The Beat Museum: Self-Guided Audio Tours

Embark on a self-guided audio tour of Fisherman's Wharf, with your ticket to the Cartoon Art Museum included. Note! While an audio tour inside the Cartoon Art Museum is not included, the city's intriguing sites ensure an unforgettable adventure across San Francisco. Putting cartoon art on the pedestal it deserves is what the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco does best. With over 7,000 original pieces on display, your tickets to the Cartoon Art Museum offer access to traditional comic strips and comic books, as well as anime, political cartoons, graphic novels, and more. After exploring the Cartoon Art Museum on your own, follow the in-app audio tour and have a walk along Fisherman's Wharf. On this tour, you'll experience the best of Fisherman's Wharf, from adventurous marine stories to centuries-old recipes with a secret touch. Your journey will start at Ghirardelli Square, built in the 1890s as a chocolate factory and converted into a retail and dining complex. You will walk along the Wharf's bustling bay, where you will get to meet a variety of marine animals and visit a historic lane when visiting the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park vessel collection. You will get a chance to try the finest seafood in one of the oldest restaurants in the area, visit the place where Irish coffee was first made in the US, and enjoy the legendary sourdough bread at Boudin Bakery.

The Legion of Honor sounds like an assembly of superheroes, but it's not. This museum in San Francisco still packs a punch though. Inside, you'll find an unrivalled collection of art. There's over 124,000 works spanning 4,000 years, from European sculpture and paintings to ancient art from the Mediterranean and Near East. Its most famous piece is Rodin's _The Thinker_, but there's plenty of other highlights by Degas, Monet, Rubens and more.

San Francisco's Exploratorium is more than a museum - it's an educational experience the whole family can enjoy! Step into a world of science, art, and human perception with hundreds of interactive exhibits designed to boggle the mind.

Spend some time getting up to scratch with your art here at the de Young, which strives to stay involved in today's most relevant cultural discussions. Be inspired by American art from the 17th to 21st centuries, international contemporary art, textiles, costumes and more!

If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to visit the Aquarium of the Bay. Located at Pier 39, this aquarium has 20,000 local sea creatures ready for seeing and even touching. With a 300-foot underwater tunnel, nature talks, and thousands of sea creatures, this is an amazing - and interactive - way to get to know the waters that surround this city.

Find animation, innovation, and inspiration, and immerse yourself in the remarkable life story of Walt Disney, the man who turned animation into an art! Get your Walt Disney Family Museum tickets to explore a world of Walt's own imagining in San Francisco's historic Presidio. Get to know the man behind the mouse! There's 40,000 square feet of imagination to inspire you here. Contemporary interactive galleries and state-of-the-art exhibits are narrated in Walt's own voice, and feature early drawings, cartoons, movies, music, listening stations, more than 200 video screens, and a spectacular model of Disneyland. Discover the entire life and times of Disney, from Walt's childhood right through to the launch of Disney World in Florida. Walt Disney tirelessly pursued innovation, and created a distinctly American legacy, transforming the entertainment world. These Walt Disney Family Museum tickets give you access to one of the Bay Area's most inspirational venues.

Putting cartoon art on the pedestal it deserves is what the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco does best. With over 7,000 original pieces on display, your tickets to the Cartoon Art Museum offer access to traditional comic strips and comic books, as well as anime, political cartoons, graphic novels, and underground comix. The Cartoon Art Museum presents a variety of exhibitions and screenings, and hosts animation classes and workshops. Mix and mingle with local and international cartoon artists at any one of these sponsored events.

Lock, load, and strap in - San Francisco's 7D Experience is a ride like no other. Experience the latest virtual reality technology across four different action-packed scenarios. It's a nerve-wracking race against the clock!

San Francisco's Exploratorium is more than just a fun and educational museum during daytime - it's a lot of fun on Thursday nights, too. Step into a world of science, art, and human perception at night with over 650 hands-on exhibits designed to boggle the mind.

This self-guided audio walking tour explores downtown San Francisco through its landmarks, waterfront views, transit history, and Chinese American heritage. It is ideal for first-time visitors who want a lively introduction to the city’s character beyond postcard sights. The route begins at Union Square, the city’s famous shopping and gathering district, then moves east to Lotta’s Fountain, a beloved survivor of the 1906 earthquake, and the grand Palace Hotel. From there, you pass the Powell Street cable car turnaround before heading toward the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge and the Embarcadero waterfront. The walk continues through the Ferry Building, Embarcadero Plaza, and the bold concrete forms of Vaillancourt Fountain, with a chance to soak up the atmosphere of a classic cable car ride nearby. The final stretch turns inland into Chinatown, one of the oldest and most significant Chinese communities in North America. Here, the route leads past the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory and Great Eastern Restaurant before ending at Tian Xia Wei Gong, the statue of Sun Yat-sen near Portsmouth Square. Along the way, the most memorable moments include seeing a meeting place tied to earthquake history, standing beside the Bay Bridge, wandering the lively Ferry Building, hearing cable cars clatter through downtown, and stepping into the color, aroma, and energy of Chinatown.