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Our Expansion

After a three-year closure, the newly transformed and expanded San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) opened its doors to the public on May 14, 2016. Purpose-built to showcase the museum’s celebrated collection, the new SFMOMA was designed by renowned architecture firm Snøhetta. With nearly three times more gallery space than before, the museum opened with 19 inaugural exhibitions, including a curated selection from the distinguished Doris and Donald Fisher Collection, the first presentation of works promised through the Campaign for Art, nearly a full floor devoted to the Pritzker Center for Photography, cherished favorites from SFMOMA’s permanent collection, and works specially commissioned for the new museum. SFMOMA now includes nearly 45,000 square feet of art-filled free public spaces, and offers free admission for all visitors 18 and younger in perpetuity.

See How We’ve Grown

A crowd cheers and confetti flies as a line of people in suits and hard hats break ground at the SFMOMA construction site
An overhead shot shows five construction workers laying a concrete foundation
Steel beams form the beginnings of a staircase with construction workers wearing hardhats
Construction workers install a tree at the topping out ceremony
Large bronze sculptural coils are transported along a city street
A cavernous room with an undulating white ceiling
Crates sit behind a red rope in an empty gallery
View of SFMOMA from Howard Street

Photo: Drew Altizer Photography/SFWIRE

Photo: Henrik Kam

Photo: Henrik Kam

Photo: Snhetta

Photo: © Henrik Kam

Photo: Henrik Kam

Photo: Henrik Kam

Photo: Henrik Kam

Snøhetta expansion of the new SFMOMA, opening May 14, 2016; photo: © Henrik Kam, courtesy SFMOMA.

Stories from the Expansion

Take a look inside the new SFMOMA. From photos of our building looking like our collection to stories about the fabrication of the locally produced facade, stay up to date with our expansion in preparation for our opening on May 14, 2016.
View of the 3rd Street entrance to the new SFMOMA See All