We Appreciate Your Year-End Gift!

The San Francisco Historical Society has grown impressively in 2024, thanks to your generosity. As the year draws to a close, we hope you'll consider making an end-of-year donation to help us ring in a new year of even greater impact!

The San Francisco Historical Society’s mission is to uncover, preserve, and present – in engaging ways – the colorful and diverse history of our city from its earliest days to the present. We do this through our publications (Panorama and The Argonaut), in-person and virtual walking tours, monthly history presentations, numerous educational programs for young people, and through our free museum.

Our museum exhibits feature intriguing artifacts and stories from San Francisco’s history. The museum is located at 608 Commercial Street in downtown San Francisco, on the site of the first Branch Mint in the West.

The San Francisco Historical Society was founded by renowned San Francisco historian Charles Fracchia in 1988. In 2006 the administration of Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr. granted the stewardship of the Old Mint at Fifth and Mission Streets to SFHS. That stewardship lasted for ten years. In 2019 SFHS moved into its permanent home at 608 Commercial Street in the heart of San Francisco’s historic core. The SFHS Museum is the new center for administration, exhibits, presentations, and educational programs, and is also available as a venue for events.

The San Francisco Historical Society is a registered 503(c) nonprofit with tax id#68-010488.

www.SFHistory.org

Year-End Campaign for the San Francisco Historical Society: We Appreciate Your Support!

Your generous gift sustains the San Francisco Historical Society Museum and our educational programs for the public and schools. We couldn’t do it without YOU!