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Most San Francisco residents know that many museums in the City by the Bay offer one free admission day every month, usually at the beginning of the month. Since I haven’t found any post about this, I thought I would post. Tourists should find this list helpful too!
This list will be updated periodically to reflect the latest dates and details. Click on each site for hours. Free days, based on a check of museums’ Web sites, are accurate as of 4/18/08.
BANK OF AMERICA MUSEUMS ON US program is back! Free admission every first Saturday and Sunday of each month from May 2008 until April 2009 at participating museums nationwide with your Bank of America card and photo ID. Check out the BofA program Web site here for details. For participating San Francisco museums, please see below.
SPECIAL ONE-TIME FREE MUSEUM DAYS
Added here on 11/26/08 - Sunday, January 11, 2009, Hours Vary: Family Appreciation Day 2009 - 32 museums and other attractions for FREE! Adults must accompany children and provide proof they live in San Francisco. Basically, you need a child to get in for free. Click here for complete information. Take advantage of this as some attractions do not offer free day year-round.
NEW!!! Added here on 12/25/08 - Sunday, January 25, 2009, Hours 10am to 4pm: San Francisco Zoo Lunar New Year Celebration - Free admission to those who were born in the years of the Ox - 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009. Click here for complete information.
Added here on 11/26/08 - Saturday, February 7, 2009, Hours 10am to 3pm: AT&T Park - Home of the San Francisco Giants - You are not getting the normally-you-have-to-pay ballpark tour, but the park is open for free on Saturday, February 7, during the KNBR/Giants Fan Fest. In 2008, during this event, the Giants opened its dugout, press boxes, etc. You could do a self-guided tour, even get to sit on the bench and get players’ autographs! It’s very cool! 2009 FanFest details on the KNBR Web site can be found here (Thanks tofufa!). 2008 FanFest Recap on the Giants Web site can be found here (Again, this is 2008).
*** Free AT&T Park Tours are given as part of the Family Appreciation Day on 1/11***
REGULARLY SCHEDULED FREE MUSEUM DAYS
Every Day
Cable Car Museum - also part of Family Appreciation Day on 1/11
Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory - Not a museum, but tourists should find this very interesting if they happen to be in Chinatown.
Musee Mechanique - Mechanical Museum - Used to be at Cliff House.
San Francisco Botanical Garden
Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday - 9am to 10am
Japanese Tea Garden - no official Web site (if you know of one, please PM me) - also part of Family Appreciation Day on 1/11
Every Monday through Friday
Wells Fargo Museum - also part of Family Appreciation Day on 1/11
Every Tuesday in 2008 - Not sure about 2009, Call Museum to Confirm
Museum of Craft and Folk Art - also part of Family Appreciation Day on 1/11
Every Tuesday through Saturday
Randall Museum - also part of Family Appreciation Day on 1/11
Every Tuesday through Sunday
Museo ItaloAmericano - Italian American Museum
First Tuesday of Each Month - Next One: Tuesday, 1/6
Cartoon Art Museum - also part of Family Appreciation Day on 1/11
Conservatory of Flowers - also part of Family Appreciation Day on 1/11
de Young Museum - also part of Family Appreciation Day on 1/11
Legion of Honor - also part of Family Appreciation Day on 1/11
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SF MOMA - also part of Family Appreciation Day on 1/11
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Galleries - also part of Family Appreciation Day on 1/11
Every Wednesday through Sunday
San Francisco Railway Museum
First Wednesday of Each Month - Next One: Wednesday, 1/7
Exploratorium - also part of Family Appreciation Day on 1/11
San Francisco Zoo - also part of Family Appreciation Day on 1/11. also free to those who were born in the years of the ox on 1/25 > see special one-time free museum days above.
Third Wednesday of Each Month - Next One: Wednesday, 1/21
California Academy of Sciences - Click here for the 2009 California Academy of Sciences Neighborhood Free Days Calendar for San Francisco residents. - also part of Family Appreciation Day on 1/11
Every Thursday through Sunday
San Francisco Fire Museum
First Thursday of Each Month - Next One: Thursday, 1/8
Chinese Historical Society of America
San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design - 5-7pm ONLY
Every Friday
Federal Reserve Bank - 12noon
Every First Full Weekend - Saturday and Sunday of Each Month from May 2008 to April 2009 - Next One: Saturday and Sunday, 1/3 and 1/4*
*with Bank of America card and photo ID only - check BofA’s Museums on Us Web site for more details
de Young Museum - also part of Family Appreciation Day on 1/11
Museum of the African Diaspora - also part of Family Appreciation Day on 1/11
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Galleries - also part of Family Appreciation Day on 1/11
First Sunday of Each Month - Next One: Sunday, 1/4
Asian Art Museum - also part of Family Appreciation Day on 1/11
Please PM me any additions and inaccuracies.
Black Friday 2008