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Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
200 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 Map it!
(415) 581-3500
Tuesday through Sunday 10:00am to 5:00pm with extended evening hours every Thursday until 9:00 pm.
Adults: $10, Seniors: $7, College Students: $6 (First Tuesday of each month FREE))
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is one of the largest museums in the Western world devoted exclusively to Asian art. But we are more than just an art museum—we are your ticket to Asia. Here, travel through 6,000 years of history, trek across seven major regions, and sample the cultures of numerous countries.
De Young Memorial Museum - Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
de Young Golden Gate Park
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 863-3330
Tuesday through Sunday, 9:30am – 5:15 pm
Adults: $10, Seniors: $7, Youths 13-17: $6, College Students with ID: $6.
(First Tuesday of each month FREE)
Founded in 1895 in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, the de Young Museum has been an integral part of the cultural fabric of the city and a cherished destination for millions of residents and visitors to the region for over 100 years.
On October 15, 2005, the de Young Museum re-opened in a state-of-the-art new facility that integrates art, architecture and the natural landscape in one multi-faceted destination that will inspire audiences from around the world.
Legion of Honor Museum - Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Lincoln Park, 34th Avenue & Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121 Map it!
(415) 863-3330
Tuesday through Sunday, 9:30 am – 5:15 pm
Adults: $10, Seniors: $7, Youths 13-17: $6, College Students with ID: $6.
(First Tuesday of each month FREE)
The Legion of Honor, San Francisco's most beautiful museum, displays an impressive collection of 4,000 years of ancient and European art in an unforgettable setting overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
151 Third Street (between Mission & Howard St.), San Francisco, CA 94103 Map it!
(415) 357-4000
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat & Sun 11:00am - 5:45pm
Closed on Wednesday
Adults: $12.50, Seniors: $8, College Students with ID: $7.
(First Tuesday of each month FREE, Thursday 6-9pm Half Price)
California Academy of Sciences
875 Howard Street (between 4th & 5th St.), San Francisco, CA 94103 Map it!
(415) 321-8000
10 am – 5 pm every day of the year, except on Third Thursday each month 10am-9pm
Adults: $7, Youth 12-17 & Seniors: $4.50, College Students with ID: $4.50
(First Wednesday of each month FREE, 3rd Thursday each month special price $5 from 5-9pm)
The Academy of Sciences is many science museums under one roof, including the Steinhart Aquarium and the Morrison Planetarium. Its Natural History exhibits run the gamut from dinosaurs to gem stones. The penguin exhibit and the Fish Roundabout are favorite attractions in the Aquarium. Planetarium shows reveal the mysteries of the universe, while the multi-media Laserium Shows send colorful lasers dancing to music.
Exploratorium
Palace of Fine Arts, 3601 Lyon St. at Marina Blvd. San Francisco, CA 94123 Map it!
(415) 561-0360
Open Tuesday through Sunday. 10am to 5pm
Adults $13.00, Youth 13-17 & Seniors $10.00, People w/ disability $10.00
(FREE first Wednesday of each month)
The Exploratorium is a hands-on science museum where visitors learn by doing experiments in such fields as chemistry, physics, and genetics. Even the youngest children will be fascinated by the Exploratorium.
Cartoon Art Museum
655 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 Map it!
(415) CAR-TOON, (415) 227-8666
Hours: Daily 11:00 - 5:00, Closed Monday.
Adults $6.00, Students & Seniors $4.00.
(The first Tuesday of every calendar month is "Pay What You Wish Day.")
In 1984, a group of cartoon art enthusiasts began organizing exhibitions by using art work from their own collections. For several years, the Cartoon Art Museum was a "museum without walls", setting up shows in local museums and corporate spaces. In 1987, with an endowment from Peanuts creator, Charles M. Schulz, the museum established residence in the heart of San Francisco's new vibrant art center, Yerba Buena Gardens. The Cartoon Art Museum is the only museum in the United States dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of cartoon art in all its forms. This unique institution houses approximately 6,000 original pieces in its permanent collection; a complete volume research/library facility is located on the museum's premises. In addition to seven major exhibitions a year, the museum has a classroom for cartoon art and a bookstore.
The Mexican Museum
Fort Mason Center, Building D, (Marina Blvd & Buchanan St) San Francisco, CA 94123 Map it!
(415) 202-9700
(NOTE: The Mexican Museum's galleries at Fort Mason Center are currently closed (2006).)
The Mexican Museum, initially located in the heart of San Francisco's Mission District, was founded in 1975 by San Francisco resident and artist, Peter Rodríguez. The Museum was the realization of Mr. Rodríguez's vision that an institution be created in the United States to exhibit the aesthetic expression of the Mexican and Mexican-American people. Today, our vision has expanded to reflect the evolving scope of the Mexican, Chicano, and Latino experience.
Museum of African the Diaspora
685 Mission Street (at Third), San Francisco, CA 94105 Map it!
(415) 358-7200
Hours: Wed-Sat 11am-6pm, Sun 12noon-5pm, Closed Monday & Tuesday.
Adults $10.00, Students/Teachers & Seniors $5.00.
An international museum, based in San Francisco, MoAD is committed to showcasing the "best of the best" from the African Diaspora. To facilitate this, MoAD reaches out and initiates collaborative ventures with institutions of similar vision from around the world. Already, the museum has forged rich relationships with the British Museum, the Museum of African Art (NY), Eileen Harris Norton and Peter Norton, and the University of California Berkeley, amongst others.
Yerba Buena Center for the Art
701 Mission Street, San Francisco, 94103 Map it!
(415) 978-2700
Hours: Daily 11:00 - 5:00, Closed Monday.
Adults $6.00, Students/Teachers & Seniors $4.00.
(First Tuesday of each month FREE)
Yerba Buena (Clinopodium douglasii) is a sprawling aromatic herb of the western and northwestern United States, western Canada and Alaska. What is now San Francisco, California was originally named Yerba Buena by its Spanish settlers in the 18th century because of the abundance of the herb in the area.
Federal Reserve Bank
101 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 Map it!
(415) 974-3252
Check out their website for tour hours info.
Admission FREE.
Visitors enter here for an introductory presentation, and to view the most extensive public collection of rare and valuable antique currency in the United States. This collection includes engraved notes by Benjamin Franklin and Paul Revere, along with the celebrated Grand Watermelon Note of 1890—prized by collectors and worth more than a million dollars in the collectors’ market. A multi-media show surrounds the audience on three sides and introduces them to the Fed. The video puts the currency collection in perspective with the full exhibit, presents the artifacts, and explains their relationship to the history of the U.S. financial system.
Cable Car Barn Museum
1201 Mason St.
(415) 474-1887.
Daily except major holidays 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Admission: FREE.
Center for the Arts
701 Mission St.
(415) 978-ARTS.
Tues - Sun 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Admission: Adults $5, Seniors/students $2.50.
FREE first Thursday of each month from 6 to 8 p.m.
Chinese Culture Center
Holiday Inn, 750 Kearny St.
(415) 986-1822.
Tues - Sat 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Sunday Noon - 4 p.m.
Admission: FREE.
Musee Mechanique
Cliff House, 1090 Point Lobos Ave.
(415) 386-1170.
Mon - Fri 11 a.m. - 7 p.m., Weekends/holidays 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Admission: FREE; most coin-operated machines cost a quarter.
Museo Italo Americano
Fort Mason, Building C
(415) 673-2200.
Wed - Sun noon - 5 p.m.
Admission: Adults $2, Seniors/students $1.
North Beach Museum
Eureka Federal Savings & Loan Association, 2nd floor 1435 Stockton St.; (415) 391-6210.
Mon - Thurs 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
San Francisco African American Historical/Cultural Society
Fort Mason, Building C
(415) 441-0640.
Summer hours: Tues - Sat 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Admission: Adults $5, Seniors/students $2.50.
San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum
Fort Mason, Building A
(415) 775-0990.
Tues - Fri 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., first Wednesday of every month 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Admission: Adults $1, Seniors/youths 12 to 17 50¢, under 12 FREE.
FREE first Wednesday of every month.
San Francisco Fire Department Museum
655 Presidio Ave.
(415) 558-3546.
Thurs - Sun 1 - 4 p.m.
Admission: FREE.
San Francisco Jewish Museum
282 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 344-8880.
Mon - Wed Noon - 6 p.m., Thursday Noon - 8 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m., Closed on Jewish holidays.
San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum
399 Grove St.
(415) 255-4800.
Tues - Fri 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday Noon - 4 p.m.
FREE.
Treasure Island Museum
Treasure Island Building 1, San Francisco Bay (access off San Francisco/Bay Bridge);
(415) 395-5067.
Weekdays 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Weekends 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Donation: $2.
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