Victorian Days Walking Tours: San Bruno

Complementing its Victorian Days at the Old Courthouse, the San Mateo County History Museum is offering FREE walking tours throughout the Peninsula this summer. From Daly City to Pigeon Point, visit cemeteries, museums, stables, downtown sites, interesting residential areas, a historic railroad depot, a dueling site, a jail, a slot machine collection and a lighthouse. Please note that many of the walking tours require reservations.?

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For more information about the walking tours go to www.historysmc.org/victorian-days-walking-tours/.?

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Victorian Days is also a FREE event at the History Museum and features family activities that inform youngsters about life in the nineteenth century. It takes place from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Sunday, August 18.?

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Join San Mateo County Historical Association President Mitch Postel in an exploration of San Bruno’s historic business district. Starting at the intersection of San Mateo Avenue and El Camino, the walk down San Mateo Avenue includes the original EIMAC building where vacuum tubes were produced for broadcast and radar transmitters during World War II. The tour will feature a stop at the Welch Family’s private slot machine collection, a rare treat in itself.

RSVP: 650.299.0104, ext. 220 or education@historysmc.org

Difficulty Level: Easy. Note the private slot machine collection is not ADA accessible.

Address: Intersection of San Mateo Avenue and El Camino Real (in front of apartments at 400 San Mateo Avenue).