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4 Children's
Discovery Museum
180 Woz Way, San José. Tel (408)
298-5437. £ Arena, or to Tamien,
then Light Rail to Technology.
Open 10am-5pm Tue-Sat, noon-
5pm Sun (Jun-Aug: also open Mon).
& 7 cdm.org
A short walk leads from San
José Convention Center to
this museum, where children
can play in a real red fire engine
or in an ambulance with
flashing lights. The more
adventurous can crawl through
a multi-level maze to
experience 3-D space or step
into dedicated environments to
explore the phenomenon of
rhythm. At the Waterways
exhibit, children can discover
the special properties of water
by creating unique fountains
from magnetic half-pipes.
A popular exhibit in the Children's Discovery Museum
7 Pescadero
Daly City, then SamTrans routes 17,
IC or IL to Half Moon Bay, then 96C
(weekdays only).
a town square. They include a
fire station, an ice-cream parlor
with working soda fountain, gas
station, and a historic trolley
that travels around the grounds.
This quaint village with its many
two-story wooden buildings
has antique stores, gift shops,
and one of the southern
peninsula's best restaurants,
Duarte's Tavern. Families will
enjoy Phipps Ranch, a farm with
a barnyard and “pick your own”
fruit. Pigeon Point Lighthouse
lies 8 miles (12 km) to the south.
6 Filoli
Canada Rd, nr Edgewood Rd,
Woodside. Tel (650) 364-8300.
8 Feb-Nov by appointment.
Open 10am-3:30pm Tue-Sat, 11am-
3:30pm Sun (last admission 2:30pm).
Closed federal hols. filoli.org
5 History Museum
of San José
1650 Senter Rd, San José. Tel (408)
287-2290. £ Cahill, then bus 64 to
1st and Santa Clara St, then bus 73
from 2nd St. Open 9am-5pm Tue-Fri,
11am-5pm Sat & Sun. Closed major
public holidays. &
historysanjose.org
The lavish 43-room Filoli
mansion was built in 1915 for
William Bourne II, owner of the
Empire Gold Mine. Gold from the
mine was used in its decoration.
The elegant house is surrounded
by a large garden and an estate
where guided nature walks can
be arranged. “Filoli” is an
acronym for “Fight, love, live,”
which refers to Bourne's love
for the Irish and their struggle.
8 Stanford
University
Palo Alto. Tel (650) 723-2560.
£ Palo Alto, then Santa Clara Transit
bus 35. 8 phone for details.
stanford.edu
One of the country's most
prestigious private universities,
with 15,000 students, Stanford
was built by railroad
mogul Leland Stanford
(see p104) in memory of
his son, and opened in
1891. The heart of the
campus is the Main Quad,
in Romanesque style with
some Mission architecture
characteristics. Main
landmarks are the Hoover
Tower, the Memorial
Church, and the Stanford
University Museum of Art,
where you can see the
Golden Spike that
completed the trans-
continental railroad in
1869. The Museum of Art
owns a collection of
Rodins, including the Gates
of Hell and Adam and Eve.
This charming museum in
Kelley Park re-creates San José
as it was in the early 20th
century. More than 21 original
houses and businesses have
been restored and set around
Memorial Church at Stanford University, Palo Alto
 
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