Things to Do & Places to See On Your Own
The Bay Area has a lot going on! Here are some things that you can do on your own while you are here! Please contact the organization for more information!
Jane’s Walk 2012 Date & Time: Sunday, May 6 10am-Noon
Description: Join Oakland Urban Paths for Jane's Walk 2012. Learn from 10,000 Steps, Once Upon a Time Happily Ever After and Friends of the Cleveland Cascades en route to Lake Merritt.
Discount offered to conference attendees?: Free
Website links: www.oaklandurbanpaths.org www.10000stepsoakland.org/ www.onceuponatime-happilyeverafter.com
Contact to register or for more information: paul@oaklandurbanpaths.org
Tours of the Peralta House Museum of History & Community
Date & Time: Wednesday – Saturday 2:30-5:30pm
Description: Peralta Hacienda Historical Park is the birthplace of Oakland! Featuring indoor and outdoor exhibits, a creek nature area, community gardens, and a native plant garden, the 6-acre historic site interprets the history of the first non-Native settlers in Oakland and tells the stories of the community today. On view now: special exhibit “Rhythm of the Refugee: A Cambodian Journey of Healing.”
Discount offered to conference attendees?: Conference Attendees receive 2-for-1 admission!
Website link: www.peraltahacienda.org
Contact to register or for more information: Madeline Horn 510-532-9142, madeline@peraltahacienda.org
Pardee Historic Home Museum: Special Vintage Hat Show and Tours
Date & Time: Sunday May 6, Tours at: 12:00, 1:00, 2:00
Description: Be our guest at the Historic Pardee Home Museum: Built in 1868 and home to Governor George Pardee with all original furnishings. Special showing for conference attendees. Just a three block walk form the Oakland Marriott at 672 11th street.
Discount offered to conference attendees?: Free
Website link: www.pardeehome.org
Contact to register or for more information: www.pardeehome.org
Pacific Heights Walking Tour
Date & Time: Sundays @ 12:30pm
Description: Heritage offers a docent-led walking tour of Pacific Heights every Sunday at 12:30 p.m. On this illuminating two-hour tour of eastern Pacific Heights, walkers will see examples of San Francisco’s diverse architecture and hear stories of earthquakes, fortunes, and fame. The tour covers approximately fifteen to twenty blocks and takes about two hours. The Pacific Heights tour starts at the Haas-Lilienthal House (2007 Franklin Street) and ends around Jackson and Gough streets. Reservations are not required; tickets are available for purchase at the Haas-Lilienthal House before each tour.
Discount offered to conference attendees?: Yes, $2 off with conference badge. Our regular prices are as follows: Tours are free for members, $8 for the general public, and $5 for seniors and children 12 and under. Conference attendees will receive $2 off admission price.
Website link: http://www.sfheritage.org/walking-tours
Contact to register or for more information: Dorothy Boylan (dboylan@sfheritage.org) *No rsvp required
Haas-Lilienthal House Tour
Date & Time: The Haas-Lilienthal House is open to the public three days a week–Wednesdays and Saturdays (noon – 3 p.m.), and Sundays (11 a.m. – 4 p.m.). Tours leave every 20 to 30 minutes and last about 1 hour.
Description: The exuberant Haas-Lilienthal House is a Queen Anne-style Victorian, and was completed in 1886. It is the only intact private home of the period that is open regularly as a museum, complete with authentic furniture and artifacts. The House has elaborate wooden gables, a circular corner tower and luxuriant ornamentation. Volunteer docents lead interior tours through the House and explain the exterior Victorian architecture. A display of photographs in the downstairs supper-room describes the history of the home and the family that lived here until 1972.
Website link: http://www.sfheritage.org/haas-lilienthal-house/
Discount offered to conference attendees?: Yes, $2 off with conference badge. Our regular prices are as follows: Tours are free for members, $8 for the general public, and $5 for seniors and children 12 and under. Conference attendees will receive $2 off admission price.
Contact to register or for more information: Dorothy Boylan (dboylan@sfheritage.org) *No RSVP required
"The Knoll: Where Claremont and Elmwood Meet" Berkeley Architectural Heritage Spring House Tour
Date & Time: Sunday, May 6, 2012, from 1:00 to 5:00 pm
Description: BAHA's 2012 house tour will explore a neighborhood of hillside homes, a half block from the College Avenue bus line. Tour focuses on the Garber Street Hill, featuring ten houses built in a variety of styles between 1904 and 1927 and designed by Henry Gutterson, Edward Seely, Plowman & Thomas, Williams & Wastell, Joseph Coward, F.E. Allen, and Louis Engler.
Discount offered to conference attendees?: $15 off ticket price ($25 instead of $40)
Website link: http://berkeleyheritage.com
Contact to register or for more information: baha@berkeleyheritage.com Tickets can be purchased at the BAHA table at the Conference, or on the day of the tour at the ticket table at 2800 Forest Avenue (Emerson School), anytime after 12:00.
