The Official Hoodscope List of Free San Francisco Museum Days

21May09

Overlooking the Calfornia Academy of Sciences from the de Young via Flickr.com

San Francisco is full of museums that run the gamut from ancient art to modern cartooning. Seeing all these museums can be quite a dauting task, and not to mention super expensive! If exploring art and science for free sounds like your kind of thing, then I present to you The Official Hoodscope List of Free San Francisco Museum Days. 

Free first sunday
Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 581-3500
Free first Tuesday
Cartoon Art Museum
655 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 581-3500
de Young Museum
Golden Gate Park
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 863-3330
Legion of Honor
Lincoln Park
34th Avenue & Clement Street
San Francisco, CA 94121
(415) 863-3330
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
151 Third St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 357-4000
Yerba Buena Center Galleries
701 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 978-2700
Conservatory of Flowers
Golden Gate Park
100 J F Kennedy Dr.
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 666-7001
Museum of Craft and Folk Art
Fort Mason Building A
Marina Blvd.
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 775-0991
Free 1st Wednesday
Exploratorium at the Palace of Fine Arts
3601 Lyon St.
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 561-0399
San Francisco Zoo
1 Zoo Rd.
San Francisco, CA 94132
(415) 753-7080
Free 1st Thursday
The Chinese Historical Society of America
965 Clay St.
San Francisco, CA 94108
(415) 391-1188
Free 3rd Monday
The Contemporary Jewish Museum
121 Steuart St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 344-8800
Free 3rd Wednesday
California Academy of Sciences
Golden Gate Park
Concourse Dr.
San Francisco, CA 94122
(415) 379-8000

Free 1st Sunday

Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 581-3500
http://www.asianart.org

Free 1st Tuesday

Cartoon Art Museum
655 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 581-3500
http://www.cartoonart.org

Conservatory of Flowers
Golden Gate Park
100 J F Kennedy Dr.
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 666-7001
http://www.conservatoryofflowers.org

de Young Museum
Golden Gate Park
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 863-3330
http://www.famsf.org/deyoung

Legion of Honor
Lincoln Park
34th Avenue & Clement Street
San Francisco, CA 94121
(415) 863-3330
http://www.famsf.org/legion 

Museum of Craft and Folk Art
Fort Mason Building A
Marina Blvd.
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 775-0991
http://www.mocfa.org

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
151 Third St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 357-4000
http://www.sfmoma.org

Yerba Buena Center Galleries
701 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 978-2700
http://www.ybca.org/visit

Free 1st Wednesday

Exploratorium at the Palace of Fine Arts
3601 Lyon St.
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 561-0399
http://www.exploratorium.edu

San Francisco Zoo
1 Zoo Rd.
San Francisco, CA 94132
(415) 753-7080
http://www.sfzoo.org

Free 1st Thursday

The Chinese Historical Society of America
965 Clay St.
San Francisco, CA 94108
(415) 391-1188
http://chsa.org

Free 3rd Monday

The Contemporary Jewish Museum
121 Steuart St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 344-8800
http://www.thecjm.org

Free 3rd Wednesday

California Academy of Sciences
Golden Gate Park
Concourse Dr.
San Francisco, CA 94122
(415) 379-8000
http://www.calacademy.org

If you know of any other museums that offer free admission days that aren’t on this list, please do let me know so I can add them to the list!



3 Responses to “The Official Hoodscope List of Free San Francisco Museum Days”

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    The Japanese tea garden in GG park also features free admission every MWF (I believe) for the first hour, and last hour (??)

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