles, Hooper, Clarke and Hearst lie at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.The Hills of Eternity Cemetery boasts of the grave site of famed lawman Wyatt Earp.
Call Colma Chamber of Commerce (650) 991-5101 or the Colma Historical Association (650) 757-1676

COLMA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION - 1198 El Camino Real, Colma, CA 94014. Phone (650) 757-1676

DALY CITY/COLMA HISTORY GUILD MINI-MUSEUM - Serramonte Public Library, 40 Wembley Drive, Daly City, CA 94015. Phone (650) 991-8023

ELIZABETH GAMBLE'S GARDEN CENTER - The Colonial/Georgian Revival style house, was built in 1902 by the grandson of the co-founder of the Procter & Gamble Company. The gardens, divided into two parts - the formal gardens and the working gardens, are open every day during daylight hours, free of charge.Docent-guided tours of the house and gardens by reservation.
1431 Waverley Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301.
Please call for more information: 650-329-1356

JOHNSTON HOUSE - California's last surviving "saltbox" house built in 1853 entirely of wooden pegs is now an interpretive museum with a community garden.
800 Higgins Canyon, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019.
To arrange tours, call (650) 726-7084

LATHROP HOUSE - Built in 1863, the mansion is now a historic post-Civil War house museum.
627 Hamilton St.Redwood City, CA 94063.
Information at (650) 365-5564

PULGAS WATER TEMPLE - Built in 1938, the temple commemorates the completion of the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct which brings water to Crystal Springs Reservoir from the Sierras 150 miles away.This is one of only three such temples in the U.S., modeled after those erected near canals and waterways by the ancient Greeks.
Just off Canada Road by the Crystal Springs Reservoir.

SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MUSEUMS host a series of rotating displays throughout all terminals.The LouisA. Turpen Aviation Museum, located in the new international terminal,is an adaptation of the original 1937 passenger waiting room at Mills Field.A collection of historical items chronicles commercial aviation in the Bay Area.It also contains the 5,000-volume San Francisco Airport Commission Aviation Library. San Francisco International Airport.
Phone: (650)821-6700

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM - Memorabilia and photographs outlining the history of South San Francisco.
601 Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, CA 94080.
Phone (650) 829-3825

STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR - Tours of the two-mile-long linear electron accelerator, which explores the small particles of atoms, include a lecture/slide presentation and a bus ride around the facility.
2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
Call ahead for tour reservations - 650-926-3300 ext. 2204