| The Children's Discovery Museum is located in | | | | The San Jose Museum of Art is a museum in |
| San Jose, California. The museum opened in | | | | Downtown San Jose, California, USA, founded |
| June 1990 and is located on Woz Way. "Woz" is | | | | in 1969 as the "Civic Art Gallery". |
| a nickname for Steve Wozniak who is one of | | | | |
| the co-founders of Apple Computer. The museum | | | | The oldest part of the Museum was originally |
| is housed in a distinctive 52,000 square foot | | | | built as the San Jose post office in 1892, |
| purple building, designed by architect | | | | and then served as the city's library from |
| Ricardo Legorreta. The museum is geared | | | | 1937 to 1969. In 1972 the building was named |
| toward children who can interact directly | | | | a California Historical Landmark (#854), and |
| with various hands-on exhibits. | | | | in 1973 it was added to the National Register |
| | | | of Historic Places. The "New Wing", |
| History Park at Kelley Park (or just History | | | | comprising the majority of the current |
| Park) in San Jose, California, USA is | | | | exhibition space, opened in 1991. |
| designed as an indoor/outdoor museum, | | | | |
| arranged to appear as a small US town might | | | | The permanent collection focuses on 20th- and |
| have in the early 1900s. Since its | | | | 21st-century art, with a focus on US West |
| inauguration in 1971, 29 historic buildings | | | | Coast artists and a growing emphasis on art |
| and other landmarks have either been moved | | | | of the Pacific Rim. The collection includes |
| from their original San Jose locations or are | | | | more than 2,000 works in a variety of media, |
| represented by replicas. | | | | including sculpture, paintings, prints, |
| | | | digital media, photographs, and drawings by |
| Period exhibits include a doctor's office, a | | | | artists such as Robert Arneson, Milton Avery, |
| dentist's office (complete with an old | | | | Gregory Barsamian, Joan Brown, Deborah |
| foot-pedal-powered drill), fruit barn, | | | | Butterfield, Jim Campbell, Enrique Chagoya, |
| blacksmith shed, a livery stable (US | | | | Dale Chihuly, Ron Davis, Jay DeFeo, Roy |
| terminology for a business that rented out | | | | DeForest, Tony Delap, Richard Diebenkorn, Jim |
| horse-drawn carriages), a working print shop, | | | | Dine, Rupert Garcia, Philip Guston, Oliver |
| a gas station, the Pacific Hotel, the Empire | | | | Jackson, Hung Liu, Michael McMillen, Manuel |
| Fire House, the Bank of Italy (precursor to | | | | Neri, Long Nguyen, Manuel Ocampo, Nathan |
| the Bank of America), a one-room schoolhouse, | | | | Oliveira, Deborah Oropallo, Alan Rath, |
| and a number of houses of early Santa Clara | | | | Raymond Saunders, Richard Shaw, Wayne |
| Valley settlers. The fruit barn not only has | | | | Thiebaud, Bill Viola, and William Wiley. |
| many farm implements and devices from the | | | | |
| period, but also displays hundreds of | | | | he Tech Museum of Innovation, or simply The |
| photographs documenting the area's | | | | Tech, is a museum located in the heart of |
| development. | | | | Silicon Valley, in downtown San Jose, |
| | | | California USA. Focusing on technology and |
| Other attractions include a 115-foot scale | | | | its effects, The Tech serves as an important |
| replica of the San Jose Electric Light Tower | | | | educational and cultural resource for |
| that used to tower 237 feet over downtown San | | | | tourists and local residents alike. |
| Jose, the Portuguese Historical Museum, the | | | | |
| Ng Shing Gung Temple, and a post office. | | | | Planning began in 1978, and the first 20,000 |
| | | | square foot (2,000 m²) temporary exhibit |
| The "Trolley Barn" houses restored antique | | | | finally opened in 1990. In October of 1998, |
| trolleys, both horse-drawn and electric, and | | | | it opened a brand new 132,000 square feet |
| automobiles, both gasoline and battery | | | | (12,000 m²) facility, and has had |
| powered, along with other antique trolleys | | | | 2,800,000 visitors. |
| and cars awaiting restoration. | | | | |
| | | | The museum is composed of three floors, each |
| On March 13, 2005 another newly renovated | | | | with its own significance. The ground floor |
| building was opened to the public, housing | | | | has the main entrance, a gift shop and cafe, |
| the Leonard and David McKay Gallery, | | | | the Imax theater, and a recreational area |
| containing a collection of paintings of | | | | that is reserved for special events. The |
| people, buildings, and landscapes from in and | | | | second floor focuses on permanent exhibits |
| around San Jose. | | | | that often become modified, and the below- |
| | | | ground floor contains areas for temporary |
| Weekdays, tours are offered by paid staff, | | | | exhibits that are usually changed. |
| often for local students on class field | | | | |
| trips. On weekends, selected exhibit | | | | The Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater (named after |
| buildings are staffed on a rotating schedule | | | | Mike and Joan Hackworth) is one of the |
| by volunteers, who also operate a vintage | | | | popular features, and shows a wide variety of |
| trolley over the length of the park, | | | | movies (such as Harry Potter, The Polar |
| including under the Light Tower replica. | | | | Express, Roving Mars) and educational films. |
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