#1 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara CA
~0.43 miles from Santa Clara city center
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
De Saisset Museum
500 El Camino Real Santa Clara CA - 408-554-4528
~0.44 miles from Santa Clara city center
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The de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University opened in the early 1950s after Isabel de Saisset, the last member of a French pioneer family bequeathed her estate to the University of Santa Clara. The museum owns nearly 10,000 art pieces and historical artifacts, including the work of well known early Californian artist and university alumnus Ernest de Saisset and a considerable collection of California mission artifacts. The de Saisset recently completed a major renovation of its storage facilities and is open to the public free of charge.
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
Mission Santa Clara de Asis
Santa Clara CA
~0.45 miles from Santa Clara city center
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
Santa Clara
Santa Clara CA
~0.47 miles from Santa Clara city center
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
Harris Lass Historic Museum
Po Box 3311 Santa Clara CA - 408-249-7905
~0.72 miles from Santa Clara city center
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
Triton Museum of Art
1505 Warburton Ave Santa Clara CA - 408-247-3754
~0.84 miles from Santa Clara city center
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
Headen Inman Historical Museum
1509 Warburton Ave Santa Clara CA - 408-248-2787
~0.84 miles from Santa Clara city center
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
San Jose Municipal Rose Garden
Silicon Valley CA
~1.39 miles from Santa Clara city center
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
Silicon Valley CA
~1.45 miles from Santa Clara city center
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
Downtown Santa Clara (Neighborhood)
Santa Clara CA
~1.45 miles from Santa Clara city center
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
Santana Row
San Jose CA
~1.70 miles from Santa Clara city center
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
Winchester Mystery House
San Jose CA
~2.02 miles from Santa Clara city center
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The Winchester Mystery House is a well-known California mansion that was under construction continuously for 38 years and is reputed to be haunted. It once was the personal residence of Sarah Winchester, but is now a tourist attraction. According to popular belief, Sarah Winchester thought the house was haunted by the ghosts of individuals killed by Winchester rifles, and that only continuous construction would appease them.
http://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
HP Pavilion - Washington Capitals San Jose Sharks
San Jose CA
~2.56 miles from Santa Clara city center
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http://www.hppsj.com/
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
Downtown San Jose (Neighborhood)
San Jose CA
~2.92 miles from Santa Clara city center
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
St. Joseph Cathedral Basilica
Silicon Valley CA
~3.01 miles from Santa Clara city center
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
Intel Museum
Santa Clara CA
~3.02 miles from Santa Clara city center
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
San Jose Museum of Art
Silicon Valley CA
~3.03 miles from Santa Clara city center
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
Parkside Hall
San Jose CA
~3.03 miles from Santa Clara city center
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
Tech Museum
San Jose CA
~3.09 miles from Santa Clara city center
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
Children's Discovery Museum
San Jose CA
~3.10 miles from Santa Clara city center
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The striking 52,000 square foot purple building, designed by Mexico City-based architect Ricardo Legorreta, signals the purpose of Children's Discovery Museum to serve the needs of children, families and schools as a center for learning and discovery.
Encompassing the broad themes of community, connections and creativity, exhibits invite self-directed, open-ended explorations, while programs provide facilitated, focused, and sustained interactions.
Since opening in June, 1990, the Museum has welcomed over 5 million visitors and has offered new interactive exhibits each year that respond to children's diverse educational needs. With the addition of the West Wing in 1997, the Museum expanded its size by twenty percent.
Museum Mission
The purpose of Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose is to serve the needs of children, families and schools as a center for learning and discovery. For children, it is first and foremost a place to call their own, offering interactive exhibits and programs in a warm and inviting setting. Its educational mission encompasses the themes of Connections, Community, and Creativity. In its unique environment, children actively make connections among ideas, people and cultures. The Museum's programs also encourage children to define their role in and contribution to both local and global communities. Finally, as a center for creative play and expression, Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose provides opportunities for all of us to discover the world through the eyes of our children.
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
Plaza de Cesar Chavez
Silicon Valley CA
~3.11 miles from Santa Clara city center
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
Montgomery Theater
San Jose CA
~3.14 miles from Santa Clara city center
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
San Jose Convention Center
San Jose CA
~3.15 miles from Santa Clara city center
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The San Jose Convention Center is located in downtown San Jose, California. The Convention Center offers a variety of banquet halls and meeting rooms perfect for any occasion.
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
Civic Auditorium
San Jose CA
~3.17 miles from Santa Clara city center
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Built in 1934, the San Jose Civic is a Spanish mission-style, dual-level venue that hosts a variety of events including concerts, performing arts, general assembly and special events. Located directly across the street from the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, the Civic features 3,001 seats in concert form. This facility provides additional exhibit and general assembly space in conjunction with the convention center and Parkside Hall.
Civic Concert Series
As a long-standing, major concert stop for acts touring the West Coast, the Civic has hosted such legends as the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Jefferson Airplane, Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand, The Grateful Dead and the Beach Boys. The Who started its first US headlining tour at the Civic in 1968. Big band leaders Duke Ellington & Harry James have also appeared. In the most recent years, bands including Beck, Interpol, Switchfoot, Reliant K, My Chemical Romance, the Pixies and even Snoop Dog have headlined the Civic's stage.
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
Rivermark Village
Santa Clara CA
~3.24 miles from Santa Clara city center
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
San Jose State University
San Jose CA
~3.44 miles from Santa Clara city center
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
Silicon Valley CA
~3.48 miles from Santa Clara city center
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
California's Great America
Santa Clara CA
~3.56 miles from Santa Clara city center
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California's Great America is an amusement park owned and operated by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, located in Santa Clara, California, USA. Great America is one of four major amusement parks that operate around the San Francisco Bay Area, the other three being Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in Santa Cruz, and Gilroy Gardens in Gilroy. California's Great America is the only theme park in northern California that has a water park built in.
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
Great America Theme Park
Santa Clara CA
~4.16 miles from Santa Clara city center
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Santa Clara
Santa Clara Convention Center
Santa Clara CA
~4.39 miles from Santa Clara city center
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The Santa Clara Convention Center is located in northern Santa Clara, California. It serves as one of the large meeting and convention facilities in Silicon Valley, with 262,000 square feet of meeting space. It is located in the same complex with the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara and the Santa Clara TechMart conference center and across the street from the Great America theme park.
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