# Things to do with kids at Doug Siden Visitor Center at Crab Cove (Crown Memorial State Beach)

> 3 upcoming family events and 1 ongoing programs and visits at Doug Siden Visitor Center at Crab Cove (Crown Memorial State Beach), 1252 McKay Ave., Alameda, CA 94501, in the San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont area. Dates and times are Pacific Time. Today is Sat, Oct 24.

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## Events ahead

- [Día de los Muertos Community Altar at Crab Cove](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/dia-de-los-muertos-community-altar-at-crab-cove--listing-078d91404b1f58dfca686100) — Sat, Oct 24 (+5 more dates) · 10:00 AM · Doug Siden Visitor Center at Crab Cove (Crown Memorial State Beach), Alameda · All ages · With admission · checked Oct 13. Contribute to the community altar at the Doug Siden Visitor Center at Crab Cove in observance of Día de los Muertos: honor a loved one by bringing a small photo to glue onto a…
- [Veterans Day Remembrance at Crab Cove](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/veterans-day-remembrance-at-crab-cove--listing-6e55f6b81dea56559596da48) — Wed, Nov 11 · 1:00 PM · Doug Siden Visitor Center at Crab Cove (Crown Memorial State Beach), Alameda · All ages · checked Oct 16. On Veterans Day, the Doug Siden Visitor Center at Crab Cove in Alameda shares the site's military past: the page says it was a Maritime Academy during the war years, when…
- [Sea Squirts: Wonderful Weather! (ages 3–5) at Crab Cove](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/sea-squirts-wonderful-weather-ages-3-5-at-crab-cove--listing-8d83a7efdc53a21fc369d5ed) — Tue, Dec 8 · 10:30 AM · Doug Siden Visitor Center at Crab Cove (Crown Memorial State Beach), Alameda · Ages 3–5 · With admission · checked Oct 13. Once a month, Crab Cove naturalists share a morning of shoreline fun for preschoolers and their grown-ups: play games, explore nature, sing songs and do a craft related to the…

## Ongoing programs and visits

- [Doug Siden Visitor Center at Crab Cove (Crown Memorial State Beach)](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/doug-siden-visitor-center-at-crab-cove-crown-memorial-state-beach--listing-f065c9356ea3fb4717c50c45) — Wed–Sun 10am–5pm (Mar–Oct), 10am–4pm (Nov–Feb); Fish Feeding Wed/Sat/Sun 3pm; Story Time… · Doug Siden Visitor Center at Crab Cove (Crown Memorial State Beach), Alameda · All ages · With admission · checked Oct 13. EBRPD's bayside visitor center on Alameda's Crown Memorial State Beach with aquariums of San Francisco Bay life, exhibits and a beach and marsh outside the door. Open…

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