California Academy of Sciences is just amazing!! It has a planetarium, an aquarium, a 4 story rainforest, and a living roof - just for starters! It is well laid out and even though lines looked long for the rainforest, they moved quickly and it was...More

The main attractions for us were the Rain Forest exhibit, looking at butterflies, and the Aquarium exhibit. The food choices in the cafeteria were good, sandwiches, burgers, pizza, rice bowls. A very enjoyable experience.

It gives the vibe of a place well designed, just like the Monterey Aquarium. It has so much to see, mostly with children, but a playful adult will enjoy it too. I used my San Francisco City Pass.

My son loved this spot. We saw the earthquake show in the planetarium, (Sit more to the back so you can look up better because it is a projection show on the ceiling).

My family came to SF for the first time from China two days ago and visited this great place. We loved it and parking was easy to access(we got there at 9:20am) so the place was empty. The people and staff were friendly and overall...More

Went here with our family of 5 using our GO SF card. A great deal for us and we loved our time here. We chose here over the Exploratorium due to reviews saying the Exploratorium was geared toward younger kids. My 12, 13, and 15...More

We loved the museum.Spent about 3 hours there. Although the Rain Forest exhibit was closed, there was lots more to see. It was a very comfortable visit. Loved seeing Claude and learning about an albine alligator from the very knowledgeable docent.

We visited on a Sunday and it was very busy with lots of families. The rainforest exhibit was really interesting and done in a great way and the earthquake exhibition was fascinating. We missed the planetarium because we ran out of time. It is a...More

Our family loves a good museum or science center, so a visit to the California Academy of Sciences while on vacation in San Francisco was a must-do. We only had three hours or so in the late afternoon before it closed, and that was barely...More

This is a must have for bay area families. We love our membership! It means we can always just pop in when needed and not feel like we have to stay forever.