Free Museum Days

MoAD (FREE)

@moadsf, Mission St (at 3rd) San Francisco, CA 94105, Ground floor of the St. Regis

The Museum of the African Diaspora is a contemporary art museum in San Francisco, California. MoAD holds exhibitions and presents artists exclusively of the African diaspora, one of only a few museums of its kind in the United States.

*THRIVE @ MoAD Community Day. General admission is free every Second Saturday of the month.

Museum of Craft and Design (FREE)

@museumofcraftanddesign, 1199 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94122

As a non-collecting institution, the museum actively collaborates with artists, designers, museums and universities, as well as design venues and practitioners to create inspirational experiences in the world of craft and design for visitors of all ages.

*Visitors who are part of Medi-Cal or Cal Fresh programs can get 4 free admission passes each visit!

Pay What You Can Wednesdays: Every Wednesday, we invite visitors to experience the museum and pay what they wish for admission.

de Young Museum (FREE)

@deyoungmuseum, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr San Francisco, CA 94118

San Francisco's oldest public museum, featuring American art from the 17th through the 21st centuries, international textiles and costumes, and art from the Americas, the Pacific, and Africa.

*General admission is free the first Tuesday of every month and every Saturday for Bay area residents.

SFMOMA - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (FREE)

@sfmoma, 151 Third St San Francisco, CA 94103

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is a modern and contemporary art museum located in San Francisco, California. A nonprofit organization, SFMOMA holds an internationally recognized collection of modern and contemporary art, and was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th-century art.

*General admission is free the first Thursday of every month to residents of the nine Bay Area counties.

BAMPFA- Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (FREE)

@bampfa, 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA 94720

One of the nation’s leading university museums, the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) is a forum for cultural experiences that transform individuals and advance the local, national, and global discourse on art and film.

*General admission is free the first Thursday of every month.

OMCA - Oakland Museum of California (FREE)

@oaklandmuseumca, 1000 Oak Street, Oakland CA 94607

OMCA is a leading cultural institution of the Bay Area and a resource for the research and understanding of California’s dynamic cultural and environmental heritage for visitors from the region, the state, and around the world.

*General admission is free the first Sunday of every month.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (FREE)

@ybca, 701 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94103

Opened to the public in 1993, YBCA was founded as the cultural anchor of San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens neighborhood. The work of YBCA spans the realms of contemporary art, performance, film, civic engagement, and public life. Centering artists as essential to social and cultural movement, YBCA is reimagining the role an arts institution can play in the community it serves.

*General admission is free the first Tuesday of every month.

Conservatory of Flowers (FREE)

@conservatoryofflowers, 100 John F Kennedy Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118

The Conservatory of Flowers is a greenhouse and botanical garden that houses a collection of rare and exotic plants in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California. With construction having been completed in 1879, it is the oldest building in the park.

*General admission is free the first Tuesday of every month.

California Academy of Sciences (Reduced Fair)

@calacademy, 55 Music Concourse Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118

The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in San Francisco, California, that is among the largest museums of natural history in the world, housing over 46 million specimens.

*Any Day, Guests with an EBT/CalFresh, WIC, Lifeline Pass, or Medi-Cal card can simply present it at the ticket window upon arrival to purchase $3

GLBT Historical Society Museum (FREE)

@glbt_history, 4127 18th StreetSan Francisco, CA, 94114

The GLBT Historical Society collects, preserves, exhibits and makes accessible to the public materials and knowledge to support and promote understanding of LGBTQ history, culture and arts in all their diversity. Founded in 1985, we are recognized internationally as a leader in the field of LGBTQ public history.

*General admission is free the first Wednesday of every month.

San Francisco Botanical Garden (FREE)

@sfbotanicalgarden, 1199 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94122