Museums/Galleries in San Francisco

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Museums/Galleries in San Francisco

Name	Category	Location

Asian Art Museum You don't have to be a connoisseur of Asian art to appreciate...	Museums / Galleries	Civic Center

Beat Museum This two-level museum is likely to see an uptick in visitors...	Museums / Galleries	North Beach

Cable Car Museum One of the city's best free offerings, this museum is an absolute...	Museums / Galleries	Nob Hill

California Academy of Sciences With its native plant-covered living roof, retractable ceiling...	Museums / Galleries	Golden Gate Park

Cartoon Art Museum Krazy Kat, Zippy the Pinhead, Batman, and other colorful cartoon...	Museums / Galleries	SoMa


Chinese Historical Society of America Museum and Learning Center The displays at this airy, light-filled gallery document the...	Museums / Galleries	Chinatown

Contemporary Jewish Museum Daniel Liebeskind designed the postmodern CJM, whose impossible-to-ignore...	Museums / Galleries	SoMa

de Young Museum It seems that everyone in town has a strong opinion about the...	Museums / Galleries	Golden Gate Park

Exploratorium Walking into this fascinating "museum of science, art, and human...	Museums / Galleries	On the Waterfront

Galería de la Raza San Francisco's premier showcase for contemporary Latino art...	Museums / Galleries	Mission District

GLBT Historical Society Museum The one-room Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Historical...	Museums / Galleries	Castro

Legion of Honor The old adage of real estate—location, location, location—is...	Museums / Galleries	Western Shoreline

Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) Dedicated to the influence that people of African descent have...	Museums / Galleries	SoMa

New People The kids' counterpart to the Japan Center, this fresh shopping...	Museums / Galleries, Arts / Performance Venues, Stores / Malls	Japantown

Randall Museum The best thing about visiting this free nature museum for kids...	Museums / Galleries	Castro

Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum Among the two floors of exhibits at this mind-bending museum...	Museums / Galleries	On the Waterfront

San Francisco Art Institute A Moorish-tile fountain in a tree-shaded courtyard draws the...	Museums / Galleries	Russian Hill

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art SFMOMA closed for a massive expansion project in 2013 and is...	Museums / Galleries	SoMa

San Francisco National Maritime Museum You'll feel as if you're out to sea when you step aboard, er...	Museums / Galleries	On the Waterfront

San Francisco Railway Museum A labor of love brought to you by the same vintage-transit enthusiasts...	Museums / Galleries	On the Waterfront

Walt Disney Family Museum This beautifully refurbished, brick, barracks house is a tribute...	Museums / Galleries	Presidio

Wells Fargo Bank History Museum There were no formal banks in San Francisco during the early...	Museums / Galleries	On the Waterfront
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