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Art / Music / Other Museums, San Francisco
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Art / Music / Other Museums: North Beach Museum - worth the search!
The North Beach museum is a cute little repository of old photos and whatnots from the colorful history of this vibrant neighborhood. It was really interesting to me to see the people who built the city and read their stories. Kids would enjoy a little schooldesk from earlier times. This museum is tiny and REALLY hard to find. It's at 1435 Stockton. Which is an unmarked address. But there is a bank there. Just charge into the bank and head UP the stairs, and that's where you'll find the museum!

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Art / Music / Other Museums: MOMA
The SF MOMA always has breath taking exhibits, and sometimes some weird ones. Take it in and get some lunch at the cafe.

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Art / Music / Other Museums: The Tech Museum of Innovation
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The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose is really a must-see if you're coming to the Bay Area (although I'm putting this tip as an Off the Beaten Path of San Francisco). This museum is great for your kids and yourself. You can experience and learn the newest technologies that have recently been developed, including cool games, robots, communication, etc. There is also an IMAX theater too. Tickets are $9 each (for exhibits, or IMAX individually) or $16 for combo (exhibits and IMAX). See the web site for more information.

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  • Website: http://www.thetech.org/

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    Art / Music / Other Museums: Cartoon Museum
    The cartoon room on Mission Street offers something a little different; something that SF is known for. Exhibits are constantly changing, so do not expect to see the same things every time you visit.

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  • Website: http://www.cartoonart.org/index.html

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    Art / Music / Other Museums: Take a Breather at the Hyatt
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    The lobby of the Hyatt Regency at Embarcadero Center, foot of Market Street, is amazing, unlike any other I've ever seen. The upper floors lean inwards; their walkways are open to the lobby and are lined by gigantic planter boxes. Hang out on the comfortable leather sofas in the lobby and watch the glass elevators, which look like hot air balloons, ascend and descend. If you're well-dressed and quiet and don't stay very long, no one will bother you.

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    Art / Music / Other Museums: Defenestration
    You might not go out of your way to see this building, but if you pass by while visiting the city you'll recgonize it. It's known as Defenestration, which is defined as throwing a person or thing out a window. It was the brain-child of artist Brian Groggin. Furniture runs around the sides of the building and hangs precariously out of windows. Location: South of Market at Sixth and Howard st.

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    Art / Music / Other Museums: Art Galleries
    You will find plenty of commercial galleries around Union Square, especially along Geary and Sutter. But for more interesting (for me), contemporary stuff, in downtown I would head to the easternmost block of Geary (between Grant and Kearney). Galleries here occupy upper floors of the buildings. The largest collection of them are in 49 Geary, on the south side of the street, Another important colony is in 77 Geary; Don't overlook Paule Anglim across the street (14 Geary, second floor), either. Two blocks north on Grant is John Berggruen (228 Grant), an important gallery featuring the best of bay area artists like Diebenkorn and Lobdell. Worthwhile galleries can also be found around SFMOMA, especially the magnificent Crown Point Press (20 Hawthorne). Pick up a copy of San Francisco Bay Area Gallery Guide, available from the hotel concierge or at any of the galleries, and start exploring!

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    Art / Music / Other Museums: Audium
    where else can you sit in pitch darkness and "watch" music take the form of sound sculptures? This is a 49 seat sound space surrounded by speakers in the walls, ceilings, and floor. You sit in the dark with your eyes closed and listen as various types of music and sound are manipulated and layered through space, direction, and volume to create a unique sensory experience. Warning- not for everyone--I saw people sleeping all the way through it, they were so relaxed. For others, I saw them walk out with a WTF look- they thought they should have been in Berkeley instead. Audium is every Friday and Saturday at 8:30pm

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