Luxury San Francisco accommodations in the Jackson Square neighborhood here at The Jay Hotel position you conveniently to the Bay Area’s diverse attractions, not least a whole slew of world-class museums.
Along with such high-profile institutions as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (among the largest art museums in the world), the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, and the California Academy of Sciences, this complex of museums also includes some unique destinations with wonderfully singular focuses. Here are a few examples, definitely worth checking out on your next getaway at The Jay!
The San Francisco Cable Car Museum (1201 Mason Street)
The cable car, of course, is one of the iconic, enduring symbols of the City by the Bay, and there’s no better place to gain an understanding into this early form of public transport than the San Francisco Cable Car Museum, established back in 1974.
Enjoy up-close looks at vintage cable cars and machinery, plus a bevy of historical photographs and other artifacts helping tell the story of the San Francisco cable car, which hit the scene in 1873 and survive today in the form of the city’s National Historic Streetcar Landmarks.
The Beat Museum (540 Broadway)
Among the formative literary revolutions in American cultural history—and with worldwide influence still readily discernible today—the Beat movement owes much of its formative development to San Francisco, where East Coast visionaries such as Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg crossed paths with West Coasters such as Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gary Snyder, and Michael McClure. The legendary Six Gallery reading in town is often credited as the true launch of the Beat Generation, which is the focus of the Beat Museum in North Beach—right across the street from one of the defining landmarks of Beat literature, City Lights Bookstore.
Eyeball letters, original drafts and manuscripts, rare editions, and other Beat ephemera at this fascinating repository.
The Walt Disney Family Museum (104 Montgomery St in the Presidio)
When your hear the name Walt Disney, your thoughts might immediately fly to Southern California or Orlando, Florida, but San Francisco claims a must-visit destination for any and all Disney fans in the form of the Walt Disney Family Museum. Founded by Diane Disney Miller, the daughter of Walt and Lillian Disney, this museum in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area includes some 40,000 square feet of exhibits, displaying early Disney sketches and animations, movie memorabilia, and a scale model of Disneyland, among other attractions.
Explore San Francisco’s Museums on a Getaway to The Jay Hotel
There are so many other fascinating museums, large and small, to visit on a getaway to San Francisco, and our Downtown hotel in the Financial District provides you with the perfect launchpad for doing so—plus, of course, some of the best luxury accommodations in town!