Randall Museum San Francisco

Randall Museum is a wonderful place to take kids in San Francisco. With free admission and parking, a trip to the museum is the perfect place for families on a budget. They are always events and things to do with children on the weekends.

The musuem sports lots of hands on activities inside the museum including the animal room where you can see different birds, snakes, spiders, bees, owls, rabbits, etc. Outside the museum is a nice lawn where you can have a picnic lunch and enjoy the city view. Officially known as the Josephine P. Randall museum, the building was actually an old elementary school.

Once you reach the top of the hill to the Randall Museum the views are spectacular. On a clear day you can see the city and the bay beyond. The Randall museum is a wonderful hands-on children's museum right in the heart of San francisco.

Kids can have a birthday party at the museum on Sundays only, Call 415 554-9681 for more information about hosting a birthday party.

The Randall Museum is a museum in San Francisco, California and is owned and operated by the City's Recreation and Parks Department. It focuses on the arts, crafts, sciences, and natural history.

The Randall Museum takes its name from Josephine Dows Randall, a Stanford University Master Degree graduate in zoology in 1913. After graduating she traveled to the Midwest and organized one of the first Girl Scout troops in the United States as well as one of the first Camp Fire Girl troops.

When she returned to California she become the first Superintendent of Recreation for San Francisco's Recreation Department creating the Junior Museum and bringing national recognition to the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department for its outstanding services between the years 1926 and 1952.

During her tenure as the San Francisco Recreation Department Superintendent she secured hundreds of acres of open space for playgrounds and consequently, sports and artistic programming for the children and families of San Francisco. All of these playgrounds in San Francisco are still enjoyed by residents and visitors today.

The Randall Museum is open to the public 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. All exhibits are closed on Sundays and Mondays. Admission to the museum is free. Donations are always appreciated. Free parking is available in small-sized lot and on nearby States St. and Roosevelt Way.

Randall Museum 199 Museum Way San Francisco, CA 94114

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