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Coit Tower Murals Tour 1
Fine Arts Exhibition
One time only

Coit Tower Murals Tour

At Coit Tower

Telegraph Hill, San Francisco

🎨"one of the greatest works of Social Realist art in America"
👩‍🚒Funded by Lillie Coit, eccentric firefighter superfan
🚌No parking: take MUNI 39 or climb the Greenwich Steps
✍️Sign-up required, reserve ahead

Twenty-six artists turned Coit Tower's walls into a socialist portrait of 1930s California: workers romanticized, inequality exposed, the USSR winked at. This free tour unlocks second-floor murals the public rarely sees.

Social Realist art
1930s California history
Exclusive mural access
Free guided tour

Saturday, October 31, 10:00 AM

What are you into?

  • Social Realist art
  • 1930s California history
  • Exclusive mural access
  • Free guided tour
  • Coit Tower
  • Telegraph Hill
  • San Francisco

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