Outgoing
The Beat Museum 1
Fine Arts Exhibition
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The Beat Museum

North Beach

Step inside the 1950s literary underground where Jack Kerouac's 120-foot "On the Road" scroll unspools before you and the actual Hudson from the film waits across from City Lights Bookstore. A compact shrine to the rebels who rewrote American culture.

Beat Generation history
Jack Kerouac artifacts
North Beach landmark
original manuscripts

Tips

📜the ticket is a work of art
🚗see the 1949 Hudson from On the Road
📚diagonally across from City Lights Bookstore

The Beat Museum

540 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA

Upcoming at The Beat Museum

Thursday, Jun 11
Ira Cohen Archives - The Beat Museum

Ira Cohen Archives - The Beat Museum

June 11 at 10am

Step inside Jack Kerouac's world at this intimate shrine to the Beat Generation, packed with personal artifacts, rare books, and cherished belongings of Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs.

Make a Donation

Make a Donation

June 11 at 10am

Support the nonprofit preserving Beat Generation history through exhibits, poetry events, and literary programming. Your tax-deductible contribution helps keep this small North Beach museum alive.

Ferlinghetti Archives - The Beat Museum

Ferlinghetti Archives - The Beat Museum

June 11 at 10am

A packed little museum celebrating the Beat Generation with Kerouac's personal belongings, rare books, and artifacts curated with genuine love by knowledgeable staff who actually want to talk literature.