# Noon Year's Eve — Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose > Event for families in the San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara area (CA). Times are Pacific Time. - When: Thu, Dec 31 · 9:30 AM - Where: Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, 180 Woz Way, San Jose, CA 95110 - Ages: Families with children - Price: Museum admission; buy timed tickets online - Organizer: Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose - Official page: https://www.cdm.org/ - Last checked: Tue, Oct 27 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 Nov 2, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-11-01), 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/noon-year-s-eve-children-s-discovery-museum-of-san-jose--listing-1afc34d48c3754965dee9037 ## About Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose celebrates the arrival of 2027 at midday on Wednesday, December 31, 2026, with doors opening at 9:30 a.m. The Purple Museum runs its own version of the Times Square ball drop, with confetti and countdowns at 12:00, 1:00 and 2:00 p.m.; each drop shouts out to a different country and what children there might be doing at that hour. Activities and performances fill the rest of the day for families whose children cannot stay up until midnight. ## Similar picks in San Jose - [New Year's Eve Celebration at Gilroy Gardens](https://grassyknees.com/san-jose/activities/new-year-s-eve-celebration-at-gilroy-gardens--listing-46c0ac931a2351804e9691f8) — Thu, Dec 31 · Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park · All ages · Paid · checked Oct 24. 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