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Best museums & galleries in San Francisco Bay Area
Museums, galleries, and exhibitions across the San Francisco San Francisco Bay Area — current shows, late nights, and member events. Browse 30 spots and 23 upcoming events on Mosey.
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Upcoming museums & galleries
- Paris Portraits: Stories + Vignettes in the Galleries · Sunday, August 30, 2026
SFMOMA, San Francisco
- NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences · Thursday, September 3, 2026
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco · Ticketed
- Opening Celebration: In Between · Thursday, September 3, 2026
SFMOMA, San Francisco
- Friday Nights at OMCA with PHER · Friday, September 4, 2026
OMCA campus, Oakland · Free
- Hike & Sip · Friday, September 4, 2026
Chabot Space & Science Center, Oakland
- Hike & Sip · Saturday, September 5, 2026
- Art in Motion: Calder and His Mobiles · Sunday, September 6, 2026
SFMOMA, San Francisco
- NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences · Thursday, September 10, 2026
- Unsung Surrealists: Wolfgang Paalen and Alice Rahon · Thursday, September 10, 2026
SFMOMA, San Francisco
- Friday Nights at OMCA with Duniya Dance and Drum Company + Bongo Sidibe & The TonTons · Friday, September 11, 2026
OMCA campus, Oakland · Free
- Member Last Looks — Matisse’s Femme au chapeau: A Modern Scandal · Saturday, September 12, 2026
SFMOMA, San Francisco
- Hops and Props · Saturday, September 12, 2026
Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos
- A Modern Scandal: An Evening of Art Making · Thursday, September 17, 2026
SFMOMA, San Francisco
- NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences · Thursday, September 17, 2026
- Fall Teacher Night · Friday, September 18, 2026
Friday Nights at OMCA, Oakland · Free
- Friday Nights at OMCA with Kiyomi & Cal Raijin Taiko · Friday, September 18, 2026
OMCA campus, Oakland · Free
- Graciela Iturbide and Enrique Chagoya in Conversation · Saturday, September 19, 2026
SFMOMA, San Francisco
- Watercolor Workshop: Feeling First, a Matisse Study · Sunday, September 20, 2026
SFMOMA, San Francisco
- Ear Hustle Live! · Thursday, September 24, 2026
SFMOMA, San Francisco
- NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences · Thursday, September 24, 2026
- Works on Paper Book Club: Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife by Francesca Wade · Thursday, September 24, 2026
SFMOMA, San Francisco
- Friday Nights at OMCA with Los Tranquilos · Friday, September 25, 2026
OMCA campus, Oakland · Free
- Selected Shorts: A Touch of Magic Sep 27, 2026 · Sunday, September 27, 2026
Presidio Theatre, San Francisco · $
Top-rated museums & galleries
- tiat · San Francisco
- SoMa · Oakland
- The Phoenix Collection Tea Museum · Lagunitas
- Moth Belly Gallery · San Francisco
- Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center · San Francisco
- Aftel Archive of Curious Scents · Berkeley
- Bolinas Museum · Bolinas
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- Stanford Theater · Palo Alto
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- Clayroom · San Francisco
- WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall · San Francisco
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- Misalignment Museum · San Francisco
- San Francisco Fire Department Pioneer Museum · San Francisco
- Truhlsen-Marmor Museum of the Eye · San Francisco
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- Fort Point · San Francisco
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- Legion of Honor · San Francisco
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- USS Hornet (CV 12) · Alameda
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- Anderson Collection at Stanford University · Stanford
- The View Teen Center · Mountain View
- Japanese American Museum of San Jose · San Jose
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- Almaden Community Center · San Jose
- Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center · Santa Rosa
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- SFJAZZ Center · San Francisco
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- Harvey Milk Recreational Arts Center · San Francisco
- Cable Car Powerhouse and Barn · San Francisco
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- Randall Museum · San Francisco
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- City Lights Booksellers · San Francisco
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- Conservatory of Flowers · San Francisco
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- Exploratorium · San Francisco
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- Musée Mécanique · San Francisco
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- San Francisco Maritime Visitor Center · San Francisco
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