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Free First Thursdays at Berkeley Art Museum

At Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Downtown Berkeley, Berkeley

"One of the most comfortable museums" with lounge seating galore
"cool books and totes you don't see in other places" in the shop
Film screenings cost extra, galleries only on free day

Free art day, Berkeley style: BAMPFA opens its galleries gratis on the first Thursday of every month. Expect smart rotating exhibitions drawn from a deep collection, plus an Art Wall commission worth a look on your way in.

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Thursday, December 3, 11am

Free

What are you into?

  • Free admission
  • Rotating exhibits
  • Family-friendly
  • Art & film archive
  • Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
  • Downtown Berkeley
  • Berkeley

Coming up at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

  • Art Making for All Ages

    Art Making for All Ages

    Fri Nov 13

    Creative family art workshop

  • Some Particular Heaven: Ideas of Utopia in the BAMPFA Collection

    Some Particular Heaven: Ideas of Utopia in the BAMPFA Collection

    Fri Nov 13

    Utopian visions across centuries

  • Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces

    Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces

    Fri Nov 13

    Feminist art of resistance

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Upcoming nearby

  • Garden in the Shape of a Girl — Solo exhibition

    Garden in the Shape of a Girl — Solo exhibition

    Fri Nov 13, 5pm

    Tenderloin

    Solo art exhibition opening

  • Myths of the Ancient Future — Group exhibition curated by Meagan Boyd

    Myths of the Ancient Future — Group exhibition curated by Meagan Boyd

    Fri Nov 13, 5pm

    Tenderloin

    Curated group art exhibition

  • WHIMSY~WILD

    WHIMSY~WILD

    Fri Nov 13, 5pm

    Mission District

    Art gallery opening

  • Deborah Butterfield: New Work — Opening Reception

    Deborah Butterfield: New Work — Opening Reception

    Fri Nov 13, 5:30pm

    Marina District

    Bronze Equine Sculpture Exhibition

  • Leila Weefur: The Chapel of Becoming

    Leila Weefur: The Chapel of Becoming

    Sat Nov 14, 5am

    Mission District

    Devotional video & ceramics

  • Treasures of the Pharaohs

    Treasures of the Pharaohs

    Sat Nov 14, 9:30am

    Inner Richmond

    Ancient royal treasures

  • Personalized Guided Tour of The Beat Museum

    Personalized Guided Tour of The Beat Museum

    Sat Nov 14, 10am

    North Beach

    Beat generation time capsule

  • Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective

    Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective

    Sat Nov 14, 10am

    Civic Center

    Korean abstraction art retrospective

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    Afternoon Tea in the Grand Hall

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    Financial District

    Grand Hall afternoon tea

  • Yuja

    Yuja

    14.4 km away

    Rincon Hill

    Fresh bowls & froyo

  • Keys Jazz Bistro

    Keys Jazz Bistro

    14.6 km away

    North Beach

    Intimate jazz & meat pies