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Tiny-human approved. · 7 places with photos
California Academy of Sciences
art · Golden Gate Park $$$
Rainforest dome, planetarium, aquarium, and a living roof under one Renzo Piano roof. Thursday NightLife turns it into a 21+ party.
Exploratorium
art · Embarcadero $$$
Hands-on science as play, sprawling along the waterfront. Come on an adults-only After Dark night and rediscover being a curious kid.
Thriller Social Club
nightlife · SoMa
A Playland-at-the-Beach-style arcade bar on the former Coin-Op site, packed with games.
Musée Mécanique
play · Fisherman's Wharf
One of the world's largest collections of working coin-operated antique arcade machines, still playable.
Free Gold Watch
play · Haight-Ashbury / Cole Valley
A screen-printing shop hiding SF's largest pinball collection, 40-plus machines deep.
Sandbox VR
play · SoMa
A two-level, 16,000-square-foot flagship for full-body, free-roam virtual reality adventures.
Seward Street Slides
outdoors · Eureka Valley
Two steep concrete slides hidden in a tiny hillside park, fast enough to need a cardboard sled.