Thanks to the generosity of our funders, SFMOMA offers regularly scheduled free days and guests 18 and younger always enjoy free admission to the museum. We regularly update this page with upcoming dates and activities, but you can also sign up for our newsletter to be notified when new events, exhibitions, and activities are announced.
All residents of the nine Bay Area counties are invited to spend a day at the museum on us! From 1–8 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month, Bay Area residents can enjoy SFMOMA’s galleries filled with lively and inspiring art and related events — for free.
Tickets and event details become available about two weeks in advance, and reserving online is highly encouraged. Limit two adult tickets per reservation. Qualifying counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma.
Upcoming Dates/Programs
April 6, 2023
5 p.m.–8 p.m.
Join us for an evening of live music, film, and spoken word in celebration of Acción Latina: The ’80s Matter in the Mission, an exhibition paying tribute to the organizers and artists who lived and worked in the Mission District in the 1980s.
Major support for First Thursdays is provided by the Hearst Foundations, illy, and United Airlines.
Generous support is provided by Nancy and Alan Schatzberg and Kay Harrigan Woods.
Additional support is provided by the Kelson Foundation and Yerba Buena Community Benefit District.
Enjoy a day of art and family fun at SFMOMA! These special days include art-making activities for the whole family in our Koret Education Center, located on Floor 2, plus additional activities and activations. Admission to the museum is free for up to four adults accompanying one child or teen (eighteen and younger). For more information on Free Family Day, see our FAQ. Stay updated on all upcoming family programming by signing up for emails from SFMOMA’s Family Newsletter!
Our next Free Family Day is Sunday, June 11, 2023: Frank Bowling and Friends! More Information coming soon…
Support for Free Family Days is provided by the John & Marcia Goldman Family Free Sundays Endowment Fund and The Hearst Foundations.
Diego Rivera, The Marriage of the Artistic Expression of the North and of the South on this Continent (Pan American Unity), 1940. © Banco de México Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico D.F. / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York. Image: courtesy City College of San Francisco.
SFMOMA offers 45,000 square feet of art-filled public spaces that are open to the public. Check out what’s currently on view in our always free-to-see area, including poignant mural commissions by local artists and Diego Rivera’s monumental mural created in the Bay Area in 1940.
Update: Now through May 29, 2023, all Floor 2 galleries are free to see everyday, so reserve your tickets today!