Current Exhibitions at the Library

Jewett Gallery and Skylight Gallery

Image from exhibitionHow We Play

April 20, 2019 - August 11, 2019, Main Library, Jewett Gallery

Image from exhibitionWhen We Were Very Young
Children's Books from the Schmulowitz Collection of Wit & Humor

April 1, 2019 - May 31, 2019, Main Library, Skylight Gallery Exhibit Area

Image from exhibitionImmigrant Girl, Radical Woman

February 2, 2019 - May 19, 2019, Main Library, Skylight Gallery Exhibit Area

Other Exhibition Areas in the Library

Image from exhibitionFact Check
Getting to the Facts in our News

April 2, 2019 - June 20, 2019, Main Library, Magazines & Newspapers Center 5th Fl

Image from exhibitionFake News Is for Real

March 30, 2019 - June 20, 2019, Main Library, Government Information Center

Image from exhibitionStrike! Ethnic Studies Now

March 23, 2019 - June 20, 2019, Main Library, General Collections

Image from exhibitionIn Search of the Glass Slipper
San Francisco, 1974: Photographs by Perci Chester

February 16, 2019 - May 16, 2019, Main Library, LGBTQIA Center Exhibit Space

Image from exhibitionLooking for the Sealed Memories
US-China Air Force Alliance - War of Resistance Photo Exhibition

February 9, 2019 - May 9, 2019, Main Library, Chinese Center

Image from exhibition3D Model of West Portal Area on Display
Take Part

January 22, 2019 - April 28, 2019, West Portal, West Portal General Floor Area

Image from exhibitionSHAPED:
Sharing HIV/AIDS Photos Essentially Deaf

December 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019, Main Library, Deaf Services Center


All Library Locations

take partTake Part
1938 Scale Model of San Francisco

January 25 – April 28, 2019, all library locations


Partnership with the National Park Service

Port Chicago exhibitThe Port Chicago Story
Lighting the Fuse to Civil Rights

January 26 – July 7, 2019, Treasure Island Museum

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