Check out San Francisco’s must-see buildings below:
De Young Musem
Architect: Herzog & de Meuron
Built: 2005
Type: Fine Arts Museum
Address: 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Daily: 9:30am – 5:15pm. Closed Mondays
Cost: $15
Website: deyoung.famsf.org/
San Francisco MoMA
Architect: Mario Botta, Snohetta (extension)
Built: 1995, 2016 (extension)
Type: Museum of Modern Art
Address: 151 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Daily: 10:00am – 5:00pm. Open until 8:00pm on Thursday, 9:00pm on Saturday. Closed Wednesdays
Cost: $25
Website: www.sfmoma.org/
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Architect: Daniel Libeskind
Built: 2008
Type: Museum
Address: 736 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Daily: 11:00am – 5:00pm (8:00pm on Thursdays). Closed Mondays
Cost: $14
Website: www.thecjm.org/
California Academy of Sciences
Architect: Renzo Piano
Built: 2008
Type: Museum of Natural History
Address: 55 Music Concourse Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Daily: 9:30am – 5:00pm (opens at 11:00am on Sundays)
Cost: $35.95
Website: www.calacademy.org/
Xanadu Gallery
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
Built: 1948
Type: Art Gallery
Address: 140 Maiden Ln, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA
Open to the Public: No, closed permenantly
Transamerica Pyramid
Architect: William Pereira & Associates
Built: 1972
Type: Office Tower
Address: 600 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Monday – Friday: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Website: www.pyramidcenter.com/
Palace of the Legion of Honor
Architect: George Applegarth and H. Guillaume
Built: 1921 (full-scale replica of the French Pavilion at the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition)
Type: Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
Address: 100 34th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Daily: 9:30am – 5:15pm. Closed Mondays
Cost: $15
Website: legionofhonor.famsf.org/
Palace Hotel
Architect: Trowbridge & Livingston
Built: 1875
Type: Hotel
Address: 2 New Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
War Memorial Opera House
Architect: Arthur Brown Jr.
Built: 1932
Type: Opera House
Address: 301 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Website: www.sfballet.org/visit/opera-house
City Hall
Architect: Arthur Brown Jr.
Built: 1915
Type: Civic
Address: 1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Pl, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Monday – Friday: 8:00am – 8:00pm
Website: sfgov.org/cityhall/contact-us
Columbus Tower
Architect: Salfield & Kohlberg
Built: 1907
Type: Flatiron Building
Address: 916 Kearny Street, San Francisco, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Palace of Fine Arts Theater
Architect: Bernard Maybeck
Built: 1915
Type: Monument
Address: 3301 Lyon St, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Architect: Bernard Maybeck
Built: 1915
Type: Monument
Address: 3301 Lyon St, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Architect: Arthur Brown Jr.
Built: 1915
Type: Civic
Address: 1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Pl, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:00am - 8:00pm
Website: sfgov.org/cityhall/contact-us
Architect: Arthur Brown Jr.
Built: 1932
Type: Opera House
Address: 301 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Website: www.sfballet.org/visit/opera-house
Architect: Trowbridge & Livingston
Built: 1875
Type: Hotel
Address: 2 New Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Architect: George Applegarth and H. Guillaume
Built: 1921 (full-scale replica of the French Pavilion at the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition)
Type: Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
Address: 100 34th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Daily: 9:30am - 5:15pm. Closed Mondays
Cost: $15
Website: legionofhonor.famsf.org/
Architect: William Pereira & Associates
Built: 1972
Type: Office Tower
Address: 600 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Website: www.pyramidcenter.com/
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
Built: 1948
Type: Art Gallery
Address: 140 Maiden Ln, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA
Open to the Public: No, closed permenantly
Architect: Renzo Piano
Built: 2008
Type: Museum of Natural History
Address: 55 Music Concourse Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Daily: 9:30am - 5:00pm (opens at 11:00am on Sundays)
Cost: $35.95
Website: www.calacademy.org/
Architect: Daniel Libeskind
Built: 2008
Type: Museum
Address: 736 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Daily: 11:00am - 5:00pm (8:00pm on Thursdays). Closed Mondays
Cost: $14
Website: www.thecjm.org/
Architect: Mario Botta, Snohetta (extension)
Built: 1995, 2016 (extension)
Type: Museum of Modern Art
Address: 151 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Daily: 10:00am - 5:00pm. Open until 8:00pm on Thursday, 9:00pm on Saturday. Closed Wednesdays
Cost: $25
Website: www.sfmoma.org/
Architect: Herzog & de Meuron
Built: 2005
Type: Fine Arts Museum
Address: 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Daily: 9:30am - 5:15pm. Closed Mondays
Cost: $15
Website: deyoung.famsf.org/