Randall Museum

Wonderful treasure house of nature, creativity, history. Many options for all ages, including littles. Learn about nature, climate change, plants, animals. Rescued animals live in the wildlife center. Lots of places to sit and play outside. You can also walk up the winding path and stairs to the peak above. If you don't want to walk or the stairs are inaccessible, you can still enjoy incredible and accessible views. There is a cafe with an outside area with tables and chairs sheltered by sunbrellas to enjoy your food or drink. And - believe it or not - it's FREE! Caution: the road leading down to the Randall is really, really narrow. Yes, it's two way. Be cautious and careful driving on this road. Give way for other drivers as needed.

Great little museum. We visited it for the bugs day event. It was loads of fun. Kids were able to experience some live bugs and also do some fun activities. My younger son loves model trains and it has very large track where you can watch these trains go around through the glass. They also have other kids activities like some live animals, an amazing bee hive, some mechanical stuff where kids get to build stuff and try out small experiments. They also have dedicated classes where parent child can learn to do carpentering together. Which would be super cool if we were living in SF still but we are slightly further away. All of it was free.. can’t beat that. Very cool children’s activity museum. We shall visit again. Parking can be a problem if there big events like bug day.

Not good for 4 and under, limited hands on learning activities. Makes sense for a free museum tho. The layout it good. Some animals were not available, cages were open. The treehouse smells so bad! Dank, musty, from dirty wet kids in there, ew. Bathrooms are ok, no stools for kids, had trouble holding mine up. Good to experience once, won't be back.

I came with my child on a field trip. It was my first visit there. While there, they did a private showcase and my child had the opportunity to touch a Chilean rose tarantula, a native Rosy Boa snake and a turtle. They taught them about their amazing super senses and how they work. If you come with a group and get a chance to do those things, it’s pretty awesome. The team in the animal area opened up the rat area to let us get a closer look (the rats were shy, just got there yesterday). When we were leaving, the older gentleman sitting down at front entrance was playing the ukulele (really well too), it was a nice touch. Also had a lego earthquake section to let them see if they could build a sturdy tower. They have an amazing miniature train track room. If you a cuckoo for choo-choo’s, you’ll love it! It is really neat. Beautiful view of downtown from the lookout point. A great place to being your child if you have 2-3 hours of time or want to explore about SF. There was a small cafe with food and drinks. Normal SF fees for each. Not sure of prices for admission, came as a chaperone. But, with the options, prides, food and staff, I rate it a 5 star. Everyone was genuine and nice. Didn’t ignore you if you had a question.

Wonderful treasure house of nature, creativity, history. Many options for all ages, including littles. Learn about nature, climate change, plants, animals. Rescued animals live in the wildlife center. Lots of places to sit and play outside. You can also walk up the winding path and stairs to the peak above. If you don't want to walk or the stairs are inaccessible, you can still enjoy incredible and accessible views. There is a cafe with an outside area with tables and chairs sheltered by sunbrellas to enjoy your food or drink. And - believe it or not - it's FREE! Caution: the road leading down to the Randall is really, really narrow. Yes, it's two way. Be cautious and careful driving on this road. Give way for other drivers as needed.