Coyote Point Museum for Environmental Education educates and inspires people to take care of our earth wisely.
Founded in 1954 by the Junior League of San Francisco as the San Mateo County Junior Museum, Coyote Point Museum provides engaging, environmental science experiences for over 75,000 visitors each year through our exhibits, programs, wildlife, and gardens.
Located in San Mateo County within the Coyote Point Recreation Area overlooking the San Francisco Bay, visitors to the Museum experience the beautiful diversity of California’s natural environment, explore the extraordinary complexity of the natural world, and develop a greater awareness of the interrelationship of all living things.
Coyote Point Museum provides a variety of programs and exhibits that strive to help children and families become good observers of the natural world. We believe that helping people notice the wonders of our world will lead to their inherent appreciation of it and thus stewardship of the environment. In other words,
Coyote Point Museum provides a variety of programs and exhibits that help children and families become skilled observers of the natural world, including:
- Science-based exhibits: The Museum offers a variety of interactive exhibits that help children and families understand the science behind the environment.
- Wildlife exhibits: The Museum houses a collection of 65 native, non-releasable animals which can be viewed up-close by visitors in naturalistic animal enclosures.
- Educational programs: Coyote Point Museum offers a wide range of high quality, hands-on, engaging programs that are designed to support school and group educators in environmental science education. In addition, the Museum offers a variety of programs for the general public that give children and families the opportunity to explore, discover, and interact with the natural world.
- Botanical gardens: The Museum’s 1.3 acres of primarily native gardens provide a stunning laboratory for investigating plants, insects, and birds. The butterfly, hummingbird, edible, and medicinal gardens inspire and delight visitors.
Recent Accomplishments
- Listed as one of the top ten places for families to visit by Bay Area Back Roads in 2006
- Gold Medal Winner for Children’s Museums in Bay Area Parent Magazine in 2008
- Voted Best Museum for Families and Best Place to See Animals by Bay Area Parent Magazine readers in 2007
Download Coyote Point Museum's 2008-2010 Strategic Plan.
