| The Children's Discovery Museum is
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| | Downtown San Jose, California, USA,
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| located in San Jose, California. The
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| | founded in 1969 as the "Civic Art
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| museum opened in June 1990 and is located
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| | Gallery".
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| on Woz Way. "Woz" is a nickname for Steve
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| | The oldest part of the Museum was
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| Wozniak who is one of the co-founders of
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| | originally built as the San Jose post
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| Apple Computer. The museum is housed in a
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| | office in 1892, and then served as the
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| distinctive 52,000 square foot purple
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| | city's library from 1937 to 1969. In 1972
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| building, designed by architect Ricardo
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| | the building was named a California
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| Legorreta. The museum is geared toward
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| | Historical Landmark (#854), and in 1973
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| children who can interact directly with
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| | it was added to the National Register of
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| various hands-on exhibits.
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| | Historic Places. The "New Wing",
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| History Park at Kelley Park (or just
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| | comprising the majority of the current
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| History Park) in San Jose, California,
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| | exhibition space, opened in 1991.
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| USA is designed as an indoor/outdoor
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| | The permanent collection focuses on 20th-
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| museum, arranged to appear as a small US
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| | and 21st-century art, with a focus on US
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| town might have in the early 1900s. Since
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| | West Coast artists and a growing emphasis
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| its inauguration in 1971, 29 historic
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| | on art of the Pacific Rim. The collection
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| buildings and other landmarks have either
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| | includes more than 2,000 works in a
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| been moved from their original San Jose
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| | variety of media, including sculpture,
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| locations or are represented by replicas.
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| | paintings, prints, digital media,
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| Period exhibits include a doctor's
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| | photographs, and drawings by artists such
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| office, a dentist's office (complete with
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| | as Robert Arneson, Milton Avery, Gregory
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| an old foot-pedal-powered drill), fruit
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| | Barsamian, Joan Brown, Deborah
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| barn, blacksmith shed, a livery stable
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| | Butterfield, Jim Campbell, Enrique
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| (US terminology for a business that
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| | Chagoya, Dale Chihuly, Ron Davis, Jay
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| rented out horse-drawn carriages), a
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| | DeFeo, Roy DeForest, Tony Delap, Richard
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| working print shop, a gas station, the
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| | Diebenkorn, Jim Dine, Rupert Garcia,
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| Pacific Hotel, the Empire Fire House, the
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| | Philip Guston, Oliver Jackson, Hung Liu,
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| Bank of Italy (precursor to the Bank of
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| | Michael McMillen, Manuel Neri, Long
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| America), a one-room schoolhouse, and a
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| | Nguyen, Manuel Ocampo, Nathan Oliveira,
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| number of houses of early Santa Clara
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| | Deborah Oropallo, Alan Rath, Raymond
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| Valley settlers. The fruit barn not only
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| | Saunders, Richard Shaw, Wayne Thiebaud,
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| has many farm implements and devices from
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| | Bill Viola, and William Wiley.
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| the period, but also displays hundreds of
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| | he Tech Museum of Innovation, or simply
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| photographs documenting the area's
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| | The Tech, is a museum located in the
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| development.
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| | heart of Silicon Valley, in downtown San
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| Other attractions include a 115-foot
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| | Jose, California USA. Focusing on
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| scale replica of the San Jose Electric
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| | technology and its effects, The Tech
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| Light Tower that used to tower 237 feet
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| | serves as an important educational and
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| over downtown San Jose, the Portuguese
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| | cultural resource for tourists and local
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| Historical Museum, the Ng Shing Gung
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| | residents alike.
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| Temple, and a post office.
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| | Planning began in 1978, and the first
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| The "Trolley Barn" houses restored
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| | 20,000 square foot (2,000 m²) temporary
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| antique trolleys, both horse-drawn and
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| | exhibit finally opened in 1990. In
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| electric, and automobiles, both gasoline
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| | October of 1998, it opened a brand new
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| and battery powered, along with other
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| | 132,000 square feet (12,000 m²)
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| antique trolleys and cars awaiting
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| | facility, and has had 2,800,000 visitors.
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| restoration.
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| | The museum is composed of three floors,
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| On March 13, 2005 another newly renovated
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| | each with its own significance. The
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| building was opened to the public,
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| | ground floor has the main entrance, a
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| housing the Leonard and David McKay
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| | gift shop and cafe, the Imax theater, and
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| Gallery, containing a collection of
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| | a recreational area that is reserved for
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| paintings of people, buildings, and
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| | special events. The second floor focuses
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| landscapes from in and around San Jose.
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| | on permanent exhibits that often become
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| Weekdays, tours are offered by paid
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| | modified, and the below- ground floor
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| staff, often for local students on class
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| | contains areas for temporary exhibits
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| field trips. On weekends, selected
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| | that are usually changed.
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| exhibit buildings are staffed on a
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| | The Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater (named
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| rotating schedule by volunteers, who also
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| | after Mike and Joan Hackworth) is one of
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| operate a vintage trolley over the length
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| | the popular features, and shows a wide
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| of the park, including under the Light
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| | variety of movies (such as Harry Potter,
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| Tower replica.
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| | The Polar Express, Roving Mars) and
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| The San Jose Museum of Art is a museum in
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| | educational films.
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