Bay Model Visitor Center

Free parking and free entrance😱👍. If you have the time drop by and learn about San Francisco Bay. Hubby enjoyed the model and I enjoyed the display/short film about Marinship yard and the important role they played in WWII.

Amazing museum and models! Literally shocked by the size of the model!

Such a fascinating place unlike anything else in the Bay Area where visitors can learn about local waterways and ecosystems. The two employees we spoke with were kind and knowledgable. Free to the public, with ample parking. We visited on a Thursday in July, and it was nearly empty. My kinds loved exploring the model, as well as the surprisingly extensive little museum. The tall ship in the harbor outside was an additional delight.

What an amazing experience!! Joy took such good care of us. She is knowledgeable, personable and conveyed the story of the Model n such an engaging way. She has an obvious passion for Bay Area history — which is contagious! Taylor was a great counterpart, providing amazing warmth and hospitality. We are very lucky to have the two of them as representatives of Sausalito.

I work with developmentally disabled adults and our population absolutely loves to visit the Bay Model site. We have always been well received and the staff has always treated us with the utmost respect. Except for today. Today we went back, after months away and were treated like lesser beings. While waiting for the video to start in the upper theater, an uniformed female staff came in with a mixed group she was guiding and proceeded to tell the three disabled people with me to move to other seats and give those chairs for the people in her group. She motioned them to chairs against a wall, next to a trash can with an angle view of the screen. Two of the people with me had vision problems and that is why we were sitting front and center. We simply left the theater, emotionally hurt and upset. My question is: if it were a group of non disabled people sitting in the same spots we were sitting, would they have been told to give their sits to others? I doubt it. This was just a reminder of how much discrimination still lingers in the hearts of some people in a county where most residents are well educated and like to boast about their acceptance and diversity. Today we were let down.

A wonderful little gem we didn't expect to find! Great museum on the history of the bay Run by the Army Corp of Engineers

Pretty amazing place for what it is. It's free and there is free parking. It's incredible how large this is and great that they also talk about different aspects of maintaining the bay and the model. It's more for adults than kids I would say, and more engineering and sciency than most adults may appreciate. They do a good job of recycling the guided tour books too. Bravo! TIP: You get a good view of the bay and it's not far to downtown Sausalito so it could be worth a short stop.

Fascinating to see this enormous physical model of the Bays. The first model was built in 1954, then extended, and was in use until 2000, when computer modelling took over. Friendly staff, donation on entry.