SNE 2026 Excursions & Pub Night

Pub Night at Lucky Baldwins Pub

After enjoying an excursion or time on your own, join your fellow SNE 2026 attendees at Lucky Baldwins Pub!

Food & beverage costs are the responsibility of individual participants.

Location: 17 S Raymond Avenue, Pasadena – a 15 minute walk from the Hilton Pasadena Hotel

Excursion 1: Tour of the CalTech Campus

Fee: no charge to participate, unless you will be taking transit

Departure time: 5:00pm

Join us on a walking tour of the CalTech Campus

This tour will depart from the hotel and include a 20 minute walk to campus. Those wishing to take transit to the campus may do so and meet the group at a designated location. Transit time is approximately 9 minutes and the transit fee is approximately $2 USD.

Participants will be surprised to discover how the original academic buildings and high-tech laboratories of the California Institute of Technology, one of the world’s foremost institutions of science and engineering, created an architectural footprint that relates to the surrounding community.

Excursion 2: ArtNight Pasadena – one night only! Friday, October 9, 2026

Fee: no charge to participate, unless you will be taking transit

Departure time: 5:30pm

At ArtNight Pasadena, cultural institutions and arts organizations across the city open their doors for an evening filled with an exciting lineup of visual arts, live music, and performances at Pasadena’s most celebrated cultural venues. The event showcases a diverse range of creative experiences, including:

• • Art exhibitions featuring local and international artists
  • Live music performances across multiple genres
  • Theater and dance performances at participating venues
  • Literary readings and storytelling sessions
  • Free shuttles will be available to transport visitors between participating venues throughout the evening
  • Click here to view the 2026 ArtNight program 

Excursion 3: Norton Simon Museum

Entrance Fee: $20 for adults. Advance ticket purchase is not required, but recommended to expedite check-in. Note: the Museum maybe included in ArtNight Pasadena above and thus an entrance fee may not be charged.

Location: 411 W Colorado Boulevard

How to get there : 28 minute walk from the Hilton Pasadena Hotel; or a 15 minute transit trip and the fee is approximately $2 USD.

Departure time: 5:00pm

https://www.nortonsimon.org/visit/visit-the-museum

The Norton Simon Museum is home to one of the world’s most remarkable private art collections ever assembled. Over a 30-year period, the industrialist Norton Simon (1907–1993) amassed an impressive group of European masterworks from the Renaissance to the 20th century, and a stellar collection of South and Southeast Asian art spanning 2,000 years. Modern works from Europe and the United States, acquired by the former Pasadena Art Museum, also occupy an important place in the Museum’s holdings.

Norton Simon believed deeply in the power of art to communicate. One of the outstanding American art collectors of the twentieth century, he kept as a guiding principle his regard for the ability of the visual arts to inspire and reflect the human condition.

“One of the most profound means of human communication is the visual arts. By establishing a meaningful dialogue between an artist’s vision of the world and our own perceptions, art can help us to understand ourselves more fully. Moreover, art at its finest gives us a deep sense of history, tradition, and the true potentialities of man’s creativity. In today’s world where often scientific development is regarded as the highest goal and where the individual frequently feels alienated from himself and those around him, the role of art becomes increasingly important in keeping open the lines of communication.” – Norton Simon, 1972