The Best San Francisco Museums
San Francisco, like any major American city, is full of museums, with anything ranging from cultural to historical museums while others are of a slightly more unique variety. Here is a guide to the main museums with useful information including instructions for purchasing tickets.
Walt Disney Family Museum: Dive into the Life and Art of a Visionary Genius
Who hasn’t heard of Walt Disney? Who doesn’t love his masterpieces? Who doesn’t have at least one childhood memory connected to his cartoons and his soundtracks? If you are in …
Exploratorium: The Science Museum Where You Can Touch Everything
Science is literally at your fingertips at the Museum Exploratorium in San Francisco. Inaugurated in 1969, it is one of the main and most visited museums in the city and …
Visit San Francisco’s MOMA, the City’s Most Important Contemporary Art Museum
SFMOMA is the largest and most important museum of modern art in San Francisco, as well as being the first on the West Coast to be entirely dedicated to this …
Aquarium of the Bay: How to Plan a Visit to San Francisco’s Aquarium
One of the things to do in San Francisco if you are in the Embarcadero area is a visit to the Aquarium of the Bay on Pier 39. More than …
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park: the Historic Naval Park at Fisherman’s Wharf
On the west side of one of San Francisco‘s most popular areas, Fisherman’s Wharf, we find the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. This museum park not only offers spectacular …
How to Plan a Visit to the De Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco
You will find many attractions in the beautiful Golden Gate Park, including the striking Japanese Tea Garden and Shakespeare Garden, and also important museums such as the California Academy of Sciences …
Visitor’s Guide to the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco
Just a stone’s throw from the Golden Gate Bridge, nestled amidst the greenery of Lincoln Park and with a splendid view of the Pacific Ocean, we find a majestic Beaux-Arts …
Cable Car Museum, Home of San Francisco’s Historic Streetcars
When you think of San Francisco you think of traveling up and down its beautiful hills looking out from one of the iconic streetcars (cable cars) that have been connecting …
Renzo Piano’s California Academy of Sciences: How to Plan a Visit
An aquarium, a huge rain forest with animals of all kinds, a planetarium, a natural history museum and a research institute all in one place? Yes, it is possible and …