The SF Museum of Modern Art is an expansive museum with seven floors and approximately 170,000 square feet of gallery space. The modern art museum is one of the biggest in the United States, and features world-renowned works that regularly draw locals and visitors to its beautiful exhibitions. If you’ve been meaning to visit the beautiful museum, this week is the perfect time to do it because there is a free admission day on Thursday, May 1.
Free admission at SFMOMA
Admission for adults to the museum typically costs $30, but the museum regularly hosts free admission days on the first Thursday of every month, so Bay Area residents can enjoy the museum for free. The next free admission day at SFMOMA is this Thursday, May 1st, from 12 to 8 pm.
All residents of the Bay Area are qualified for free admission, and you can reserve tickets online in advance. If you want to see a surcharged exhibition, you will need a separate ticket, and it is generally not included on the free admission day. The free admission event coincided with the free monthly block party, called Downtown First Thursdays, just a short walk from the museum. The block parties include food, local vendors, and exciting performances, including DJ duo Snakehips this month.
SFMOMA exhibitions
Temporary
- Ruth Asawa: Retrospective: Now- September 2, 2025, 4th floor
- 2024 SECA Art Award: Rose D’Amato, Angela Hennessy, Rupy C. Tut: Now-May 26, Floor 2 (always free)
- Around Group f.64: Legacies and Counterhistories in Bay Area Photography: Now- July 13, Floor 3
- Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors: Now- September 28, Floor 6
- Unity through Skateboarding: Now- May 4, Floor 2
- New Work: Samson Young: Now- June 22, Flour 4
- Yayoi Kusama: Dreaming of Earth’s Sphericity, I Would Offer My Love: Now-August 10, Floor 6
- Kunié Sugiura: Photopainting: Now- September 14, Floor 3
Ongoing
- Afterimages: Echoes of the 1960s from the Fisher and SFMOMA Collections: Floor 6
- Bay Area Walls: Various floors
- 1900 to Now: SFMOMA’s Collection: Floor 3
- Freeform: Experiencing Abstraction: Floor 4
- German Art After 1960: Floor 6
About SFMOMA
The San Francisco Modern Art Museum first opened in 1935 and has since become one of the premier art museums in the United States. The museum has 45,000 square feet of free exhibition space open to the public, and multiple floors of gallery spaces are on view with a ticket. The museum regularly hosts events, including film screenings and art talks. The museum is open 10 am to 5 pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. SFMOMA is closed on Wednesdays and open from 12 to 8 pm on Thursdays.
📍 Location: 151 3rd St, San Francisco