Science Centers
Directory
Science centers, observatories, planetariums, clubs, and businesses.
Sky & Telescope Directory of Dealers and Manufacturers
Association of Science & Technology Centers
Astronomical Society of Northern California
Astronomy Mall
International Planetarium Society
Equipment Manufacturers & Retailers and Model Shops
Boot’s Camera Celestron and Meade
5587 North Blackstone Ave., Fresno (559) 432-0446
Celestron International
2835 Columbia Street, Torrance, CA 90503 (310) 328-9560
Discovery Telescopes Inc.
615 S. Tremont Street, Oceanside, CA 92054 (760) 967-6598
Earth and Sky Adventure Products
2382 Leptis Circle, Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408) 778-1695
Gluskin’s Cameras Audio Video Meade
300 Lincoln Center, Stockton, CA 95207 (209) 477-5566
Hobby People Models, Tools & Supplies, Books
270 N. Hill Avenue, Pasadena, CA 95207 (626) 568-0883
Lumicon Celestron and Meade
2111 Research Dr. #4-5, Livermore 800-767-9576
Meade Instruments Corp.
6001 Oak Canyon, Irvine, CA 92620 (949) 451-1450
Oceanside Photo & Telescope Celestron and Meade
1024 Oceanside 800-483-6287
Orion Telescopes
3609 Buchanan St., San Francisco (415) 931-9966
Orion Telescopes
10555 S. De Anza Blvd, San Jose-Cupertino (408) 255-8770
Reed’s Cameras Meade
1524 Locust St., Walnut Creek, CA 94596 (925) 934-7207
Santa Barbara Instrument Group (SBIG)
147-A Castilian Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93117 (805) 571-7244
Scope City Celestron and Meade
730 Easy Street, Simi Valley (805) 522-6646
Scope City Celestron and Meade
14324 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks (818) 789-5805
Scope City Celestron and Meade
3033 S. Bristol, Cost Mesa (714) 957-6900
Scope City Celestron and Meade
4766 Claremont Mesa Blvd, San Diego ( 619) 277-6686
Scope City Celestron and Meade
350 Bay Street, San Francisco (415) 421-8800
Starsplitter Telescopes
3228 Rikkard Drive, Thousand Oaks (805) 492-0489
Stellarvue
P.O. Box 7515, Auburn (530) 878-0710
Studio City Camera Meade
12174 Ventura Blvd, Studio City (818) 762-4749
Thousand Oaks Optical filters – solar, eclipse viewers, H-Alpha, nebula
Box 4813, Thousand Oaks
What in The World
28200 Highway 189, Suite #E200, Lake Arrowhead, CA 92352 (909) 337-5080
Woodland Hills Camera Celestron
5348 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Woodland Hills (818) 347-2270
Research Centers, Museums, Science Centers, Camps
California Science Center
700 State Drive, Los Angeles 323-724-3623
Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory see NASA below
Chabot Space & Science Center
10902 Skyline Blvd, Oakland 510-530-3480
Exploratorium and Exploratorium Store
3601 Lyon Street, San Francisco 415-563-7337
Fleet Space Science Theater & Science Center including a planetarium
1875 El Prado Way, San Diego 619-238-1233
Lawrence Hall of Science
University of California, Centennial Drive, Berkeley 510-642-5132
Monterey Bay Aquarium
886 Cannery Row, Monterey 408-648-4888
NASA Ames Research Center Visiting Ames
Moffett Field, CA 94035 650-604-5000 a short distance NW of San Jose along Hwy 101
NASA Exploration Center
at NASA Ames Research Center (see above)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Public Tours Directions Maps
4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena , CA 91109 818-354-4321
San Francisco Bay Model
2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito 415-332-1851
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
2559 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara 805-682-4711 ext.308
Space Endeavour Center
Space education center and camp near Vandenberg AFB
Tech Museum of Innovation
201 South Market Street, San Jose 408-294-8324