# Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose > Place to go for families in the San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara area (CA). Times are Pacific Time. - When: School-year hours: Tuesday–Friday 9:30 am–1:00 pm; Saturday and Sunday 9:30 am–4:30 pm… - Where: Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, 180 Woz Way, San Jose, CA 95110 - Ages: Exhibits for children and families; Wonder Cabinet for ages 0-4 - Price: Adult (18-59) $22; child (1-17) $22; senior (60+) $20; infant under 1 free; members free; Museums for All $5 per person - Schedule: School-year hours: Tuesday–Friday 9:30 am–1:00 pm; Saturday and Sunday 9:30 am–4:30 pm; closed Mondays. Open Veterans Day, Wednesday Nov 11, 9:30 am–4:30 pm. - Organizer: Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose - Official page: https://14945.blackbaudhosting.com/14945/tickets?tab=3&txobjid=905be413-3fc9-4f2b-b620-e81f5454e565 - Last checked: Sat, Oct 24 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Oct 24, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-10-24), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/san-jose/activities/children-s-discovery-museum-of-san-jose--listing-14a06e576cced6b28688d037 ## About The big purple museum beside Guadalupe River Park is built for play-based learning from babies through early grade school, and calls itself the 'museum of no no-nos'. Inside, children climb and crawl through TapeScape, a world made of tape; send colorful objects whooshing through the tubes of the Amazing AirMaze; splash balls through spouts and whirlpools at WaterWays; build with the big blue blocks of Imagination Playground; and pretend as chefs, cashiers or grocers in the Rainbow Market kitchen. Wonder Cabinet is a materials-rich space set aside for ages 0–4, Streets lets kids climb onto real vehicles, and Mammoth Discovery! introduces Lupe, a 14,000-year-old mammoth whose fossils were found on the Guadalupe River. Outdoors, Bill's Backyard is a half-acre nature play space and the Exploration Portal has a giant beehive to scale and a stone xylophone. The LeRoy Neiman Art Studio runs artist-guided projects. Exhibit spaces are wheelchair accessible. Museums for All visitors with a CalFresh/SNAP EBT card and photo ID pay $5 per person for up to four people (in person only). ## Similar picks in San Jose - [Gatorbotics Robot Demonstration at Children's Discovery Museum](https://grassyknees.com/san-jose/activities/gatorbotics-robot-demonstration-at-children-s-discovery-museum--listing-c93b4881c959087460cb5905) — Sun, Oct 25 · 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose · Paid · checked Oct 24. Gatorbotics, an all-girls FIRST Robotics Competition team from Palo Alto, brings its competition robot to the Children's Discovery Museum for a two-hour demonstration. 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