francisco must-see san
Aug 16, 2025
Karl van Es

MUST-SEE: SAN FRANCISCO

Check out San Francisco's must-see buildings below:

De Young Musem

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 [mappress mapid="13"]