Recently relocated from downtown South 1st Street, the ART-TECH Silicon Valley Institute of Art and Technology is now situated on Clayton Road, some 20 minutes to the east of downtown and boasting some stunning panoramas of the Silicon Valley. Display focus on new media contemporary works, with an emphasis on the gap between art and technology.
Contact number: 408 929 9969
Location: 14300 Clayton Road, San Jose, California , 95127-5201
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The Machu Picchu Gallery of the Americas has a wonderful selection of artifacts from Central and South America and Mexico, as well as from North America. Also on permanent display are pre-Columbian and Old Indian exhibits, and several Latin American celebrations are enjoyed here throughout the year. Notable nearby attractions include the Public Library, the Kaleid Gallery, the Repertory Theater and the Yoshihiro Uchida Hall.
Contact number: 408 280 1860
Location: 87 East San Fernando Street, San Jose, California , 95113-2511
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The Trolley Barn is the transit museum for Kelley Park. It houses old restored and unrestored trolleys and cable cars. It also has antique cars, antique track checking vehicles and various transportation displays including a small scale model train.
Contact number: (408) 293-2276
Location: 635 Phelan Avenue, San Jose, CA 95112
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Contact number: 408 920 6070
Location: 365 South Market St. San José, CA 95113-2818
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The San Jose Multicultural Artists Guild (SJMAG)’s mission is to unite and serve communities by conducting cross-cultural arts programming reflective of the experiences of African-Americans, Women and Chicano/Latinos. Incorporated in 1990, SJMAG is a resident arts organization at the Mexican Heritage Plaza.
Contact number: (408) 272-9924
Location: 1700 Alum Rock Ave. San Jose, CA 95116
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Over 300 military medals from around the world.
Contact number: 408-298-1100
Location: 448 San Pedro St. San Jose, CA 95110
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San Jose’s Japantown (Nihonmachi) developed from where the immigrant Japanese first settled in Santa Clara Valley. More than a century following its humble beginnings, it remains one of the last three historical Japantowns in the United States.
Contact number: (408) 298-4303
Location: N. 5th Street & Jackson Street, San Jose, CA 95112
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KALEID (Greek for beauty and form) was borne out of San Jose’s Phantom Galleries (art in vacant storefronts & alternative spaces project) in December 2006. Over 60 fine artists and designers from the San Jose area make use of a 6,000 square foot retail space with individual exhibits that include painting, sculpture, photography, ceramics, glass, jewelry and textile art. The artists range from young and emerging, to seasoned and well-accomplished. All art work is for sale and may be taken with you at the time of purchase.
Contact number: (408) 271-5151
Location: 88 S 4th St, San Jose, CA
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A place to share the joy of Ikebana and get inspired
Contact number: 408.279.8342
Location: 580 N. 6th Street, San Jose, CA 95112
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Outdoor sculpture constructed from sandstone rubble of buildings destroyed in the 1906 and 1989 earthquakes. It resembles the serpentine spine of an giant mythological animal.
Location: 328 Lomita Dr. San Jose, CA, 94305
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