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San Francisco Museum Exhibits - March 2008
Listings updated annually.
March exhibits at San Francisco museums. Museums outside of the city are listed at the end.
** Note: Museums not listed are either temporarily closed or do not have special exhibitions this month.
The Guide to San Francisco Museums has a more extensive list with full address and location information. The San Francisco Museum Map shows locations of museums within the city.
See the guide to Free Museum Days in San Francisco for monthly freebies.
11. San Francisco Botanical Garden
Location: Golden Gate Park (9th Avenue)
SF Botanical Garden Website
Looking at Light Through Flowers
Through March 31. 2008
Photography by Joanne Koltnow - Organized into two collections: small botanicals and plants in containers. In the botanical collection, individual flowers or leaves float on a white background. Leaves or petals often overlap and that emphasizes the transparent nature of the plant material.
12. San Francisco Museum of Craft & Design
Location: Union Square
Museum of Craft + Design Website
New West Coast Design: Contemporary Objects
January 23 to May 4, 2008
Multi-gallery installation reveals how our minds transform the visual and aural information we receive to create our view of the world
13. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
© Ingrid Taylar
Location: SoMa/South of Market - (SoMa Information)
Profile of SF MOMA
Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson
September 8, 2007 to February 24, 2008
First US survey of this Icelandic artist's oeuvre - encompassing sculpture, photography, and large-scale immersive installations
An-my Le: Small Wars
January 26 to May 4
Photographer and Vietnamese American artists An-My Le delves into Americans' complicated relationship with war
Friedlander
February 23 to May 18
Retrospective of this prolific photographer, with more than 500 photographs on display
Gabriele Basilico: From San Francisco to Silicon Valley
January 26 to June 15, 2008
Photos taken by Basilico at the invitation of SFMOMA during a monthlong residency in the Bay Area last summer
14. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
© Ingrid Taylar
Location: SoMa/South of Market - (SoMa Information)
The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama
Ends March 16, 2008
Works by more than 88 artists from 30 countries, invited to create works that capture the essence of His Holiness and his mission of peace
Anna Halprin: At the Origin of Performance
January 18 to April 6, 2008
An audiovisual installation and celebration of Anna Halprin's work, pioneer of postmodern dance and performance
Making Peace
Reader interactive exhibit where users photos will be incorporated into a traveling mosaic of "The Missing Piece." Read more about Making Peace
15. Oakland Museum of California (Downtown Oakland)
Location: Downtown Oakland
Oakland Museum Website
Artists of Invention: A Century of CCA
Through March 16, 2008
Exhibition features more than 120 works in various media, and includes a large contemporary section from the past 20 years
Trading Traditions: California's New Cultures
January 19 – April 6, 2008
Explores the daily mix of California's new communities through photographs by Berkeley writer and radio journalist Lonny Shavelson, commentary by Oakland author and editor Fred Setterberg and Shavelson, and sound design by James LeBrecht, head of Berkeley Sound Artists, and Shavelson
16. Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology (Berkeley)
Berkeley - Kroeber Hall on Bancroft Way at College Avenue
From the Land of the Rajas: Creativity in Rajasthan
February 2 through December 21, 2008
17. Marin History Museum (Marin/San Rafael)
Location: San Rafael
Marin History Museum Website
Riding the Rails: Marin's Historic Trains
Through April 12, 2008
Chronicles the evolution of railroad transportation in Marin County
18. Cantor Arts Center (Stanford/Palo Alto)
Location: Stanford Campus in Palo Alto
Cantor Arts Center Website
Frederic Church, Winslow Homer and Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape
January 30 to May 4, 2008
Exhibition explores the work of three influential artists in the context of the new and growing tourist industry in the United States during the second half of the 19th century
Private and Public: Class, Personality, Politics, and Landscape in British Photography
January 3 to April 6, 2008
Explores the special qualities of the British as revealed in photographs
See a photo tour of the nearby Stanford Campus Main Quad.
