San Francisco Bay Area family weekend planner
Things to do with kids this weekend in Stanford (August 14–16)
Updated August 12, 2026
The weekend of August 14–16 in Stanford brings Public Tour | Auguste Rodin at Cantor Arts Center (Friday) and Branner Library Monthly Book & Map Exhibit - Mapping the Oceans at Mitchell Earth Sciences - Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections (Friday). Every listing comes from the organizer's own calendar, with times, venues, and official links — free ones are marked.
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Family events in Stanford this weekend: August 14–16
Friday, August 14
12 events · 3 free
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You Are Here: Transit Cartography & Spatial Identity
Transit maps hold a unique place in both the urban environment and the cultural zeitgeist, often transcending their utilitarian purposes to…
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Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral: Works by Miljohn Ruperto
Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral is the first large-scale solo museum exhibition of Manila-born, Los Angeles-based artist Miljohn Ruperto (b. 1971).
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Branner Library Monthly Book & Map Exhibit - Mapping the Oceans
Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collection exhibit series: Oceans In the 2025–2026 academic year, Branner Library’s exhibit series…
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Carolyn Lazard: Long Take
is a multimedia exhibition that begins with a score for a performance and unfolds as a series of interventions that engage accessibility as an artistic material.
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Ginsberg at 100: Selections from the Allen Ginsberg Papers at Stanford
Stanford University Libraries presents Ginsberg at 100: Selections from the Allen Ginsberg Papers at Stanford, on view in the Peterson…
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JANE! An intimate exploration of Gilded Age excess and the enigmatic life and death of Jane Stanford
Curated by Associate Curator of European Art, Patrick R. Crowley, JANE! celebrates the aesthetic and affective excesses of Jane Stanford,…
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Moments in the History of East Asian Printing
brings together rare books, facsimiles, woodblocks, broadsheets, illustrated books, typewriter materials, and other objects from the East Asia Library’s collections.
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Text Machines: Scarlet Thread of the Digital Order (1883-2026)
Stanford Libraries now holds an 1883 edition of a rare book, Les laboureurs: poème tiré de Jocelyn, whose pages (text and ornaments) were…
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1,000 Ways to Hold: A New Work By Erika Chong Shuch
1,000 Ways to Hold is the culmination of a year-long participatory project by Stanford Arts’ 2025–26 Visiting Artist Erika Chong Shuch, rooted in conversation and clay.
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Public Tour | Auguste Rodin
This exhibition celebrates Auguste Rodin’s relentless pursuit to convey complex emotions, diverse psychological states, and pure sensuality through the nude.
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Public Tour | Cantor Highlights: 1 PM
Public Tours: Cantor Highlights Explore the highlights of the Cantor's permanent collection on a public tour that leads you through a…
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David Rumsey Map Center Guided Tour
Explore the World of Maps at the David Rumsey Map Center Join us for a guided tour of the David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford Libraries.
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Saturday, August 15
11 events · 5 free
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Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral: Works by Miljohn Ruperto
Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral is the first large-scale solo museum exhibition of Manila-born, Los Angeles-based artist Miljohn Ruperto (b. 1971).
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Carolyn Lazard: Long Take
is a multimedia exhibition that begins with a score for a performance and unfolds as a series of interventions that engage accessibility as an artistic material.
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Ginsberg at 100: Selections from the Allen Ginsberg Papers at Stanford
Stanford University Libraries presents Ginsberg at 100: Selections from the Allen Ginsberg Papers at Stanford, on view in the Peterson…
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JANE! An intimate exploration of Gilded Age excess and the enigmatic life and death of Jane Stanford
Curated by Associate Curator of European Art, Patrick R. Crowley, JANE! celebrates the aesthetic and affective excesses of Jane Stanford,…
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Moments in the History of East Asian Printing
brings together rare books, facsimiles, woodblocks, broadsheets, illustrated books, typewriter materials, and other objects from the East Asia Library’s collections.
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Text Machines: Scarlet Thread of the Digital Order (1883-2026)
Stanford Libraries now holds an 1883 edition of a rare book, Les laboureurs: poème tiré de Jocelyn, whose pages (text and ornaments) were…
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1,000 Ways to Hold: A New Work By Erika Chong Shuch
1,000 Ways to Hold is the culmination of a year-long participatory project by Stanford Arts’ 2025–26 Visiting Artist Erika Chong Shuch, rooted in conversation and clay.
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Public Tour | Auguste Rodin
This exhibition celebrates Auguste Rodin’s relentless pursuit to convey complex emotions, diverse psychological states, and pure sensuality through the nude.
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Highlights Tour | Anderson Collection
Come by the Anderson Collection for a free guided tour of our collection!
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Public Tour | Cantor Highlights: 1 PM
Public Tours: Cantor Highlights Explore the highlights of the Cantor's permanent collection on a public tour that leads you through a…
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Public Tour | Cantor Highlights: 3 PM
Public Tours: Cantor Highlights Explore the highlights of the Cantor's permanent collection on a public tour that leads you through a…
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Sunday, August 16
11 events · 5 free
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Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral: Works by Miljohn Ruperto
Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral is the first large-scale solo museum exhibition of Manila-born, Los Angeles-based artist Miljohn Ruperto (b. 1971).
Official ↗ -
Carolyn Lazard: Long Take
is a multimedia exhibition that begins with a score for a performance and unfolds as a series of interventions that engage accessibility as an artistic material.
Official ↗ -
JANE! An intimate exploration of Gilded Age excess and the enigmatic life and death of Jane Stanford
Curated by Associate Curator of European Art, Patrick R. Crowley, JANE! celebrates the aesthetic and affective excesses of Jane Stanford,…
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Moments in the History of East Asian Printing
brings together rare books, facsimiles, woodblocks, broadsheets, illustrated books, typewriter materials, and other objects from the East Asia Library’s collections.
Official ↗ -
Text Machines: Scarlet Thread of the Digital Order (1883-2026)
Stanford Libraries now holds an 1883 edition of a rare book, Les laboureurs: poème tiré de Jocelyn, whose pages (text and ornaments) were…
Official ↗ -
1,000 Ways to Hold: A New Work By Erika Chong Shuch
1,000 Ways to Hold is the culmination of a year-long participatory project by Stanford Arts’ 2025–26 Visiting Artist Erika Chong Shuch, rooted in conversation and clay.
Free Official ↗ -
Ginsberg at 100: Selections from the Allen Ginsberg Papers at Stanford
Stanford University Libraries presents Ginsberg at 100: Selections from the Allen Ginsberg Papers at Stanford, on view in the Peterson…
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Highlights Tour | Anderson Collection
Come by the Anderson Collection for a free guided tour of our collection!
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Public Tour | Cantor Highlights: 1 PM
Public Tours: Cantor Highlights Explore the highlights of the Cantor's permanent collection on a public tour that leads you through a…
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Public Tour | Outdoor Sculpture Walk, Museum
Learn from a trained docent as you walk among the diverse collection of outdoor sculpture surrounding the Cantor Art Center.
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Public Tour | Cantor Highlights: 3 PM
Public Tours: Cantor Highlights Explore the highlights of the Cantor's permanent collection on a public tour that leads you through a…
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Coming up in Stanford
- Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral: Works by Miljohn Ruperto — August 13 · Cantor Arts Center - Freidenrich Family Gallery
- Carolyn Lazard: Long Take — August 13 · Cantor Arts Center - Lynn Krywick Gibbons Gallery
- JANE! An intimate exploration of Gilded Age excess and the enigmatic life and death of Jane Stanford — August 13 · Cantor Arts Center - Stanford Family Rooms