This event is in the past.It took place on February 28, 2026 at Coit Tower.


Climb into one of America's greatest Social Realist art collections. Twenty-six California artists painted these 1930s murals with a socialist edge—romanticizing workers, calling out inequality, even nodding to the Soviet Union.
Depression-era art
Social realism
Guided walking tour
Local history
Tips
🎨you'll climb stairs to see hidden murals
🚌take MUNI 39, no parking available
👀25 frescoes painted 1933-34 by WPA artists
Coit Tower Murals Tour
Telegraph Hill


Climb into one of America's greatest Social Realist art collections. Twenty-six California artists painted these 1930s murals with a socialist edge—romanticizing workers, calling out inequality, even nodding to the Soviet Union.
Depression-era art
Social realism
Guided walking tour
Local history
Tips
🎨you'll climb stairs to see hidden murals
🚌take MUNI 39, no parking available
👀25 frescoes painted 1933-34 by WPA artists
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