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Art in San Francisco

Madrone Art Bar

30s / 40s / Art Gallery / Artists / DJ

Party Earth Review With its Burberry-plaid and gold-plated AK-47 over the bar and a mirror-covered bomb standing in for a disco ball, Madrone Art Bar already eschews the typical club look. Add to this a jumbled hodgepodge of paintings, sculptures, and video displays, a few snaking wooden chandeliers, and wildly varied music, and it’s no wonder ... more

500 Divisadero Street
San Francisco, CA 94117

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San Franpsycho

20s / 30s / Art / Artsy / Casual / Jeans

Reviewed by Sabrina G.

"My Take: Nestled among the hustle and bustle of the NOPA neighborhood on Divisadero is magical store called Sanfranpscyho. I had heard of this mecca o ..." more

505 Divisadero Street
San Francisco, CA 94117

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Conservatory of Flowers

Bicycle Riding / Chill / Couples

Reviewed by Sabrina G.

"My Take: The Conservatory of Flowers is one of the staple tourist to-dos of San Francisco. Nestled within Golden Gate Park, this mecca of all things b ..." more

100 John F Kennedy Drive
San Francisco, CA 94118

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Asian Art Museum

Museum

Info The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco boasts more than 17,000 works of art and artifacts from all major Asian countries, including Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, China, Korea, South Asia, West Asia, and Japan. Some pieces are nearly 6,000 years old. Chicago millionaire Avery Brundage was a major collector of Asian art and ... more

200 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

Aquarium of the Bay

Sightseeing / Venue / Museum

Info Aquarium of the Bay is San Francisco Bay’s Aquarium. They are passionate about providing fun and unforgettable encounters with our natural world in ways that ignite both wonder and conservation. They do this from their 50,000 square foot building at the heart of San Francisco's history and culture. The aquarium ... more

The Embarcadero
San Francisco, CA 94133

NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences

Birthday Parties / Casual / DJ

Party Earth Review Anyone yearning to geek out inside a multimillion-dollar science museum with the added bonus of booze should head to Golden Gate Park on Thursdays for NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences. Since 2009, the Academy has stayed open late once a week to give the 21+ crowd full run of the place, with an ever-changing ... more

55 Music Concourse Drive
San Francisco, CA 94118

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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (CLOSED FOR RENOVATION)

Museum

Info (SFMOMA will be closed from June 2013 until early 2016 for building expansion and transformation. The museum's exhibitions will be moved completely off-site and will include collaborative and traveling museum exhibitions, site-specific installations, outdoor commissions, and neighborhood festivals. Please see the ... more

151 3rd St.
San Francisco, CA 94103

111 Minna Gallery

20s / 30s / 40s / 80s Music / Artists

Party Earth Review With stark white walls, gnarled wooden sculptures, and wide-open dance floors, 111 Minna is what might happen if an art gallery and bar/restaurant gave birth to a club. During the day, the two-room venue doubles as a gallery, attracting erstwhile creative types and trendy intellectuals with widely varied rotating ... more

111 Minna Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

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Madrone Art Bar - Art Gallery | Bar | Club | Live Music Venue | Lounge in SF

If you’re looking for awesome art in San Francisco, you’re in for a treat – this fun-filled city by the bay is as dedicated to creative outlets as it is to the next great progressive cause. From the multi-level contemporary abundance at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in SoMa to the kitsch-filled Ripley’s Believe it or Not museum in Fisherman’s Wharf and everything in between, this town packs in a lot of artsy venues.

A visit to the Exploratorium is a must for first-time visitors and long-time residents alike, featuring more than six hundred hands-on exhibits that will thrill people of all ages, including a tornado maker, illusion room, and crazy experiments in sound. The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is a famous multidisciplinary arts center that presents visual and performing arts, films, and public programs all year, while war history buffs will want to check out the USS Pampanito, an authentic WWII submarine moored at Pier 45.

All across town, cool galleries and fun-filled creative exhibits await, and include world-famous venues like the California Academy of Sciences – home to an aquarium, planetarium, natural history museum, and a real four-story rainforest – to lesser known but very important spots like the GLBT History Museum.

Those who want to spy some art and also get a drink will love 111 Minna, which is a combination art gallery, bar/restaurant, and club, while those who want to spy some natural art that spies them back should make for the Aquarium of the Bay, which is home to forty thousand sharks, rays, skates, and other local marine animals.

In the midst of all this, you’ve got the underground art scene in SF, with lots of little galleries tucked away featuring awesome and bizarre local art and shows that can be both creatively inspiring and eye-numbingly bad.