Foster Youth Museum is the largest collection of art, artifacts and video portraits about youth experiences in foster care. Conceived by current and former foster youth, the museum offers a unique opportunity to understand foster youth perspectives and how youth can heal and grow with supportive relationships, collaborative decision‐making, positive encounters, and respect. We dream a transformed world where foster youth are supported, respected ad loved by communities everywhere.

FYM is a collaboration between current and former foster youth under the fiscal sponsorship of California Youth Connection (CYC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

July - September 2026 Foster Youth Museum Presents: Hope Through the Eyes of HYPE

Uplifting stories, images, and lived experiences of San Francisco youth

Foster Youth Museum and Freedom Forward’s HYPE Center (Helping Young People Elevate) present a new exhibition, revealing the often hidden lives of San Francisco youth at Community Works Restorative Hub at 986 Mission Street, San Francisco, starting July 9, 2026 and running through September 9, 2026.

Open Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.—with extended hours for special programming and by appointment—this exhibition will tell the stories of system-involved youth: their smarts, talents and struggles. This exhibition will include items from the Foster Youth Museum collection and also include photographs, original art, narratives and artifacts from HYPE Center members. Hear directly from young people whose experiences are too often overlooked in San Francisco and beyond; including foster care, incarceration, homelessness, trafficking, and CSEC (commercial sexual exploitation of children). Learn how youth navigate systems, build connections and community, raise children and fur babies, get educated, create art, heal and grow.

Important Exhibition Details

Dates: July 9 to September 9, 2026

Times: Monday – Thursday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and by appointment.

Opening night is on Thursday, July 9 starting at 5 p.m.

Location: Community Works Restorative Hub, 986 Mission Street, San Francisco

Private tours

Are you an organization or an organized group of people that would like to see the latest Foster Youth Museum exhibition up close and personal? We are happy to provide private tours, discuss the art and artifacts and stories with groups who want to focus, and learn and experience together. A private tour can be for as few as two people and as many as 50. It is appropriate for classrooms, child welfare agencies and teams, community groups, and other groups. Please contact Foster Youth Museum here to book a private tour. Available dates:

Monday, July 20, 2026
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Monday, August 31, 2026
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Wednesday, September 9, 2026

For more information please visit: https://fosteryouthmuseum.org/hope-through-the-eyes-of-hype/

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