San Francisco Museums & Historic Sites

Something For All Interests

San Francisco, with its rich and diverse history and culture, has an abundance of museums and historical sites sure to please the museum enthusiast, the history buff, and the curious.

There are museums which show the history of California and the San Francisco area, the history and culture of the Chinese-, Japanese-, and Afro-Americans, many different types of art museums, and special-interest museums, such as the San Francisco Cable Car Museum and the USS Pampanito.

For added pleasure during your stay at the Alexander Inn of San Francisco, see the list below for information about many of San Francisco's galleries and museums.

San Francisco museums & historic sites are listed by distance from the hotel:

San Francisco Museum and Historical Society   •   0.4 mi

785 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103   415-537-1105
Website: http://www.sfhistory.org/

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco   •   0.5 mi

200 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102   415-581-3600
Website: http://www.asianart.org

Haas-Lilienthal House - Architectural Heritage  •  0.5 mi

2007 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102   415-441-3000
Website: http://www.sfheritage.com/house.html

International Museum of Women  •  0.5 mi

101 Howard St., Suite 480, San Francisco, CA 94105   415-543-4669
Website: http://www.imow.org/

Ripley's Believe It OR Not Museum - Fisherman's Wharf  •  0.5 mi

175 Jefferson Street, San Francisco, CA 94133   415-771-6188
Website: http://www.ripleysf.com

USS Pampanito • 0.5 mi

Pier 45, San Francisco, CA 94102   415-775-1943
Website: http://www.maritime.org/pamphome.htm

Chinese Historical Society Of America  •  0.6 mi

965 Clay Street, San Francisco, CA 94108   415-391-1188
Website: http://www.chsa.org

S F Cable Car Museum  • 0.6 mi

1201 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA 94108   415-929-1873
Website: http://www.cablecarmuseum.org/

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art  •  0.7 mi

151 3rd Street, San Francisco, CA 94103   415-357-4000
Website: http://www.sfmoma.org

The Museum of African Diaspora  • 0.7 mi

685 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105   415-358-7200
Website: http://www.moadsf.org

Yerba Buena Center For The Arts  •  0.7 mi

700 Mission Street Lbby, San Francisco, CA 94103  415-495-4239
Website: http://www.ybca.org/about/

Zeum  • 0.7 mi

221 4th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103   415-777-2800
Website: http://www.zeum.org

Cartoon Art Museum - 2nd Floor •  0.8 mi

655 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105   415-227-8666
Website: http://www.cartoonart.org

Marioni Tom •  0.8 mi

657 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105   415-495-3193
Website: http://www.tommarioni.com/

Pacific Heritage Museum  •  0.8 mi

608 Commercial St, San Francisco, CA 94111   415-362-4100
Website: http://www.ibankunited.com/phm/

Womens Auxillary Of The Society Of California Pioneers  •  0.8 mi

300 4th Street, San Francisco, CA 94107   415-957-1849
Website: http://www.californiapioneers.org

Beat Museum  •  0.9 mi

540 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94133   415-399-9626
Website: http://www.thebeatmuseum.org/

National Japanese American Historical Society  •  1.2 mi

1684 Post St, San Francisco, CA 94115    415-921-5007
Website: http://www.nikkeiheritage.org/about/about.html

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco - de Young   •   3.9 mi

Golden Gate Park
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118    415-750-3600
Website: http://www.thinker.org

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco - Legion of Honor  •  5.2 mi

Lincoln Park
100 34th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94101    415-750-3600
Website: http://www.thinker.org