- It moved out of the Palace of Fine arts in 2013 and is currently located on Piers 15 and 17 at the Embarcadero.
- Home to the Exploratorium, and a staple of the San Francisco landscape, the Palace of Fine Arts is one of the hand-full of buildings that embody San Francisco.
- Today, it's the only remaining major structure from that event, though it's had several facelifts. For more information, visit the Palace of Fine Arts website .
- The earliest plans for the Palace of Fine Arts, in fact, show a rectilinear, rather than naturalistic, lagoon extending south toward the projected Peace Palace.
- Located in the Marina District, the Palace of Fine Arts is not just a tourist attraction; it’s a cherished part of San Francisco’s landscape.
- Largely considered one of the Nation’s most iconic landmarks, The Palace of Fine Arts was originally designed by Bernard Maybeck for the 1915 Panama Pacific...
- The Palace of Fine Arts is not only beautiful to look at from the outside, but you can also get inside where there is a popular theater still in operation.
- The Palace of Fine Arts is closed Mondays, but is otherwise open Tuesdays-Sundays from 10am-5pm.
- 2. The Palace of Fine Arts is the only building still standing from ten palaces constructed during the Panama Pacific Exhibition in 1915.
- Of the glittering city that was built for the great fair, only one building remains in San Francisco: Bernard Maybeck’s classically-inspired Palace of Fine Arts.