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Free First Week of Month
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See a map of San Francisco Museums as well as an A to Z Directory.

Free 1st Sunday

Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin Street (between Fulton & McAllister)
Civic Center, across from City Hall
San Francisco, CA 94102
Tel: (415) 581-3500
Also discounted every Thursday evening: $5.00 after 5:00p

Free 1st Tuesday

Cartoon Art Museum
655 Mission Street (between 2nd & 3rd)
San Francisco, CA 94105
Tel: (415) 581-3500
First Tuesday is “Pay What You Wish Day.”

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Golden Gate Park
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
San Francisco, CA 94118
Tel: (415) 863-3330
Also: $2 discount on regular admission with Muni pass or transfer.

Legion of Honor
Lincoln Park
34th Avenue & Clement Street
San Francisco, CA 94121
Tel: (415) 863-3330
Also: $2 discount on regular admissionwith Muni pass or transfer.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
151 Third Street (between Mission and Howard)
San Francisco, CA 94103
Tel: (415) 357-4000
Also discounted every Thursday evening: Half price admission from 6:00p to 9:00p.

Yerba Buena Center Galleries
701 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Tel: (415) 978-2700

Free 1st Wednesday

Exploratorium
at the Palace of Fine Arts
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
Tel: (415) 561-0399
Groups of 10+ must have reservations

Bay Area Discovery Museum
East Fort Baker
557 McReynolds Road
Sausalito, CA 94965
Tel: (415) 339-3900
From 9a to 4p, beginning October 1, 2008. Replaces Free Second Saturday afternoons.

Free 1st Thursday

Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
2626 Bancroft Way
2621 Durant Avenue
(Between College & Telegraph)
Berkeley, CA 94720
Tel: (510) 642-0808
Free admission to galleries, public programs, and 5:30p PFA screening.

Burlingame Pez Museum
214 California Drive
Burlingame, CA 94010
Tel: (650) 347-2301

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