Bay Area Discovery Museum

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Bay Area Discovery Museum

The Bay Area Discovery Museum is a children's museum located in Sausalito, California inside the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which is right at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge. It was founded in 1987. [1] [2]

The museum is geared to children from 6 months to 10 years of age with different areas of the museum tailored to a specific age group. [3] Children have the options of exploring the 6 different sections of the museum: Art Studios, Bay Hall, Discovery Hall, Lookout Cove, Tot Spot, and Fab Lab. [4]

In the fall of 2021, the museum completed a $20M USD renovation that included five new exhibits including an interconnected set of tree houses shaped like the nuts of the trees they inhabit. [5] [6]

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  6. "Olson Kundig transforms the Bay Area Discovery Museum into an immersive, research-driven learning environment for the 21st century". Archinect.

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