The City by the Bay is known for its picturesquely painted houses, murderously steep hills, charmingly rickety streetcars and famously fickle weather—not to mention infrastructural icons such as the Golden Gate Bridge and Transamerica Tower downtown. However, there is much more to San Francisco than pretty locales and numerous hippies. The city is an epicenter of learning and science, boasting a treasure trove of sights and attractions for the nerdy at heart. In addition to world-class museums sure to delight any geek worth his or her salt, the city offers an eclectic mix of institutions that provide access to curiosities such as the world’s largest collection of antique arcade machines, a cartoon art museum and stunning modern architecture by some of the biggest names in the business. While you certainly won’t want to miss a ride on the city’s famous cable cars or a winding waddle down Lombard Street, the most crooked street in the world, there is much more to delight the geek’s senses inside the city and in the surrounding areas, if you just know where to look.
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California Academy of Sciences
Boasting a planetarium, a natural history museum and a four-story tropical rainforest encased in glass, the complex sports a new building by architect Renzo Piano, which qualified for platinum LEED status.
Cartoon Art Museum
From editorial cartoons to comic books, graphic novels to anime, Sunday funnies to Saturday morning cartoons, the museum’s key function is to preserve, document and exhibit works from this art form.
Musee Mecanique
Housed here is one of the world’s largest privately owned collections of mechanically operated musical instruments and antique arcade machines.
Computer History Museum
The mission of the museum, located just north of the city in Mountain View, is to preserve and present for posterity the artifacts and stories of the information age.
Cable Car Museum
Learn about the inventor, technologies, builders, rapid expansion, near loss and ongoing efforts to save and rebuild the cable cars of San Francisco.
Marin Civic Center
Fans of the movie “Gattaca” will recognize this Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece, which is open to the public and spectacular to experience, inside and out.
Sutro Tower
The three-pronged Sutro Tower is a 977-foot-tall, self-supporting steel structure rising from a hill between Twin Peaks and Mount Sutro like something out of “Star Wars.” Photo Credit: Justin Beck
Hiller Aviation Museum
A collection of aviation history spanning the past century, the museum includes 50 aircraft exhibits, including the first fully collapsible helicopter.
Camera Obscura
This massive camera, based on a 15th-century design by Leonardo da Vinci, projects an image onto a horizontal viewing table via a reflected image from a viewpoint at the top of the building. Photo credit: Sanfranman59
The Tech Museum of Innovation
Four major theme galleries fill the upper level and lower level of the museum: Communication, Exploration, Innovation and Life Tech. It also boasts an IMAX theater and an earthquake simulator. Photo Credit: Elizabeth B. Thomsen
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The City by the Bay is known for its picturesquely painted houses, murderously steep hills, charmingly rickety streetcars and famously fickle weather—not to mention infrastructural icons such as the Golden Gate Bridge and Transamerica Tower downtown. However, there is much more to San Francisco than pretty locales and numerous hippies. The city is an epicenter of learning and science, boasting a treasure trove of sights and attractions for the nerdy at heart. In addition to world-class museums sure to delight any geek worth his or her salt, the city offers an eclectic mix of institutions that provide access to curiosities such as the world’s largest collection of antique arcade machines, a cartoon art museum and stunning modern architecture by some of the biggest names in the business. While you certainly won’t want to miss a ride on the city’s famous cable cars or a winding waddle down Lombard Street, the most crooked street in the world, there is much more to delight the geek’s senses inside the city and in the surrounding areas, if you just know where to look.