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Children's Creativity Museum Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

221 Fourth St, San Francisco, CA CA 94103

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Hours Wed-Sun 10am-4pm during the school year; Tues-Sun 10am-4pm during the summer. Carousel open daily 10am-5pm
Location At Howard St,
Transportation Bus: 5, 9, 14, 15, 30, or 45. Streetcar: Powell or Montgomery
Phone 415/820-3320
Web site http://www.creativity.org , http://www.yerbabuenagardens.com/
Prices Museum admission $10; free for children 2 and under.
Closed The carousel is currently closed for renovations and is scheduled to reopen in January 2012.

Review of Children's Creativity Museum

The museum formerly known as "Zeum" re-opened in October 2011 as the rebranded Children's Creativity Museum, letting visitors better know what to expect when you enter. First floor exhibits have been replaced with innovative creativity laboratories that mix the arts with technology. Also new are open-ended indoor play areas perfect for toddlers up to 6-year-olds (something that was sorely missing in its previous incarnation). Around the exterior spiral hallways, you'll find children's artwork prominently displayed as you head up to one of several multi-media labs that hit the right spot with elementary, middle and even high school students -- kids can shoot and manipulate digital images; write, record and air their own news broadcast or music video; or even animate a stop-action claymation short feature -- and the finished product goes home with your child. Next door is the fabulous 1906 carousel that once graced the city's bygone oceanside amusement park, Playland-at-the-Beach, and there's a Children's Garden, a cafe and a fun giftshop.

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