Exhibits
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Read more...Jean Varda: The Renaissance Man
The First SF Museum Show in 70 Years
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Read more...Horst Spandler’s On the Road Collection Has Arrived
Trove of 100+ international editions of Kerouac's On the Road in dozens of languages arrives at the Beat Museum.
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Read more...Painting of Bob Kaufman by George Pennewell Arrives at the Beat Museum
George Pennewell's exquisite rendering of Bob Kaufman, commissioned by Bob Gilman, finds a new home at the Beat Museum.
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Read more...Horst Spandler Donates ‘On the Road’ Collection
The poet ruth weiss was the first person to ever tell us about Horst Spandler. Soon after we moved to San Francisco in 2006, ruth mentioned she had this amazing friend who lived in Nuremberg, and that he was instrumental in the translation and publication of her poetry in Germany. Later I was told by […]
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Read more...Hollis Holbrook’s Portrait of Ferlinghetti
Not much is known about the relationship between artist Hollis H. Holbrook and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. What is known is Holbrook was ten years older than Ferlinghetti and both served in the US Navy during WWII. In 1970 Holbrook sent Ferlinghetti a portrait of the poet with these words on the back of the canvas, “To […]
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Read more...We’re Reopening June 25th!
With a new exhibition, Lawrence Ferlinghetti at Home, featuring his personal desk.
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Read more...Representing the Beat Museum in Germany
The Beat Museum has gone international! Last night I had the honor of doing something I’ve never done before. I represented the Beat Museum as well as the city of San Francisco speaking at the opening ceremony of a new exhibition at the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn, Germany. The exhibition is called “CALIFORNIA DREAMS: San Francisco […]
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Read more...The Beat Museum Goes International
Another first for The Beat Museum! Six months ago we were contacted by representatives of the government of Germany about participating in a major museum exhibition in the city of Bonn. We knew The Beats would be in good company. The exhibition is called CALIFORNIA DREAMS: San Francisco – A Portrait – and it is […]
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Read more...Jack Kerouac Postcard
For 45 years, Nick Triglia has been safeguarding a postcard sent by Jack Kerouac to Walter Gutman at Stearns & Company in New York City.
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Read more...The Beat Scene: Photographs by Burt Glinn
Magnum Photos and the Beat Museum present a new exhibition of largely unseen images of the Beat Generation in New York City and San Francisco, taken by photographer Burt Glinn in 1959 and 1960; selections from the forthcoming book The Beat Scene: Photographs by Burt Glinn.
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Read more...Harold Adler’s Photos of Demonstrations for The Living Theatre
As a photographer for the Berkeley Barb, Harold Adler covered protests on behalf of imprisoned members of The Living Theatre in Union Square.