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San Francisco Museum Exhibits: 2026 Schedule
By: Jill Loeffler • Updated: August 31, 2026
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.
Click the links below to jump ahead to a specific month:
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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.September 2026
Asian Art Museum
- Kim Minwook: On Carving, Bending and Binding Wood, through March 29
- FX Harsono: Writing in the Rain, through September 7
- Al-An deSouza: Table Settings, through November 1
- Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective, September 25 - January 25
- Garuda in Bali, September 18 - January 4
de Young
- Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON, through 2/7
- Contemporary Painting in Papua New Guinea: Mathias Kauage and His Family, through 12/6
- Rooted in Place: California Native Art, through 12/6
- Treasures of the Pharaohs, 8/1 - 1/31
- A Gallery of their Own: Women Artists from the Carr and Goldblum Gift, 8/15 - 2/14
- Superficial Matters: Artists from the Svane Gift and Beyond, 8/15 - 4/11
- Nengi Omuku: The Gathering, through May 14, 2028
- Arts of Indigenous America, through August 31, 2028
Legion of Honor
- The Etruscans, From the Heart of Ancient Italy, 5/2 - 9/20
- Miro: Proof Against All, through July 25, 2027
- Eternal Paris: Photographing the City of Light, 9/5 - 4/4
SF Museum of Modern Art
- Matisse's Femme au chapeau: A Modern Scandal, 5/16 - 9/13
- Graciela Iturbide: Between Two Worlds, through November 29
- O. Smith: Artivist, through July 4
- Feel the Beat: Dance in Photographs, through February 28
Walt Disney Museum
- Happiest Place on Earth, The Disneyland Story, 11/14 - 9/13
October 2026
Asian Art Museum
- Kim Minwook: On Carving, Bending and Binding Wood, through March 29
- Al-An deSouza: Table Settings, through November 1
- Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective, September 25 - January 25
- Garuda in Bali, September 18 - January 4
- Vishnu's Cosmic Ocean, October 23 - January 25
de Young
- Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON, through 2/7
- Contemporary Painting in Papua New Guinea: Mathias Kauage and His Family, through 12/6
- Rooted in Place: California Native Art, through 12/6
- Treasures of the Pharaohs, 8/1 - 1/31
- A Gallery of their Own: Women Artists from the Carr and Goldblum Gift, 8/15 - 2/14
- Superficial Matters: Artists from the Svane Gift and Beyond, 8/15 - 4/11
- Nengi Omuku: The Gathering, through May 14, 2028
- Arts of Indigenous America, through August 31, 2028
Legion of Honor
- Miro: Proof Against All, through July 25, 2027
- Eternal Paris: Photographing the City of Light, 9/5 - 4/4
SF Museum of Modern Art
- O. Smith: Artivist, through July 4
- Graciela Iturbide: Between Two Worlds, through November 29
- Feel the Beat: Dance in Photographs, through February 28
- RM x SFMOMA: Between You and Me, 10/3 - 2/7
- New Work: Raven Chacon, 10/24 - 11/7/2027
Walt Disney Museum
- Awakening the Beauty: The Art of Eyvind Earle
November 2026
Asian Art Museum
- Kim Minwook: On Carving, Bending and Binding Wood, through March 29
- Al-An deSouza: Table Settings, through November 1
- Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective, September 25 - January 25
- Garuda in Bali, September 18 - January 4
- Vishnu's Cosmic Ocean, October 23 - January 25
de Young
- Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON, through 2/7
- Contemporary Painting in Papua New Guinea: Mathias Kauage and His Family, through 12/6
- Rooted in Place: California Native Art, through 12/6
- Treasures of the Pharaohs, 8/1 - 1/31
- A Gallery of their Own: Women Artists from the Carr and Goldblum Gift, 8/15 - 2/14
- Superficial Matters: Artists from the Svane Gift and Beyond, 8/15 - 4/11
- Nengi Omuku: The Gathering, through May 14, 2028
- Arts of Indigenous America, through August 31, 2028
Legion of Honor
- Miro: Proof Against All, through July 25, 2027
- Eternal Paris: Photographing the City of Light, 9/5 - 2/28
- Assedine Alaia: Sculpting Fashion, 11/21 - 4/4
SF Museum of Modern Art
- Graciela Iturbide: Between Two Worlds, through November 29
- O. Smith: Artivist, through July 4
- Feel the Beat: Dance in Photographs, through February 28
- RM x SFMOMA: Between You and Me, 10/3 - 2/7
- New Work: Raven Chacon, 10/24 - 11/7/2027
December 2026
Asian Art Museum
- Kim Minwook: On Carving, Bending and Binding Wood, through March 29
- Al-An deSouza: Table Settings, through November 1
- Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective, September 25 - January 25
- Garuda in Bali, September 18 - January 4
- Vishnu's Cosmic Ocean, October 23 - January 25
de Young
- Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON, through 2/7
- Contemporary Painting in Papua New Guinea: Mathias Kauage and His Family, through 12/6
- Rooted in Place: California Native Art, through 12/6
- Treasures of the Pharaohs, 8/1 - 1/31
- A Gallery of their Own: Women Artists from the Carr and Goldblum Gift, 8/15 - 2/14
- Superficial Matters: Artists from the Svane Gift and Beyond, 8/15 - 4/11
- Nengi Omuku: The Gathering, through May 14, 2028
- Arts of Indigenous America, through August 31, 2028
Legion of Honor
- Miro: Proof Against All, through July 25, 2027
- Eternal Paris: Photographing the City of Light, 9/5 - 2/28
- Assedine Alaia: Sculpting Fashion, 11/21 - 4/4
SF Museum of Modern Art
- O. Smith: Artivist, through July 4
- Feel the Beat: Dance in Photographs, through February 28
- RM x SFMOMA: Between You and Me, 10/3 - 2/7
- New Work: Raven Chacon, 10/24 - 11/7/2027
January 2027
Asian Art Museum
- Kim Minwook: On Carving, Bending and Binding Wood, through March 29
- Al-An deSouza: Table Settings, through November 1
- Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective, September 25 - January 25
- Garuda in Bali, September 18 - January 4
- Vishnu's Cosmic Ocean, October 23 - January 25
de Young
- Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON, through 2/7
- Treasures of the Pharaohs, 8/1 - 1/31
- A Gallery of their Own: Women Artists from the Carr and Goldblum Gift, 8/15 - 2/14
- Superficial Matters: Artists from the Svane Gift and Beyond, 8/15 - 4/11
- Arts of Indigenous America, through August 31, 2028
Legion of Honor
- Miro: Proof Against All, through July 25, 2027
- Eternal Paris: Photographing the City of Light, 9/5 - 4/4
- Assedine Alaia: Sculpting Fashion, 11/21 - 4/11
SF Museum of Modern Art
- O. Smith: Artivist, through July 4
- Feel the Beat: Dance in Photographs, through February 28
- RM x SFMOMA: Between You and Me, 10/3 - 2/7
- New Work: Raven Chacon, 10/24 - 11/7/2027
February 2027
Asian Art Museum
- Kim Minwook: On Carving, Bending and Binding Wood, through March 29
de Young
- Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON, through 2/7
- A Gallery of their Own: Women Artists from the Carr and Goldblum Gift, 8/15 - 2/14
- Superficial Matters: Artists from the Svane Gift and Beyond, 8/15 - 4/11
- Arts of Indigenous America, through August 31, 2028
Legion of Honor
- Miro: Proof Against All, through July 25, 2027
- Eternal Paris: Photographing the City of Light, 9/5 - 4/4
- Assedine Alaia: Sculpting Fashion, 11/21 - 4/11
SF Museum of Modern Art
- O. Smith: Artivist, through July 4
- Feel the Beat: Dance in Photographs, through February 28
- RM x SFMOMA: Between You and Me, 10/3 - 2/7
- New Work: Raven Chacon, 10/24 - 11/7/2027
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