Accolades

The Museum is consistently recognized as the Bay Area's best! San Francisco Bay Guardian, Best Nearby Discovery 2009 North Bay Bohemian, Best Family Destination & Best Imagination Center, 2009 Pacific Sun, Best Place for a Kid's Party, 2007, 2008, 2009 Lilapick Best Kids Outing 2008 Bay Area Parent magazine, Best Children’s Museum, Silver Medal Best of Bohemian, Best Family Outing & Best Imagination Center, 2008 Nickelodeon’s Parents’ Picks Best Enviro-Friendly Place, 2008 Grand Magazine, Top 20 Children's Museum, 2007 J. the Jewish newsweekly, Favorite Museum, 2007, 2008, 2009 Pacific Sun, Best Place for a Kid's Party, 2007 North Bay Bohemian, Best Museum, 2007 Ross Valley Mother's Club, Best Day Outing (Hands Down Winner), 2006 American Graphic Design Awards, excellence in communication and graphic design, 2006 North Bay Bohemian, Best Place to Inspire Your Kids, 2005 & 2006 California Preservation Foundation, Preservation Design Award, 2005 AIGA Design Competition, wayfinding award, 2005 North Bay Bohemian, Best Summer Day Camp, 2005 Lamorinda Moms Club, Best Indoor Activity, 2005 Bay Area Parent, Family Favorite, 2004 Pacific Sun, Best Children’s Attraction, 2003 North Bay Bohemian, Best Children’s Attraction, 2003 Pacific Sun, Hero of the Week, Museum’s Community Learning Initiative (CLI), 2002 SF Gate, 10 Great Bay Area Places to Keep the Kids Amused, 2002 MetLife Foundation and Association of Children’s Museums (ACM), Promising Practice Award, 2002 FamilyWonder.com, Highest Review Rating for Museum, 2000 San Francisco Architectural Foundation, Architecture and Youth Award, 2000 Parents Magazine, Must-See Museum, 2000 San Francisco Chronicle, Best Family Outing, 1999 San Francisco / Peninsula Parent Magazine, Best Place For Kids, 1998 Pacific Sun, Best Place to Bring Kids, 1997 Valley Parent Magazine, Best Family Outing, 1996 National Historic Preservation Award from the President’s Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 1992

Quick Facts

The Museum holds the following distinctions: Since its founding in 1987, the Museum has become one of the nation’s premier children’s museums Visitor breakdown is as follows: 40% from San Francisco, 40% from Marin, 20% from the East Bay, South Bay and Sonoma County Nearly 8,000 member families Over 11,000 school children visit yearly from five Bay Area counties Over 18,000 free and discounted admissions offered yearly through passes distributed via community centers, libraries, media channels and schools Over 9,000 people celebrate at free Museum cultural festivals

Social Media

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Website

www.baykidsmuseum.org

Telephone

(415) 339-3900

General Info

Address: Bay Area Discovery Museum, Fort Baker, 557 McReynolds Road, Sausalito, CA, 94965. Open Tuesday through Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. General admission is $8 per child, $10 per adult person – free for members and children under 1 year old. The Museum offers free admission on the first Wednesday of each month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Volunteers

100

Employees

Present Location

Nestled at the foot of the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, the Museum is situated on 7.5-acres of National Park land in Fort Baker. The Museum occupies nine restored, historic buildings originally built by the U.S. Army between 1903 and 1905. As a result of the excellent restoration of the site, the Museum received an award in 1992 from the President’s Council on Historic Preservation.

Board President

Eve Niquette

Executive Director

Richard Winefield

Major Funders

Partial list: Anonymous, Bank of America Foundation, S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, Bothin Foundation, Clara L. D. Jeffery Trust, Compton Foundation, Forrest & Frances Lattner Foundation, Gap Foundation, Genentech Foundation for Biomedical Sciences, Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, JP Morgan, Langendorf Foundation, LEF Foundation, Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund, Osher Foundation, Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund, May & Stanley Smith Foundation, Morris Stulsaft Foundation, Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation

Annual Budget

The Museum raises its $4.1 million budget through memberships, admission fees and gifts from Bay Area families as well as local and national foundations and corporations.

Visitors

Over 300,000 Bay Area children, families, school groups and teachers annually visit the Museum.

Mission

The Bay Area Discovery Museum strives to engage, delight and educate children through exploration of and connection with the local environment and the diverse communities that live here.

Fun Facts

Fun Facts Annual Museum consumption: 56,875 feet of butcher paper 110 gallons of glue 220 gallons of tempera paint 485 gallons of water in aquariums 250 squid dissected in summer camps