How can a 50-ton gun simply disappear? Learn this and other factoids while helping load and aim the last operational gun of its kind.
The Army built Battery Chamberlin, just above Baker Beach, in 1904 to protect the harbor’s minefields. The battery’s “disappearing” guns could be …

The Legion of Honor displays a collection of 4,000 years of ancient and European art in an exquisite Beaux-Arts building in an unforgettable setting overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. Normally $10, admission is free on the first Tuesday of each month (special exhibition surcharges, if …

FoundSF is a new interactive website that invites history buffs and all San Franciscans to share their unique stories, images, and videos from the past and present. The growing online archive provides people with access to the city’s lost …

Are you having an existential crisis? If you want to know more about who you are, then find out who your ancestors were! Let the experts teach you how to trace and compile your family history at the California Genealogical Society and Library, Northern California’s premier genealogy …

“Matcha” is a monthly event during which the Asian Art Museum stays open late with a discounted admission price and puts on a whole host of special activities and docent tours.
October 28, 2010 Matcha: “Ghosts & Golden Clouds” Master storyteller Brenda Wong Aoki, Emmy Award-winning …