Museum of the City of San Francisco

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The Museum of the City of San Francisco was a nonprofit museum containing a collection of historic artifacts related to San Francisco. [1]

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History

The Museum of the City of San Francisco was founded in 1991 by Gladys Hansen, who had recently retired as the city archivist of San Francisco. It was recognized as the official historical museum of San Francisco by the Board of Supervisors in 1995. [2] The museum had a small exhibit space at The Cannery (a former Del Monte fruit-canning plant that is now a shopping center) until 2000, when it lost its lease. [3] It then had temporary exhibits at Pier 45 and San Francisco City Hall. [4] Hansen also published a website under the same name from 1988 on. [1]

In February 2002, the Museum of the City of San Francisco merged with the San Francisco Historical Society to create the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society [4] . One of the purposes of the merger of the two organizations was to put together a single proposal to renovate and operate the Old San Francisco Mint as a history museum, [4] [5] a project that was canceled in 2015 due to renovation costs outpacing fundraising efforts. [6] [7]

In 2013, Hansen started partnering with the Bethlehem Shipyard Museum on exhibits, [8] and displayed her collection at a location near Union Square. [9] The non-profit ceased operating in 2018. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 Nolte, Carl (March 11, 2017). "Gladys Hansen, SF archivist and 1906 earthquake expert, dies". SF Gate.
  2. ↑ "Resolution recognizing and supporting the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society as the official historical museum of the City and County of San Francisco (Resolution Number 145-02)" (PDF). San Francisco Board of Supervisors. January 29, 2002. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ Rubenstein, Steve (February 17, 2000). "S.F. Museum Packs It Up At Cannery". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Epstein, Edward (June 2, 2003). "Dreaming of a city museum: An exhibit of S.F. history may find a home in the Old Mint". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
  5. ↑ Martinfield, Seán (November 21, 2007). "The Old Mint – Breathing New Life Into "The Granite Lady"". San Francisco Sentinel. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
  6. ↑ Nolte, Carl (March 21, 2015). "End of the line for S.F. group trying to restore the Old Mint". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  7. ↑ Johnson, Lizzie (1 April 2016). "California Historical Society to take on fixing up the Old Mint". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  8. ↑ Museum of the City of San Francisco; Bethlehem Shipyard Museum (August 2013). "Slivers of San Francisco History" (PDF). Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  9. ↑ Bragman, Bob (March 13, 2013). "A Rich Addition to Union Square – The San Francisco History Museum". SF Gate. Retrieved March 14, 2021. "The 1906 Earthquake collection of Gladys and Richard Hansen" referenced in the article is from the Museum of the City of San Francisco.
  10. ↑ Roberts, Andrea Suozzo, Alec Glassford, Ash Ngu, Brandon (2013-05-09). "Museum Of The City Of San Francisco - Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica. Retrieved 2026-02-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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