E-mail page
|
|
|
|
California Historical Society Review
Read our San Francisco sights reviews. Or post your own.
California Historical Society
Libraries, SoMa
Fodor's Review:
If you're not a history buff, the CHS might seem like an obvious skip -- who wants to look at fading old photographs and musty artifacts? If the answer is an indignant "I do!" or if you're just curious, these airy galleries are well worth a stop. A rotating selection draws from the society's vast repository of Californiana -- hundreds of thousands of photographs, publications, paintings, and gold-rush paraphernalia. The Living New Deal Project, coming in 2008, will include at least one special exhibit about Depression-era recovery programs. Many of the city's best-loved buildings (Coit Tower, the Beach Chalet) are adorned with WPA-era art, and the Bay Bridge itself was a New Deal project. From out front, take a look across the street: this is the best view of MoAD's three-story photo mosaic.
INFO
- Address: 678 Mission St., SoMa, San Francisco, CA
- Phone: 415/357-1848
- Web site
- Cost: $3
- Open: Wed.-Sat. noon-4:30; galleries close between exhibitions
WHAT'S NEARBY
- Restaurants
- Acme Chophouse
- Ame
- More >>
- Entertainment
- 111 Minna Gallery
- 21st Amendment
- More >>
- Shopping
- Alexander Book Co.
- Evolution
- More >>
Visit the Travel Talk forums for help on planning your trip
- Best in Brew: 3 Hoppy Cities Brewery tours, hopping brew pubs, and jam-packed festivals--and, ...
- Top Chef Travels: Alice Waters It would be an understatement to call Alice Waters influential;...
- Family Adventure Travel Who says family vacations are boring? Moms and dads...
- more >>
