NUMU MuseumWednesday 1pm-5pm Thursday 11am-8pm Friday 11am-5pm Saturday 11am-5pm Sunday 11am-5pm
The selfie is an ancient medium of art that only recently has been trivialized. Rembrandt painted himself throughout his life, capturing the…
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Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon, 11 am -5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues
The Cantor's Asian collection features works in a variety of media. With especially strong holdings of Chineseand Japanese art, the collection…
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Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon, 11 am - 5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues
This exhibition features an exceptional group of 56 works by the 20th-century American artist, Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000), and one by his spouse,…
During medieval and early-modern times, the Japanese theatrical art of Noh developed from a form of popular performance to the solemn, abstract…
Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon, 11 am-5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues
Ocean environments have nourished the imagination of visual artists across history and cultures, yielding a dramatic spectrum of influential…
Photography was invented in France more than two decades before the Civil War erupted in America. By the 1860s, visual culture and fine art…
Exploratorium11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Come ooooo and ahhhh at the science behind these big booms! Where do fireworks come from? Who invented them? What causes their beautiful colors,…
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Oakland Museum of CaliforniaWed & Thu 11 am – 5 pm, Fri 11am - 9pm, Sat & Sun 10am - 6pm
Celebrating the vibrant historic and cultural relationships, past and present, between the Pacific Islands and California, Pacific Worlds examines…
Legion of Honor9:30 am to 5:15 pm, closed Mondays and select holidays
Gowns, accessories, and other looks by the most influential designers of the last one hundred years—including Chanel, Givenchy, Dior, and Charles…
de Young Museum9:30 am to 5:15 pm, closed Mondays and select holidays
In an exhibition particularly relevant to the Bay Area, Janet Delaney: South of Market relates the complex history of a changing San Francisco…
This selection of sculptures from sub-Saharan Africa pays homage to the figure in African art. Embodiments: Masterworks of African Figurative…
From the earliest stages of human history, trees have provided resources for civilization, symbolic structure to families, spatial logic for…
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Patronage for acting and music flourished across Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Monarchs and city governments sponsored…
Saratoga Historical Museum1:00-4:00 PM
A new exhibit—Saratoga and the 1915 Pan Pacific Exposition—100 Year Centennial opens February 13 at the Saratoga History Museum. The Panama–Pacific…
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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)Wed & Sun: 12noon-6pm, Thu-Sat: 12noon-8pm
Designed by the San Francisco-based experimental architecture firm Future Cities Lab, Lightswarm, a stunning and dazzling wall installation…
