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Day Trips South of the City
South of San Francisco Bay, Santa Clara County became
famous in the late 1960s for its Silicon Valley. It is well worth
exploring on day trips. San José has a variety of fascinating
museums, while Filoli estate offers a mansion and garden tour.
Stanford University and Pescadero are interesting for their
fine architecture and history.
The Winchester Mystery House
Sights at a Glance
Oakland
Berkeley
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20
80
Museums
1
The Winchester Mystery House
2
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
and Planetarium
3
Tech Museum of Innovation
4
Children's Discovery Museum
5
History Museum of San José
8
Stanford University
Alameda
10
580
35
Oakland
Stockton
Daly
City
San
Leandro
580
82
South
San Francisco
Hayward
SAN
FRANCISCO
BAY
San
Francisco
680
238
Pacifica
92
84
280
Fremont
San
Mateo
Historic Places
6
Filoli
1
101
Newark
7
Pescadero
680
84
880
Half
Moon Bay
Redwood
City
Key
Palo
Alto
35
Central San Francisco
San
Jose
82
101
Urban area
280
1
PACIFIC
OCEAN
Santa
Clara
San Jose
Freeway
280
84
Major road
35
Minor road
82
87
85
Railroad line
Monterey
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The Winchester
Mystery House
525 S Winchester Blvd, between
Stevens Creek Blvd and I-280, San José.
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(408) 247-2101.
£
Santa Clara,
then Santa Clara Transportation
Agency bus 32 or 34 to Franklin St
and Monroe St; then bus 60.
Open
8am-7pm daily.
Closed
Dec 25.
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boats and models, human and
animal mummies, Coptic
textiles, pottery, jewelry, and a
full-size tomb are on display.
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The Tech
Museum of
Innovation
201 South Market St (at Park Ave), San
José.
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(408) 294-TECH.
£
San José,
then Light Rail to Convention Center.
Open
10am-5pm daily.
Closed
Dec
25.
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thetech.org
Forecourt of the Rosicrucian
Egyptian Museum
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Rosicrucian
Egyptian Museum
and Planetarium
Naglee and Park Aves, San José.
Te l
(408) 947-3635.
£
Santa Clara,
then Santa Clara Transportation
Agency bus 32 or 34 to Franklin St,
then bus 81.
Open
9am-5pm Wed-
Fri, 10am-6pm Sat & Sun.
Closed
public holidays.
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egyptian museum.org
Inspired by the Temple of Amon
at Karnak, Egypt, this museum
houses ancient Egyptian,
Babylonian, Assyrian, and
Sumerian artifacts. Funerary
When the heiress of the
Winchester Rifle fortune, Sarah
Winchester, started to build her
house in 1884, a medium told
her she would die if she
stopped. She kept carpenters
working there for 38 years, until
she died at age 82. The result is
a bizarre complex of 160 rooms
filled with unusual treasures, set
in beautiful gardens. Its features
include stairways that lead
nowhere and windows set into
the floor. The house has a
Firearms Museum with a
collection of Winchester rifles.
The Tech is a colorful techno-
logical museum divided into
several themed galleries,
including life sciences, energy,
and communication. Many of
the exhibits have a “hands-on”
element, such as making your
own film, or discovering the
latest tricks in animation. There
is also an Imax® Dome Theater,
which is open for screenings on
Friday and Saturday nights.
