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Hours : April to October: 10am to 6pm
November to March: 10am to 5pm

Admission : Free

Opened in : 1974

Location : 1201 Mason St

Accessibility : Ramp and elevator for disabled visitors available

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Cable Car Museum, San Francisco Overview

The Cable Car Museum, located at Washington cable car barn and powerhouse in San Francisco, is an impressive museum describing the history, building and working of the cars. The San Francisco municipality still uses a fleet of Powell Sreet and California Sreet cars in the state. The museum hosts an annual event of bell-ringing contest to acknowledge and celebrate the evolving history of cable cars and the people running it. It showcases antique cable cars and a variety of devices like tracks, brakes, mechanisms, etc. used for functioning the cable cars. They have a huge collection of momentous photographs on display and a museum gift shop that includes books, apparel, souvenirs and cable car bells.

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