SFMOMA
Seven floors of modern and contemporary art, one of the largest collections in the US.
The call
Worth it if you only have one day and you are traveling as a couple.
Why
- 01
Vast and serious: you'll either lose a happy afternoon or hit gallery fatigue by floor four.
Our read - 02
The living wall and the free ground-floor works are a nice bonus.
Our read - 03
Even without a ticket there are over 45,000 square feet of free public art space to wander, including the ground floor and rooftop garden.
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Snøhetta's 10-story addition made it 'the largest modern and contemporary art museum in America,' with Warhol, Calder, Kelly and the Fisher Collection.
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Is it a fit?
Go if
You only have one day
Even on a tight schedule, SFMOMA earns the hours.
You are traveling as a couple
As a couple, SFMOMA works.
You are traveling solo
Solo, SFMOMA works.
You care about the visual experience
For beauty & photography, SFMOMA delivers.
Plan it well
- Cost
- $30
- Timing
- Allow 2–3 hours; the free ground floor and rooftop need no ticket any time
- Booking
- Free First Thursdays discontinued; special exhibitions often add a surcharge; SFMOMA is a CityPASS choice option
- Allow
- 2-3 hrs
- Accessibility
- Visitors 18 and under enter free
- Getting there
- 151 Third St, SoMa, near Yerba Buena and Montgomery BART
Sources and method (5)
- SFMOMA spans seven gallery floors and offers over 62,000 sq ft of free, art-filled public space, including Diego Rivera's monumental mural in the ground-floor Roberts Family Gallery sfmoma.org ↗
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