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Top Museums in San Francisco

World-class art collections, interactive science exhibits and everything you ever wanted to know about cable car systems, San Francisco has a diverse museum scene. Where else is there an aquarium, rainforest, planetarium and natural history museum rolled into one? Beyond the exhibits, many of the museums offer breathtaking views of the bay and the city’s best parks. Here are the most iconic museum stops to include on your itinerary.

SFMOMA

San Francisco lives and breathes art, and modern art emulates the spirit of San Francisco. And so, the recently expanded SFMoMA, the California equal to its New York big sister, is the collective home of all things modern art.

  • Included in CityPASS
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Exploratorium

What better way to learn and absorb the information you are seeing than to be able to interact with it? At the Exploratorium in San Francisco, visitors get to do just that.

  • Included in CityPASS
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California Academy of Sciences

The California Academy of Sciences is an entirely immersive experience that takes visitors through a rainforest, the deep blue sea, and the bright stars of the universe.

  • Included in CityPASS
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de Young Museum

Located in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge Park, the de Young Museum is a wonderful attraction brimming with global artwork.

  • Included in C3
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Legion of Honor

Located in the heart of San Francisco's Lincoln Park, the Legion of Honor Museum shines inside and out with 4,000 years of ancient and European art and an unbeatable view of the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco cityscape.

  • Included in C3
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Cable Car Museum

San Francisco is visualized by outsiders as the hilly, foggy city with the Golden Gate Bridge and iconic cable cars. Nothing shouts "San Francisco" quite as loudly as the Cable Car Museum.

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Now that you know about the best San Francisco museums, use San Francisco CityPASS® tickets and save nearly half off combined admission prices to some of the museums listed above as well as other top attractions in San Francisco. San Francisco CityPASS® tickets include prepaid admission to the California Academy of Sciences and a Blue & Gold Fleet Bay Cruise, plus your choice of two of the following attractions: Aquarium of the Bay, The Walt Disney Family Museum, Exploratorium, San Francisco Zoo & Gardens, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA).

If you think four attractions isn't right for you, check out San Francisco C3® tickets, which give you admission to three of San Francisco's top attractions. Choose from the attractions included in San Francisco CityPASS® tickets, as well as Bay City Bike & Parkwide Bike Rentals or de Young Museum + Legion of Honor.

With both San Francisco CityPASS® and San Francisco C3® tickets you'll see the best San Francisco has to offer at a significant savings.

Note: some special exhibits are not included and may require an extra fee.

Cable Car Museum Photo Credit
Legion of Honor and de Young Museum Images courtesy of Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

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I bought Citypass for my boyfriend’s birthday to show him some cool places in the city and I thought it was perfect. We went to four different places, and it was extremely affordable. 10/10 would recommend.
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Easy to use and save you quite a bit of money. Our family had a trip to San Francisco and didn’t know what to do out there and this gave us a great option to enjoy activities as a family while still getting to know parts of San Francisco.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by from Great Experience Yes, if you want to enjoy some of the sights of the city, using the city pass will definitely save you money and extremely easy to use as well!!
Date published: 2024-11-03
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Best way to explore cities! I'm extremely satisfied with my decision of buying City pass tickets to go around San Francisco as I not only saved on money but also got to explore some must do landmarks and activities! Definitely recommend everyone to opt for this especially for first time visitors!
Date published: 2024-11-02
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Great Value to see the best landmarks We've purchased the CityPASS for Toronto and loved it so when it came to planning our trip to San Francisco, we knew we had to get it there too! It's such a great way to make time to see and experience landmarks and get to know the city. Only one excursion required a booking and our flight was delayed so we were unable to make our booking. CityPASS was great to work with and rectified our situation in a timely manner. Definitely recommend CityPASS for all cities they offer it for.
Date published: 2024-10-30
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Great idea! CityPASS was a great idea. It has a very good price. The sights on offer are excellently selected. App was easy to use. I will use CityPASS again in another town
Date published: 2024-10-18
Rated 5 out of 5 by from We had great experiences!!! I bought the passes with my daughter came home from New Zealand for a visit. It gave us the opportunity to visit some of the highlights in San Francisco. I would highly recommend the City Pass for anyone visiting SF on vacation.
Date published: 2024-10-12
Rated 3 out of 5 by from You need time to enjoy it… Was in SF for 48hours and it was not enough to break even. Plus certain attractions will charge extra fees depending on the time.
Date published: 2024-10-11
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Exactly what we wanted, highly recommended I was skeptical about CP but since it included all four attractions in the SF area we were interested in I figured “why not?” First off, it saved us money and time. It was clearly cheaper than buying tickets at each individual attraction, even on their own Website. Secondly, it saved us a bunch of time in waiting in lines or other queues. We just walked right in. The app needs a little work or at least wasn’t very intuitive for me. Every time I opened it, I had to select the city and proper pass. It would be nice not to have to go through these selections every single time once I made my purchase. (I’m obviously not going to book a City Pass in Chicago during my SF trip) Each experience offers its own QR code through this city pass app and it was simple enough to just present these to the various attraction ticket scanners. Although I surprisingly enjoyed the bay cruise. booking was a little different because we had to select a time in advance. But let’s be honest, that was a very minor hiccup. I actually called City Pass for assistance and the customer service was great. (It was user error, no surprise there) We tried to get all four experiences done in two days and we were successful, however A: they were long days, B: He is old enough to keep up (wouldn’t recommend to power through these attractions with kids under 8-10yrs old minimum, C: We showed up exactly when the attraction opened and stayed until closing (Exploratorium, Cal. Academy of Science) and D: My son and I were very nimble in navigating from one experience to the next. I’m not sure I would recommend trying to get four things done with the entire family in two days. Pro tip: if you’re in the San Francisco Bay area, download the SpotHero app to find parking garages and schedule them in advance. This made a HUGE difference and took a lot of the guess work out of our expenses and overall trip.
Date published: 2024-09-14
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Saved money and was super convenient A friend was visiting for a weekend in San Francisco so I bought two CityPASS for us. It saved us a bunch of money over the individual cost of tickets, and was very simple to use with the phone app that manages everything. Would absolutely use CityPASS again.
Date published: 2024-09-08
Rated 5 out of 5 by from とても便利でした Appleウォレットに入れられるし、まわるべき場所がセットになっていたので、考える手間が省けました。
Date published: 2024-09-03
Rated 2 out of 5 by from Not great experience. I bought CityPASS but actually wasted money as I was only able to visit two places. It would be great to offer more options with less places to visit such as two but lower prices.
Date published: 2024-09-01
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