San Francisco museums events

Exploratorium After Dark: First Thursday Evening Hours for Adults

Thursday, Jun 6 6:00p

Experience life After Dark, an evening series exclusively for adults that mixes cocktails, conversation, and playful, innovative science and art events...

Rising Dragon: Contemporary Chinese Photography

Sunday, May 19 11:00a

San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose

This exhibition showcases images by photographers working in mainland China between the years 2000 and 2012—both Years of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac...

Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis

Sunday, May 19 9:30a

de Young Museum, San Francisco

Experience a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when Vermeer’s mysterious Girl with a Pearl Earring travels from Holland to the de Young Museum in San Francisco...

SF - The Murder at the de Young Scavenger Hunt

Saturday, May 25 2:00p

de Young Museum, San Francisco

Watson Adventures SF - The Murder at the de Young Scavenger Hunt For Adults Only Saturday, May 25 at 2:00PM at de Young Museum Golden Gate Park 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr...

Asian Art Museum - Terracotta Warriors Private Tour + Dinner

Thursday, May 23 6:00p

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

Grab your partner and visit the Asian Art Museum's Terracotta Warrior exhibit from the Qin-era during the final week where you will enjoy wine and appetizers before a guided tour of the Warrior's e...

Teen Movie Night

Thursday, May 30 6:00p

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

Who wins in a quest for immortality: The First Emperor or vampires? Check out Nosferatu, Twilight, or Once Bitten and mull over this age old question with characters thousands of years in the makin...

Walking Tour of Historic Treasure Island

Saturday, May 25 1:00p

Treasure Island Great Lawn, San Francisco

Join us for a walking tour of historic Treasure Island! Visit Art Deco buildings rich with the colorful history of the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940), Pan Am Clippers, and the US ...

Asian Art Museum: Local Time

Thursday, May 30 6:30p

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

Local Time is an evening event to mark the opening of Proximities 1: What Time Is It There?, the first of three intimate exhibitions exploring the wide, elusive range of Asia through the perspecti...

Watson Adventures’ Murder at the de Young Scavenger Hunt

Saturday, May 25 2:00p

de Young Museum, San Francisco

Join Watson Adventures on a unique murder mystery scavenger hunt for adults! Someone has been bumping off museum staffers involved in acquiring an ancient Aztec relic...

Wonders of the California Coast

Sunday, May 19 12:00p

California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco

Under the waves and beyond the beaches of California lies one of the world’s richest marine communities...

Thursday Night Fever NightLife

Thursday, May 23 6:00p

California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco

NightLife is bringing groovy back with some of San Francisco’s hottest disco fiends...

The Mexican Museum Presents, An Inspired Gift: The Rex May Collection of Mexican Popular Art

Sunday, Mar 16 12:00p

The Mexican Museum, San Francisco

A special exhibition,part of The Mexican Museum’s permanent collection opens to the public Friday, April 26...

Animate Your Night: Enchanted Tiki Oasis

Friday, Jun 21 7:00p

The Walt Disney Family Museum, San Francisco

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room as we team up with the Tiki Oasis gang for an adventure-filled night of Hawaiiana. Enjoy eats from Wexler’s and other food trucks...

Panel Discussion Disney and the Mechanized Magic of Audio-Animatronics

Saturday, Jun 22 3:00p

The Walt Disney Family Museum, San Francisco

Join us for a conversation about the incredible story of theme park animatronics featuring Garner Holt and special guests who helped transform Walt Disney’s vision for dimensional animated characte...

Tours of the Old Mint

Thursday, May 23 1:00p

The Old Mint, San Francisco

Tours of the Old Mint Get a look inside the Old Mint! SFMHS guides will discuss the history of the building, the plans for the facility, and show you the progress we have made so far...

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