January 16, 2024

By Adrian Spinelli

San Francisco has long been a historic hub on the West Coast. From the gold rush to modern times, the City By The Bay marked important plot points in California history and then evolved into a modern epicenter for creativity and innovation. With that, San Francisco offers a number of free museums to celebrate history, art, culture and even fun. These are the best free museums in San Francisco to visit this year. 

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Angel Island immigration Station

While New York’s Ellis Island is forever etched in American history for being the busiest immigration processing station in the country, Angel Island served a similar role on the West Coast. In fact, between 1910 and 1940, more than 500,000 immigrants passed through the tiny island just off the coast of the city in the middle of the San Francisco Bay. The free-to-visit Angel Island Immigration Station is a living landmark of that experience. What’s more, you can get to Angel Island by riding the Golden Gate Ferry from the Embarcadero, which passes by Alcatraz and looks out at both the Golden Gate Bridge and Bay Bridge.

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