Culture




Museumsedit

  • Computer History Museum
  • Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose
  • CuriOdyssey,
  • De Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University
  • Hiller Aviation Museum
  • The HP Garage
  • Intel Museum
  • Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University
  • Japanese American Museum of San Jose
  • Los Altos History Museum
  • Moffett Field Historical Society Museum,
  • Museum of American Heritage
  • Palo Alto Art Center
  • Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo
  • Portuguese Historical Museum
  • Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
  • San Mateo County History Museum
  • San Jose Museum of Art
  • San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
  • Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum
  • The Tech Museum of Innovation
  • Viet Museum
  • Winchester Mystery House

Performing artsedit

  • Opera San José
  • Ballet San Jose
  • California Youth Symphony
  • Symphony Silicon Valley
  • San Jose Center for the Performing Arts
  • Broadway San Jose
  • San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • San Jose Youth Symphony
  • San Jose Improv
  • SjDANCEco
  • Broadway by the Bay, Redwood City
  • TheatreWorks Theatre Company, Palo Alto and Mountain View

Graphic Artsedit

  • Pace Gallery in Menlo Park opened on February 6, 2016.
  • The Allied Arts Guild was formed Menlo Park in 1928 and is a complex of artist studios, shops, restaurant, and gardens.

Eventsedit

  • Apple Worldwide Developers Conference
  • Facebook F8
  • BayCon, Santa Clara
  • Christmas in the Park, downtown San Jose
  • Cinequest Film Festival, multiple venues
  • FanimeCon, downtown San Jose
  • LiveStrong Challenge bike race, San Jose
  • Los Altos Art and Wine Festival, Los Altos
  • Mountain View Art and Wine Festival, Mountain View
  • Palo Alto Festival of the Arts, Palo Alto
  • San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, downtown San Jose
  • San Jose Jazz Festival, downtown San Jose
  • Silicon Valley Comic Con, downtown San Jose
  • Stanford Jazz Festival, Stanford University

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