HOLIDAY ITINERARY: So Long, Farewell 2009!

W H A T : New Year’s Eve Balloon Drop
W H E N : THURSDAY DECEMBER 31, 2009, 0:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Drop Times:
10:45am: Ages 6 & Under (Rotunda)
12:45pm & 3:45pm: Ages 5 & Under (Discovery Lab)
& Ages 6 & Up (Rotunda)

W H E R E : Chabot Space & Science Center

M O R E :
SPACE IS LIMITED!
Register: (510) 336-7373

Public Challenger Missions
For ages 8 & up
Take a trip to the Moon, Mars or travel along with a comet. Fly a simulated space flight mission in the Challenger Learning Center®.

CHABOT CITINERARIES

W H A T : Noon Year’s Eve
W H E N : THURSDAY DECEMBER 31, 2009, 0:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Balloon Drop: 12:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m., and 2:00 p.m.

W H E R E : Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose

M O R E : What’s New
Children of Hangzhou: Connecting with China
Box City
Giving Back Days
CDM CITINERARIES

W H A T : Noon Year’s Eve
W H E N : THURSDAY DECEMBER 31, 2009, 0:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
W H E R E : Hiller Aviation Museum

M O R E : Flight Explorers
Hiller CITINERARIES

W H A T : 24th Annual Japanese New Year Bell Ringing Ceremony
W H E N : Thursday, December 31, 2009

9:30–11:00 am: Bell Ringing for Asian Art Museum Members
10:00 am–2:00 pm: Art Activities
11:00 am: Bell Ringing Ceremony

W H E R E : Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

M O R E : Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam & Burma, discounts

SANTA ITINERARY

NORAD Tracks Santa

CHRISTMAS ITINERARIES

National Geographic Traveler : The World of Christmas

WINTER ITINERARIES: WHITE WORKS

W H A T : The Family Studio: WINTER WHITES: ONE-COLOR WORKS

What does an all-white artwork look like? This month, families will create their own all-white works inspired by pieces in SFMOMA’s collection. Step into Anna’s world as she visits an art museum and discovers works by Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso, and Jackson Pollock in a reading of Anna’s Art Adventure, by Bjorn Sortland and illustrated by Lars Elling.

W H E N : Sundays, December 6 and 20, 2009, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
W H E R E : Koret Visitor Education Center, SFMOMA

M O R E :

• GET LIT FOR THE HOLIDAYS
• Kids + Families
• Family Sundays
• 75th Anniversary Celebration
• Travel to Extraordinary Worlds

CULINARY ITINERARY: Christmas Specialties

1. Cookies from Germany
2. Panettone from Italy,  The Story of Panettone
3. Turrón from Spain
4. Christmas Pudding from Britain
5. Szaloncukor from Hungary
6. Dresden shares his Stollen from Germany
7. The Stories Behind Forgotten Holiday Treats

HOLIDAY ITINERARIES: S I M C H A

W H A T : Firebird Dance Theatre presents SIMCHA: A Chanukah Celebration
W H E N : December 19, 2009
W H E R E : Heritage Theater, 1 W. Campbell Ave, Campbell, CA 95008

HOLIDAY ITINERARY: LIGHTS OF THE VALLEY

Thanks to a friend we found about the Tangerine Lights, visited and delighted we found many more holiday lights around us:

• Bluebonnet Lights
• Lights of the Valley
  The best & brightest Christmas light displays from the San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, San Joaquin and Sacramento Valley areas

HERITAGE ITINERARY: Sunnyvale

W H A T : Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum
W H E N : SUN/TUE/THU 12:00 to 4:00 pm
Closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, and New Year’s Eve
Open all Sundays during the holidays
W H E R E : 570 East Remington Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94087



M O R E : City of Sunnyvale Historical Images

• The Rotating Exhibit has been changed out to a spectacular private collection of nativity scenes. There are 116 scenes on display, representing close to 70 countries.
• The new Lockheed Exhibit has been completed.
• Victorian Christmas Tea (Saturdays, 12/5,12 & Sundays, 12/6,13, 2009)

HERITAGE ITINERARY: Palo Alto

This itinerary started from a repeated visit at the Museum of American Heritage, so here are some kid friendly places intertwined with historic and cultural places around the oldest part of Palo Alto.

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M O R E :

• The Palo Alto Historical Association
• The Palo Alto History Project
• The HP Garage

California Historic Landmark No. 976 — Birthplace of Silicon Valley

• Professorville Historic District
• Santa Clara County: California’s Historic Silicon Valley –
  A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
• Junior Museum and Zoo

This year, the Junior Museum & Zoo turns 75! Founded in 1934 by Josephine O’Hara and Josephine Deveneck in a local elementary school, the Junior Museum and Zoo was the first children’s museum west of the Mississippi and has been a local leader in children’s science education since its inception. More history about the Junior Museum & Zoo.

• Rinconada Park

History: Rinconada is Palo Alto’s second oldest park (after El Camino). Established in 1922, it was originally called Waterworks after a nearby well and reservoir. Two years later it was renamed Rinconada (Spanish for corner) through a contest sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.

• Children’s Library

The Children’s Library, the oldest free standing children’s library in the country, was designed by noted local architects Birge and David Clark and built in the Spanish Colonial Revival style.

• The Palo Alto Art Center

HOLIDAY ITINERARY: Holiday Concert