Museums / Cultural Institutions
The Asian Art Museum is welcoming you back to the museum on March 4th with timed tickets and 25% capacity. General admission will be free to all on Sunday, March 7 Reserve Tickets | What to Expect | Plan your visit | Current Exhibits The museum is home to one of the more...
Ready, set, science... California Academy of Sciences is reopening on March 17, after being closed for 3.5 months from November 29, 2020, through March 14, 2021. Members and donors will have early access on March 15-16. Tickets will be available beginning March 10, and all guests, including members, must reserve tickets more...
Winchester Mystery House is reopening its doors on Saturday, March 6, 2021. They’ve reimagined their tours, and now launching their brand new self-guided tours through the mansion. The Self-Guided Mansion Tour has been built with social distancing protocols in mind, with one way tour paths and features the larger rooms in the more...
The Conservatory of Flowers reopens to visitors Friday, March 5, 2021 with modifications in place to ensure public safety and prevent the spread of COVID-19. Guests will be required to wear face coverings and the Conservatory will limit the number of visitors to 25 percent of its normal capacity to ensure more...
Oakland’s Children’s Fairyland is reopening on March 19, 2021. To start, they’ll be open 3 days a week (Friday through Sunday) with two sessions each day, a morning (9am – noon) and an afternoon session (1 – 4pm). The Sanitation Team will deep clean the park between sessions. Their five-day schedule (Wednesday more...
Welcome back Aquarium of the Bay which is opening for the first time in 50 weeks. The aquarium is reopening is on Thursday, March 4, 2021 and they’ll be opening at 25% capacity, so you’ll have plenty of room to get a great view of the sharks swimming overhead. They’ll be open more...
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) today announced it will reopen to the public with a Free Community Day and free parking on Sunday, March 7. SFMOMA’s focus on visitor and staff health and safety remains front and center as it implements all recommended precautionary measures, including limiting the more...
San Francisco Reopens Some Businesses and Activities as it moves into the State’s Red Tier Tuesday, March 02, 2021 Beginning Wednesday, March 3, San Francisco will open up activities such as indoor dining, indoor fitness, and indoor museums and aquariums in accordance with State and with additional local limits Mayor London N. Breed more...
The state of California has officially moved San Francisco, Napa and Santa Clara County into the red tier which means that indoor dining, movie theaters and indoor museums can all reopen. These counties join San Mateo and Marin counties that moved into the red tier last week. Mayor London Breed says that more...
The state of California updated their tiers on February 23, 2021 and two Bay Area counties have been officially moved from the most restrictive “purple” tier into the less restrictive “red tier.” San Mateo and Marin counties saw significant case number drops and now the counties are freed by the state more...
One of San Francisco’s most breathtaking natural marvels, the annual bloom of more than 200 rare and historic magnolias with trees reaching 80 feet, is typically at its peak from mid-January through March at the SF Botanical Garden. Velvety silver buds on the often bare branches of these elegant trees, many rare and more...
One of San Francisco’s most breathtaking natural marvels, the annual bloom of more than 200 rare and historic magnolias with trees reaching 80 feet, is typically at its peak from mid-January through March at the SF Botanical Garden. Velvety silver buds on the often bare branches of these elegant trees, many rare and more...
Oakland Museum Of California Announces Nine Recent Acquisitions To Its Permanent Collection New Acquisitions From Seven Nationally-Recognized Artists Represent OMCA’s Commitment to Amplifying Undertold Stories of California Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) today announces nine new acquisitions to its permanent collection, including artworks by nationally-recognized artists Sadie Barnette, Kirk Crippens, Colette Denton, more...
Instrumental surf music swept across the United States like a great sonic wave during the early 1960s. Energetic and melodic with little or no vocal accompaniment, instrumental surf music originated in Southern California along with a booming interest in surfing and the subsequent pop-cultural craze. The first wave of surf more...
Now that San Francisco has moved into the “purple” tier, the state mandates that all indoor museums shut down. So far the SFMOMA, Asian Art Museum, Legion of Honor and de Young have all announced on Saturday afternoon that they are temporarily closing down again starting November 29th. We expect many more...