What's Closing Soon at San Francisco Museums, and What's Opening This Month
Closings include Type for All at Letterform Archive on Nov. 15, a Día de los Muertos show at SOMArts on Nov. 20, and Graciela Iturbide at SFMOMA through Nov. 29. A Museum of Illusions opens Nov. 15 at 735 Market Street. Southern Exposure's Monster Drawing Rally is Nov. 14.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
Palm trees and the San Francisco skyline from the top of Mission Dolores Park on a sunny day. Photo: Mélanie Lacroix (mlle_farfalle) / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
Several San Francisco museum shows are closing this month, and a few new ones are arriving, according to a November guide from Mission Local.
Closing soon: "Type for All" at the Letterform Archive on Nov. 15; "In Their Name: Dia de Los Muertos 2026" at SOMArts on Nov. 20; a mural titled "This Asian American Life" on the outside of the Asian Art Museum, coming down in November; "Another Lamp Show" at 500 Capp Street, ending Nov. 28; and "Graciela Iturbide: Between Two Worlds" at SFMOMA, through Nov. 29. "Calling all Cats" remains at the Museum of the African Diaspora until Dec. 6.
Coming soon: Southern Exposure's Monster Drawing Rally on Saturday, Nov. 14, from 5 to 9 p.m., with drawings selling for $100 each and tickets at $35 in advance or $40 at the door. A new Museum of Illusions opens Nov. 15 at 735 Market St., near Yerba Buena Gardens. The 2026 SECA Art Award exhibition opens Dec. 12, Mission Local reported.
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