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San Francisco Museum Exhibits: 2025 Schedule
By: Jill Loeffler • Updated: November 2, 2025
Discover a full calendar of current and upcoming San Francisco museum exhibits.
My schedule offers a monthly look at the top shows at popular museums such as the de Young, the SF Museum of Modern Art, and the Asian Art Museum.
The calendar includes traveling and temporary exhibits, along with the dates they are open to the public.
You will need to buy a ticket in addition to the general admission tickets for many of the art exhibits.
You can pick these up upon arrival or order them online in advance.
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The SF Asian Art Museum hosts a number of amazing exhibits every year. They usually have one to two traveling exhibits at a time throughout the year.November 2025
Asian Art Museum
- Tradition and Innovation: Contemporary Korean Ceramics, 5/8 - 12/1
- New Japanese Clay, 8/15 - 2/2
- Gurjeet Singh: When Words Hurt, 4/3 - 3/23
- Jitish Kallat: Covering Letter (Terranum Nuncius), 9/19 - 3/23
- Rave into the Future: Art in Motion, 10/24 - 1/12
Cartoon Art Museum
- Emerging Artist Showcase: Mary Shyne, 9/27 - 1/28
- The West Coaster: New Yorker Cartoons from the Other Side, 10/11 - 2/22
- North for the Winter: Spotlight on Bobby Podesta, 10/25 - 3/8
de Young Museum of Fine Art
- Contemporary Painting in Papua New Guinea: Mathias Kauage and His Family, 3/16/24 - 3/15/26
- About Place: Bay Area Artists from the Svane Gift, 8/10/2024 - 7/5/2026
- Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON, 8/30 - 8/2/26
- Embroidered Histories, 10/25/2025 - 5/24/2026
- Art of Manga, 9/27 - 1/25
- Leilah Babirye: We Have a History, through 5/3/2026
- Rooted in Place: California Native Art, through 12/6
- Arts of Indigenous America, through 8/31/2028
- The McCoy Jones Collection: Textiles from Central Asia and the Middle East, 11/29 - 5/24
- Boom and Bust: Photographing Northern California, 10/18 - 6/7
Legion of Honor
- Celebrating 100 Years at the Legion of Honor, through 1/4
- Printing Color: Chiaroscuro to Screenprint, 5/24 - 1/4
- Manet and Morisot, 10/11 - 3/1
- Ferlinghetti for San Francisco, through 7/19
Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
- Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine), through 6/7
- Table Manners, through 8/2
- People Make This Place: SFAI Stories, 7/26 - 7/6
- Kaws: Family, 11/15 - 5/3
- Alejandro Cartagena: Ground Rules, 11/22 - 4/19
- New Work: Sheila Hicks, through August 9, 2026
- Paul Klee + Ray Johnson: TYPOFACTURE, through April 2026
- (Re)Constructing History, 10/4 - 5/3
- Suzanne Jackson: What Is Love, 9/27 - 3/1
>> November events calendar for San Francisco
Walt Disney Family Museum
- Happiest Place on Earth, The Disneyland Story, 11/14 - 5/2026
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December 2025
Asian Art Museum
- New Japanese Clay, 8/15 - 2/2
- Tradition and Innovation: Contemporary Korean Ceramics, 5/8 - 12/1
- Gurjeet Singh: When Words Hurt, 4/3 - 3/23
- Jitish Kallat: Covering Letter (Terranum Nuncius), 9/19 - 3/23
- Rave into the Future: Art in Motion, 10/24 - 1/12
Cartoon Art Museum
- Emerging Artist Showcase: Mary Shyne, 9/27 - 1/28
- The West Coaster: New Yorker Cartoons from the Other Side, 10/11 - 2/22
- North for the Winter: Spotlight on Bobby Podesta, 10/25 - 3/8
de Young Museum of Fine Art
- Contemporary Painting in Papua New Guinea: Mathias Kauage and His Family, 3/16/24 - 3/15/26
- About Place: Bay Area Artists from the Svane Gift, 8/10/2024 - 7/5/2026
- Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON, 8/30 - 8/2/26
- Embroidered Histories, 10/25/2025 - 5/24/2026
- Art of Manga, 9/27 - 1/25
- Leilah Babirye: We Have a History, through 5/3/2026
- Rooted in Place: California Native Art, through 12/6
- Arts of Indigenous America, through 8/31/2028
- The McCoy Jones Collection: Textiles from Central Asia and the Middle East, 11/29 - 5/24
- Boom and Bust: Photographing Northern California, 10/18 - 6/7
Legion of Honor
- Manet and Morisot, 10/11 - 3/1
- Ferlinghetti for San Francisco, through 7/19
- Printing Color: Chiaroscuro to Screenprint, 5/24 - 1/4
- Celebrating 100 Years at the Legion of Honor, through 1/4
Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
- Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine), through 6/7
- Table Manners, through 8/2
- People Make This Place: SFAI Stories, 7/26 - 7/6
- Kaws: Family, 11/15 - 5/3
- Alejandro Cartagena: Ground Rules, 11/22 - 4/19
- New Work: Sheila Hicks, through August 9, 2026
- Paul Klee + Ray Johnson: TYPOFACTURE, through April 2026
- Suzanne Jackson: What Is Love, 9/27 - 3/1
- (Re)Constructing History, 10/4 - 5/3
>> December events calendar for San Francisco
Walt Disney Family Museum
- Happiest Place on Earth, The Disneyland Story, 11/14 - 5/2026
January 2026
Asian Art Museum
- New Japanese Clay, 8/15 - 2/2
- Gurjeet Singh: When Words Hurt, 4/3 - 3/23
- Jitish Kallat: Covering Letter (Terranum Nuncius), 9/19 - 3/23
- Rave into the Future: Art in Motion, 10/24 - 1/12
Cartoon Art Museum
- Emerging Artist Showcase: Mary Shyne, 9/27 - 1/28
- The West Coaster: New Yorker Cartoons from the Other Side, 10/11 - 2/22
- North for the Winter: Spotlight on Bobby Podesta, 10/25 - 3/8
de Young
- Contemporary Painting in Papua New Guinea: Mathias Kauage and His Family, 3/16/24 - 3/15/26
- About Place: Bay Area Artists from the Svane Gift, 8/10/2024 - 7/5/2026
- Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON, 8/30 - 8/2/26
- Embroidered Histories, 10/25/2025 - 5/24/2026
- Art of Manga, 9/27 - 1/25
- Leilah Babirye: We Have a History, through 5/3/2026
- Arts of Indigenous America, through 8/31/2028
- The McCoy Jones Collection: Textiles from Central Asia and the Middle East, 11/29 - 5/24
- Boom and Bust: Photographing Northern California, 10/18 - 6/7
Legion of Honor
- Manet and Morisot, 10/11 - 3/1
- Ferlinghetti for San Francisco, through 7/19
- Printing Color: Chiaroscuro to Screenprint, 5/24 - 1/4
- Celebrating 100 Years at the Legion of Honor, through 1/4
- Drawn in Venice, 1/24 - 8/2
Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
- Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine), through 6/7
- Table Manners, through 8/2
- People Make This Place: SFAI Stories, 7/26 - 7/6
- Kaws: Family, 11/15 - 5/3
- Alejandro Cartagena: Ground Rules, 11/22 - 4/19
- New Work: Sheila Hicks, through August 9, 2026
- Paul Klee + Ray Johnson: TYPOFACTURE, through April 2026
- Suzanne Jackson: What Is Love, 9/27 - 3/1
- (Re)Constructing History, 10/4 - 5/3
>> January events calendar for San Francisco
Walt Disney Family Museum
- Happiest Place on Earth, The Disneyland Story, 11/14 - 5/2026
February 2026
Asian Art Museum
- New Japanese Clay, 8/15 - 2/2
- Jitish Kallat: Covering Letter (Terranum Nuncius), 9/19 - 3/23
- Gurjeet Singh: When Words Hurt, 4/3 - 3/23
Cartoon Art Museum
- The West Coaster: New Yorker Cartoons from the Other Side, 10/11 - 2/22
- North for the Winter: Spotlight on Bobby Podesta, 10/25 - 3/8
de Young
- Contemporary Painting in Papua New Guinea: Mathias Kauage and His Family, 3/16/24 - 3/15/26
- About Place: Bay Area Artists from the Svane Gift, 8/10/2024 - 7/5/2026
- Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON, 8/30 - 8/2/26
- Embroidered Histories, 10/25/2025 - 5/24/2026
- Leilah Babirye: We Have a History, through 5/3/2026
- Arts of Indigenous America, through 8/31/2028
- The McCoy Jones Collection: Textiles from Central Asia and the Middle East, 11/29 - 5/24
- Boom and Bust: Photographing Northern California, 10/18 - 6/7
Legion of Honor
- Manet and Morisot, 10/11 - 3/1
- Ferlinghetti for San Francisco, through 7/19
- Drawn in Venice, 1/24 - 8/2
Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
- Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine), through 6/7
- Table Manners, through 8/2
- People Make This Place: SFAI Stories, 7/26 - 7/6
- Kaws: Family, 11/15 - 5/3
- Alejandro Cartagena: Ground Rules, 11/22 - 4/19
- New Work: Sheila Hicks, through August 9, 2026
- Paul Klee + Ray Johnson: TYPOFACTURE, through April 2026
- Suzanne Jackson: What Is Love, 9/27 - 3/1
- (Re)Constructing History, 10/4 - 5/3
>> February events calendar for San Francisco
Walt Disney Family Museum
- Happiest Place on Earth, The Disneyland Story, 11/14 - 5/2026
March 2026
SF Asian Art Museum
- Gurjeet Singh: When Words Hurt, 4/3 - 3/23
- Jitish Kallat: Covering Letter (Terranum Nuncius), 9/19 - 3/23
Cartoon Art Museum
- North for the Winter: Spotlight on Bobby Podesta, 10/25 - 3/8
de Young
- Monet and Venice, 3/21 - 7/26
- Contemporary Painting in Papua New Guinea: Mathias Kauage and His Family, 3/16/24 - 3/15/26
- About Place: Bay Area Artists from the Svane Gift, 8/10/2024 - 7/5/2026
- Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON, 8/30 - 8/2/26
- Embroidered Histories, 10/25/2025 - 5/24/2026
- Leilah Babirye: We Have a History, through 5/3/2026
- Arts of Indigenous America, through 8/31/2028
- Bouquets to Art 2026, 3/3 - 3/8
- The McCoy Jones Collection: Textiles from Central Asia and the Middle East, 11/29 - 5/24
- Boom and Bust: Photographing Northern California, 10/18 - 6/7
Legion of Honor
- Manet and Morisot, 10/11 - 3/1
- Ferlinghetti for San Francisco, through 7/19
- Bouquets to Art 2026, 3/3 - 3/8
- Drawn in Venice, 1/24 - 8/2
Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
- Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine), through 6/7
- Table Manners, through 8/2
- People Make This Place: SFAI Stories, 7/26 - 7/6
- Kaws: Family, 11/15 - 5/3
- Alejandro Cartagena: Ground Rules, 11/22 - 4/19
- New Work: Sheila Hicks, through August 9, 2026
- Paul Klee + Ray Johnson: TYPOFACTURE, through April 2026
- (Re)Constructing History, 10/4 - 5/3
>> March events calendar for San Francisco
Walt Disney Family Museum
- Happiest Place on Earth, The Disneyland Story, 11/14 - 5/2026
April 2026
de Young
- Monet and Venice, 3/21 - 7/26
- Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON, 8/30 - 8/2/26
- Embroidered Histories, 10/25/2025 - 5/24/2026
- About Place: Bay Area Artists from the Svane Gift, 8/10/2024 - 7/5/2026
- Leilah Babirye: We Have a History, through 5/3/2026
- Arts of Indigenous America, through 8/31/2028
- The McCoy Jones Collection: Textiles from Central Asia and the Middle East, 11/29 - 5/24
- Boom and Bust: Photographing Northern California, 10/18 - 6/7
Legion of Honor
- Ferlinghetti for San Francisco, through 7/19
- Drawn in Venice, 1/24 - 8/2
Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
- Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine), through 6/7
- Table Manners, through 8/2
- People Make This Place: SFAI Stories, 7/26 - 7/6
- Kaws: Family, 11/15 - 5/3
- Alejandro Cartagena: Ground Rules, 11/22 - 4/19
- New Work: Sheila Hicks, through August 9, 2026
- Paul Klee + Ray Johnson: TYPOFACTURE, through April 2026
- (Re)Constructing History, 10/4 - 5/3
>> April events calendar for San Francisco
Walt Disney Family Museum
- Happiest Place on Earth, The Disneyland Story, 11/14 - 5/2026
May 2026
de Young
- Monet and Venice, 3/21 - 7/26
- Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON, 8/30 - 8/2/26
- Embroidered Histories, 10/25/2025 - 5/24/2026
- About Place: Bay Area Artists from the Svane Gift, 8/10/2024 - 7/5/2026
- Leilah Babirye: We Have a History, through 5/3/2026
- The McCoy Jones Collection: Textiles from Central Asia and the Middle East, 11/29 - 5/24
- Boom and Bust: Photographing Northern California, 10/18 - 6/7
Legion of Honor
- Ferlinghetti for San Francisco, through 7/19
- Drawn in Venice, 1/24 - 8/2
Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
- Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine), through 6/7
- Table Manners, through 8/2
- People Make This Place: SFAI Stories, 7/26 - 7/6
- Kaws: Family, 11/15 - 5/3
- New Work: Sheila Hicks, through August 9, 2026
- (Re)Constructing History, 10/4 - 5/3
>> Find events for this May in San Francisco
Walt Disney Family Museum
- Happiest Place on Earth, The Disneyland Story, 11/14 - 5/2026
June 2026
de Young
- Monet and Venice, 3/21 - 7/26
- Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON, 8/30 - 8/2
- About Place: Bay Area Artists from the Svane Gift, 8/10/2024 - 7/5/2026
- Boom and Bust: Photographing Northern California, 10/18 - 6/7
Legion of Honor
- Ferlinghetti for San Francisco, through 7/19
- Drawn in Venice, 1/24 - 8/2
Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
- Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine), through 6/7
- People Make This Place: SFAI Stories, 7/26 - 7/6
- New Work: Sheila Hicks, through August 9, 2026
- Table Manners, through 8/2
>> June events in San Francisco
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