Bay Area Museums

Enjoy the finest museums in the Bay Area in the comfort and safety of an El Paseo Limousine.  Our professional chauffeurs will ensure a great outing for you and  your entire group.

Napa Valley Museum - Yountville

Featuring the people, environment, wine and agricultural industries of Napa.

Magnes Museum - San Francisco

Cultural partnership uniting The Judah L. Magnes Museum and The Jewish Museum San Francisco.

Wings of History - San Martin

Dedicated to the preservation and restoration of antique aircraft and other aviation artifacts.

Beat Museum, The - San Francisco

The Beat Museum, located in the North Beach area of San Francisco, features collections from writers including Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Ferlinghetti.

San Francisco Fire Department Museum - San Francisco

Includes department history, exhibit information, and more.

I. Wolk Gallery - Saint Helena

Featuring contemporary paintings, work on paper, and sculpture.

Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum - San Francisco

Explore a world of improbabilities located at Fisherman's Wharf.

Bolinas Museum - Bolinas

Featuring painting, photography, sculpture, and more.

Bay Area Discovery Museum - San Francisco

Children's Discovery Museum (CDM) - San Jose

Serves the needs of children, families, and schools as a center for learning and discovery.

Copia - Napa

Cultural museum and education center dedicated to exploring the American contribution to wine and food.

National Maritime Museum Association - San Francisco

Operates the USS Pampanito, a WWII submarine and assists with the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.

Charles M. Schulz Museum - Santa Rosa

Features exhibits, biography, timeline, news, and event calendar.

Mendocino County Museum - Willits

Wax Museum - San Francisco

Site includes admission prices, directions, and a list of the wax figures in the museum.

Petaluma Historical Museum/Library - Petaluma

Dedicated to the history of Petaluma and its environs.

Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia - Burlingame

Featuring an online exhibit of hundreds of dispensers from the '50s to the present. Also a source for European and hard-to-find dispensers and accessories.

Hall of Health - Berkeley

Community health-education museum and science center, dedicated to promoting wellness and personal responsibility for health.

Vacaville Museum - Vacaville

Center for Solano County history. Features hours, exhibit info, guild, and membership information.

Hiller Aviation Museum - San Carlos

Collection dedicated to man's concept of flight. The museum highlights the many historic advancements native to Northern California, and shows how technologies resident here today will shape the future of air transportation.

Oakland Museum of California@ - Oakland

Strybing Arboretum & Botanical Gardens - San Francisco

Celebrating the bond between people and plants, the San Francisco Botanical Garden is located within Golden Gate Park.

Lindsay Wildlife Museum - Walnut Creek

Wildlife rehabilitation and educational center that focuses on native California wildlife and natural history. Offers a charitable vehicle donation program.

Lawrence Hall of Science@ - Berkeley

Blackhawk Automotive Museum - Danville

Resources, projects and exhibits related to the automobile and automotive art through time. Features highlights from the museum collections.

Rosicrucian Park and Egyptian Museum@ - San Jose

U.S.S. Potomac - Oakland

Built in 1934 as the Coast Guard cutter Electra, she was recommissioned in 1936 as President Franklin Roosevelt's "floating White House" and later purchased by Elvis Presley. Includes tour information and photos.

Musée Mécanique@ - San Francisco 

Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum - Fremont

Dedicated to the acquisition and historic preservation of artifacts and local history of film making in Niles, California. Find information about the current silent film theater schedule and upcoming events.

Luther Burbank Home and Gardens@ - Santa Rosa

Gold Rush Trail/ Gold Rush Trail Foundation - San Francisco

San Francisco's outdoor history museum is a walking tour of gold rush era historical monuments, areas and points of interest.

Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site@ - Danville

Hawkes Winery and Teapot Museum - Healdsburg

Find information about the vineyards, wines, and galleries at the Hawkes Winery. Features a tasting room and a teapot museum.

Mills College Art Museum - Oakland

Exhibits focus on the creative work of women artists from around the globe with an emphasis on modern artwork.

Point Arena Lighthouse and Museum - Point Arena

Online home of the Point Arena Lighthouse and Museum in Mendocino, California. Find information about lighthouse tours and lodging, whale watching off the point, and museum exhibits and events.

Essig Museum of Entomology

A 4.5 million specimen entomological research collection with specimens primarily from western North America and the northern neotropics.