San Francisco museums and gardens set aside free admission days every month. Here are the confirmed free days for June 2026, organized by date, plus the year-round programs that get you in for free if you live in the city or the wider Bay Area.
Free museum days in June 2026, by date
Tuesday, June 2 (first Tuesday): The de Young Museum, the Legion of Honor, and the Conservatory of Flowers are free for the general public. At the de Young and the Legion, first-Tuesday free admission covers the permanent collection; special exhibitions still cost extra.
Wednesday, June 3: The GLBT Historical Society Museum in the Castro is free for all visitors (first Wednesday, courtesy of the Bob Ross Foundation). Entry is first-come, first-served up to capacity, with no online reservations. The San Francisco Zoo also lists a resident free day on June 3. SF Zoo free days change frequently, so confirm it on the zoo’s calendar and bring ID showing a city address.
Thursday, June 4 (first Thursday): The Museum of Craft and Design in the Dogpatch is free. The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) near Yerba Buena is free from 4pm to 8pm for Downtown First Thursdays.
Sunday, June 7 (first Sunday): The Asian Art Museum is free for the general public. Special exhibition tickets are discounted to $15 on free Sundays.
Tuesday, June 9 (second Tuesday): The San Francisco Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park is free for the general public.
Saturday, June 13 (second Saturday): MoAD is free again through its Thrive@MoAD program. MoAD also offers free admission in honor of Juneteenth. For the wider Fillmore festival on the same day, see our guide to the San Francisco Juneteenth Freedom Celebration.
Free every Saturday for Bay Area residents
The de Young and the Legion of Honor are free every Saturday for residents of the nine Bay Area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma. In June that covers the 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th. Reserve online, then redeem on site with a driver’s license or a postmarked envelope showing a Bay Area address. Free admission covers the permanent collection.
Free year-round for SF residents
Three Golden Gate Park gardens are free every day for San Francisco City and County residents with proof of residency (a California ID with an SF address, or a photo ID plus a utility bill or lease): the San Francisco Botanical Garden, the Conservatory of Flowers, and the Japanese Tea Garden.
Two of those also have free windows for everyone. The Botanical Garden is free daily from 7:30am to 9am. The Japanese Tea Garden is free on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays if you enter before 10am (the garden opens at 9am).
SFMOMA
SFMOMA paused its first-Thursday free evenings as of January 2026. It still runs free family days and free community days several times a year. Family days are free for up to four adults accompanying a visitor 18 or under. Check sfmoma.org/free-days for the current schedule. Visitors 18 and under are always free at SFMOMA, and Kara Walker’s installation in the Roberts Family Gallery is free to view any time.
Good to know
Free days often require an advance online reservation and can sell out, so book ahead when the museum offers tickets. Residency-based free admission requires ID on site. Special exhibitions usually cost extra even on free days. Two access programs widen the options: Museums for All (free or reduced admission with an EBT or Medi-Cal card) and Discover & Go (free admission with an SF Public Library card), which together cover more places, including the Exploratorium and the California Academy of Sciences.
The Golden Gate Park gardens sit on the west side of the city, where June mornings are often foggy and cool from the marine layer, usually clearing in the afternoon. For more on the city’s collections, see our guide to the top museums in San Francisco.