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Bay Area Museums and Zoos Offering Free Admission
for Mother's Day

Posted in the Oakland Tribune
on Tuesday, May 4, 2004
Written by Oakland Tribune Staff Writers


Promise Mom the moon and stars, jade treasures or a Monet bouquet this Mother's Day. Give them to her at Bay Area museums and zoos.

Everything's free at local museums participating in a complimentary admission day Sunday. Museums that have received past grants from the Koret Foundation will observe the philanthropic organization's 25th anniversary by inviting the public in free of charge.

Participating institutions include:

  • Asian Art Museum - (415) 581-3500 or www.asianart.org
  • Bay Area Discovery Museum - (415) 339-3900 or     www.baykidsmuseum.org
  • Chabot Space and Science Center - (510) 336-7300 or     www.chabotspace.org
  • The Contemporary Jewish Museum - (415) 591-8800 or www.thecjm.org
  • The Exploratorium - (415) 561-0360 or www.exploratorium.edu
  • Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco - (415) 863-3330 or www.famsf.org
  • Lindsay Wildlife Museum - (925) 935-1978 or www.wildlife-museum.org
  • Judah L. Magnes Museum - (510) 549-6950 or     www.judahmagnesmuseum.org
  • Oakland Zoo - (510) 632-9525 or www.oaklandzoo.org
  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - (415) 357-4000 or     www.sfmoma.org
  • San Francisco Zoo - (415) 753-7080 or www.sfzoo.org
  • Hackworth IMAX Theater at the Tech Museum of Innovation -
        (408) 294-TECH or www.thetech.org/imax
  • Zeum - (415) 777-2800 or www.zeum.org

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    - Asian Art Museum
    - Bay Area Discovery Museum
    - Chabot Space and Science Center
    - Contemporary Jewish Museum
    - Exploratorium
    - Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
    - Lindsay Wildlife Museum
    - Oakland Tribune
    - Oakland Zoo
    - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
    - San Francisco Zoo
    - Tech Museum
    - Zeum

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