In a region so well known for its artists you would of course expect the museums and galleries to be top class. The San Francisco Bay Area does not disappoint. Modern and contemporary art is definitely the strong point, informally headquartered in San Francisco's northern
SoMA district surrounding the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and SFMoMA. But if you're interests tend toward the historical or the classical, don't despair, many excellent options still abound around the Bay.
Lincoln Park
34th Avenue & Clement Street
Beautiful museum, grand location...
701 Mission Street
At 3rd Street
Features new and established artists...
200 Larkin St
Civic Center Plaza
Ancient and modern collide in this monument to Asian art...
111 Minna St
(at the corner of Second St)
Art gallery/nightclub...
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr
(Golden Gate Park)
Cultural Destination...
151 3rd St
(between Howard & Mission St)
Largest contemporary art museum in the Bay Area...
685 Mission Street
At Third Avenue
A world-class storyteller...
20 Hawthorne Street
Hard to find, easy to love...
49 Geary Street
(Between Kearny and Grant streets)
Art, candy and culture...
3543 18th Street
(between Valencia and Guerrero streets)
Largest mural in SF...
341 Sutter Street
(Between Post and Sutter Streets)
European art & vision...
535 Sutter Street
Charming downtown gallery...
Modern art in the Mission...
619 Post Street
(between Leavenworth and Hyde streets)
Hassle-free quality prints...
1771 Union Street
(at the corner of Octavia Street)
Unique and first rate pieces...
77 Geary Street
(between Kearny and Grant at Market Street)
20th century revisited...
403 Francisco Street
THE spot for local art...
908 Valencia Street
Off-beat Chicana art and Crafts...
150 Minna St
Ground floor (between Third St. and New Montgomery sts.)
Contemporary Art Found Here...
2036 Union St
At Buchanan St
Arctic Art...