The Beat Museum remains temporarily closed for seismic retrofitting.
Construction work continues, but rest assured, we’ll be back. We anticipate reopening sometime in 2027.
In the meantime, visit us at the Counterculture Museum, on the corner of Haight & Ashbury. Open Wed–Sun, 11am–6pm.
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Read more...Why a Beat Hotel?
Update: Circumstances have changed, and this fundraising campaign has ended. Learn more… Ever since we went public with Michael Palumbo’s initial sketch of what a new Beat Museum building at 580 Green Street might look like, the feature that seems to inspire the greatest curiosity is the suggestion of a Beat hotel. Sure, it might […]
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Read more...MetroActive: “Tech Bros Forget Beat Generation’s Imprint”
Last week, I slithered back into the Beat Museum in San Francisco, arriving by sheer chance. Turns out the museum is currently angling to raise a cool few million so it can buy a new facility up the street. Within minutes, director Jerry Cimino and I found ourselves venting—er, contemplating—the current generations of tech in […]
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Read more...The Beat Generation Bagel Shop That Didn’t Sell Bagels
Extra Crispy's Judy Berman offers an illuminating scoop on the Coexistence Bagel Shop
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Read more...Beat Generation Legacy Fund – Advisory Board
The following people believe a permanent Beat Museum in North Beach is an idea worth pursuing.
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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.
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Read more...First Appearance of Kerouac in Russia, 1960
Wherein we're gifted a rare 1960 book of 'foreign literature' translated into Russian, and containing excerpts from On the Road.
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Read more...The Beat Museum Presents: The Living Theatre
Founded in 1947 by Julian Beck and Judith Malina, The Living Theatre brings their powerful performance of "Seven Meditations on Political Sadomasochism" to SF.
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Preserving the Legacy of the Beats in San Francisco
We're launching a fundraiser for a permanent North Beach home
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Read more...Neal Cassady: The Monsignor’s Godson
From the streets of Denver to the cells of San Quentin, the files of Monsignor John Harley Schmitt.
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Read more...The Beat Museum Presents: Harold Norse Centennial
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Read more...The Beat Museum Presents: ruth weiss
ruth weiss, "Goddess of the Beat Generation" live with jazz at Monroe - June 15th