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Things to do in San Jose with kids

Museums, family fun and shows & live entertainment — 54 places to go with kids in San Jose, California. 5 free to enter · most admission $15 to $32. 16 have a verified saving right now.
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Museums in San Jose11

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Family fun in San Jose11

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Shows & live entertainment in San Jose6

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Escape rooms in San Jose4

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Parks & beaches in San Jose4

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Bowling in San Jose3

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Mini golf in San Jose3

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Farms & pumpkin patches in San Jose3

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Tours & cruises in San Jose3

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Trampoline parks in San Jose2

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Zoos & aquariums in San Jose1

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Historic sites in San Jose1

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Ice & roller skating in San Jose1

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Indoor climbing in San Jose1

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With kids in San Jose

8 places in San Jose price a child ticket or let kids in free, child tickets $9 to $25.

What’s on in San Jose

Within 25 miles of San Jose. Dates and wording are each venue’s own.

Free in San Jose

6 attractions in San Jose get you in for nothing, in the venue’s own words.

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Places with deals in San Jose

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San Jose's attractions lean heavily toward indoor play centers and family entertainment venues that suit rainy afternoons and active children. Funtropolous offers a 27,000-square-foot space where visitors play on the Mega Metropolis Softplay Area with wave slides and tube slides, tackle the Superheroes Training Center obstacle course, and compete in Bazooka Ball. Luv 2 Play is a 13,000-square-foot indoor playground where families with infants, toddlers, and older children play on age-appropriate equipment during two-hour sessions. Sky Zone Trampoline Park features GLOW jump sessions where visitors bounce on interconnected trampolines under blacklight and neon effects. Beyond these, the city offers escape rooms, bowling alleys, mini golf courses, art museums, a water park, trampoline parks, climbing gyms, and seasonal haunted attractions. The Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose features Bill's Backyard, a half-acre outdoor expansion where visitors climb the Tree Climber and dig in the Dig Pit. For older kids and teenagers, The Tech Interactive offers over 100 hands-on experiences exploring technological innovation, while Winchester Mystery House provides a tour through 110 rooms of a Victorian estate. Mini golf venues include Golfland San Jose with award-winning 18-hole courses and Urban Putt San Jose with 18 custom-designed holes featuring creative obstacles.

What this list covers

San Jose has 54 places to go, mostly museums (11), family fun (11), shows & live entertainment (6).

39 of them publish an admission price, 43 publish opening hours, 9 have something dated on now, 16 are running a verified saving.

Every figure here was read on the attraction’s own website, most recently on October 14, 2026.

How we know these are real

Savings here are quoted from the attraction’s own website, word for word. This one, for example:

“Reduced Admission tickets: $5 per person for up to four people during Museum hours when you show your photo ID and a valid, unexpired Calfresh EBT or SNAP EBT card.”

Quoted from cdm.org · checked on

Common questions

How many attractions in San Jose are running a deal?
16 of the 54 attractions in San Jose currently have a verified saving, covering 32 offers in total. Each is quoted from the attraction’s own website. Examples include ABC Tree Farms & Pick of the Patch Pumpkins - Camden, Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, Funtropolous (Lost Worlds). Check each venue’s offer wording and eligibility conditions.
How much do things to do in San Jose cost?
Most admission in San Jose runs $15 to $32 per person, and 5 places are free to enter. Published prices run from $6 to $100 — $6 at Golfland San Jose, $100 at Whirlygig, across 4 attractions in San Jose that publish their own. Each figure is that venue’s own price line for what it names, which is not always plain admission, and each attraction’s page carries the rest of its rates.
What’s on in San Jose right now?
9 attractions in San Jose have something dated running, 18 listings between them. Each carries its own dates and the venue’s own sentence, and nothing is listed once its dates have passed.
Is there anything free to do in San Jose?
5 attractions in San Jose say on their own website that admission is free. We only say free when the venue does, unqualified — a child rate priced at nothing is not a free attraction. Examples include Chinese American Historical Museum at the Ng Shing Gung, Guadalupe Gardens, Mission San Jose.
What kinds of attractions are included?
museums (11), family fun (11), shows & live entertainment (6), escape rooms (4), parks & beaches (4), bowling (3), mini golf (3), farms & pumpkin patches (3), tours & cruises (3), trampoline parks (2), zoos & aquariums (1), historic sites (1), ice & roller skating (1), indoor climbing (1).
Are these deals guaranteed to still be available?
No. Every deal here carries the date it was last checked on the attraction’s own website and a link straight to the page it came from, so you can confirm it before you travel. Prices and offers change without notice.
What can we do indoors on a rainy weekend?
Funtropolous offers softplay areas, obstacle courses, and mini golf in a 27,000-square-foot space. Round1 San Jose combines bowling, imported Japanese arcade games, and VIP Immersive Lanes. Sky Zone Trampoline Park features blacklight bounce sessions. The Tech Interactive has over 100 hands-on galleries exploring how technology solves real challenges. Urban Putt San Jose features 18 custom-designed mini golf holes with creative obstacles.
What's good for a toddler or young child?
Luv 2 Play is a 13,000-square-foot indoor playground where infants, toddlers, and older children play on age-appropriate equipment during two-hour sessions. Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose features Bill's Backyard, where visitors climb the Tree Climber and dig in the Dig Pit with gravel, sand, and dirt. Pump It Up offers gigantic inflatable attractions where children bounce, climb, and slide.
What can teenagers do for a whole day?
The Tech Interactive features over 100 hands-on experiences alongside the BioTinkering Lab for tinkering projects. Winchester Mystery House offers a tour-guide led Mansion Tour through 110 of the mansion's 160 rooms covering its history from 1886 to 1922. Round1 San Jose combines arcade games, bowling on VIP Immersive Lanes, and food and drinks. Topgolf San Jose features high-tech ball tracking across three floors of climate-controlled bays.