Yerba Buena 2012 Block Party & Free Museum Day | SoMa

Yerba Buena Family Day is downtown San Francisco’s biggest daylong family block party with free admission, special art activities for kids and free performances for children and families at four museums within 1-2 blocks of each other in the Yerba Buena arts district.

Yerba Buena Family Day 2012
September 23, 2012, 11am to 4pm
3rd Street and Mission Street, San Francisco
FREE

SF MOMA

• Face it … artists love to make art about people. Get up close and PERSONal with hands-on family fun throughout the Museum
• Transform the whole family into cowboys, wizards, royalty and more in the Photoboof
• Enjoy a special musical performance by Frances England and Friends

Contemporary Jewish Museum

• Meet theatrical characters from San Francisco’s storied past in the exhibition California Dreaming: Jewish Life in the Bay Area from the Gold Rush to the Present
• Celebrate the wonder of story by making imaginative story puppets and story journals
• Listen to captivating tales by master storyteller Michael Katz on the main stage at 11:30AM, 1PM and 2:30PM

MOaD (Museum of the African Diaspora)

• Tour the exhibition Choose Paint! Choose Abstraction! Celebrating Bay Area Abstract Artists
• Create your own abstract chalk masterpiece and add it to the Museum’s walls
• Thrill to a special live performance by Los Pleneros de la 21, one of the nation’s premiere Afro-Puerto Rican groups direct from New York

Children’s Creativity Museum

• Experiment with stop-motion movie making in the Animation Studio
• Experience Creatura, an interactive surround-vision exhibit that brings your own fingerpainted creations to life
• Ride the historic carousel
  *To ensure a fun experience for as many families as possible, the Children’s Creativity Museum will offer special one-hour timed admissions on a first-come, first-served basis. Stop by early to receive your admission sticker and return for your hour of creativity.

Links: Event details

Cost: FREE
Categories: *Top Pick*, Art & Museums, Kids & Families, Lectures & Workshops, San Francisco, Walks & Tours Submitted by Rena Ragimova