Museum of Craft and Folk Art
This is the only folk art museum in Northern California, known for a rich offering of focused and unique exhibitions of traditional and contemporary folk art and craft from around the world.
Treasure Island
An artificial island half-way between San Francisco and Oakland connected to Yerba Buena Island which the Bay Bridge passes through. The island has excellent views of the San Francisco and Oakland skylines and quirky structures from the international fairground turned-navy base-turned neighborhood. Accessible by Muni bus line 108 from the Transbay Terminal in SoMa. If you travel by car, there is no toll between Treasure Island and the rest of San Francisco.
South Park
This is a charming quiet park in the middle of the hustle and bustle of industrial SoMa. Eat at any of the small restaurants around the edges, they are all pretty good. Not very nice at night since homeless use the park to sleep.
Yerba Buena Bowling Center
Bowling alley.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
An interesting venue for local contemporary artists. Rotating exhibits, performances, and film screenings.
Yerba Buena Gardens
The Yerba Buena Gardens, above the Moscone Convention Center, provide a nice urban oasis. A large grassy meadow, a memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr., play places for kids, fountains and gardens make this a great place to come, play and relax.
Yerba Buena Ice Skating Center
The only permanent indoor ice skating rink in San Francisco, and perhaps the most beautiful, with floor-to-ceiling windows giving a superb panoramic view of the surrounding area. Open year-round. Check the Ice Centre schedule online for public skating hours.
Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
A contemporary art gallery with work from all over the world.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
An innovative art museum with five floors of galleries featuring changing exhibitions as well as permanent displays featuring the works of some very famous 20th century artists, including Georgia O'Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, Salvador DalÃ, and many others. Be sure to see the unique glass bridge on the 5th floor, perched high above the main lobby.
The Artists Alley
One of the largest art galleries in California, the space is more than 4000 sq. and exhibits works of over 50 San Francisco Bay Area artists.
Cartoon Art Museum
A unique museum dedicated to cartoon art in all its forms.
California Historical Society Museum
Changing exhibitions showing the history of the state.
Museum of the African Diaspora
A museum dedicated to the diaspora of Africans.
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Dedicated to Jewish history, art, and culture.
Charles Looff Carousel
A beautiful carousel dating back to 1906, now fully restored and open for rides.
Zeum
An arts and technology museum geared towards kids and families, with lots of interactive exhibits some of them quite high-tech giving you a chance to produce animation, video, sound, performance or visual arts.
Metreon
This Sony Entertainment-sponsored mall/entertainment complex has some interesting shops including an entire store devoted to the Sony Playstation, a 15-screen movie theater with an IMAX screen, and a video game parlor/arcade where you can drink and play virtual bowling. A food court on the lower level serves the convention area and is overwhelmed during lunch hours of the major conventions.
Moscone Center
Stretching across adjacent two full blocks between Mission, Folsom, 3rd and 4th Streets with another building across the street at 4th and Howard, Moscone Center is a major convention center and entertainment complex with a variety of attractions. As a convention center, the Moscone Center houses major exhibits and conventions, including a number of major especially IDG expos that occur each year, including Apple Computer-related expos such as Macworld and Apple's WWDC, and LinuxWorld. The main entrance to the Moscone Convention Center is on Howard St. on both side of the street in between 3rd and 4th Sts.,and the Center is divided into Moscone North, between Howard and Mission Sts., and Moscone South, between Howard and Folsom Sts. Moscone North and Moscone South is connected at the lower level underneath Howard St.; Moscone West is not connected to Moscone North or Moscone South. (http://www.moscone.com/at...)