Museum of the African Diaspora
685 Mission Street (at Third)
San Francisco, California 94105

tel: 415.358.7200
fax: 415.358.7252

MoAD is at the heart of the Yerba Buena cultural district of San Francisco’s South of Market area. It is next door to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and across the street from the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, the California Historical Society, the Cartoon Art Museum, the Contemporary Jewish Museum and the future site of the Mexican Museum.

MoAD is located within the first three floors of the five-star St. Regis Tower complex; it also extends into the third floor of the historic Williams Building.

Public Transportation

From the North Bay

Take Highway 101 to Lombard Street. Follow Lombard to Van Ness Avenue and turn right; follow Van Ness until you reach Golden Gate Avenue and turn left. Follow Golden Gate as it crosses Market Street onto Sixth Street. Turn left from Sixth Street onto Folsom Street and follow Folsom up to Third Street; turn left onto Third Street.

From the East Bay

Take Interstate 80 and exit at Fremont Street. Take an immediate left from Fremont onto Howard Street and get into the right lane. Go two blocks and turn right onto Third Street.

From the Peninsula

Take Highway 101 until it connects to Interstate 80 and exit at Fourth Street; Fourth immediately leads onto Bryant Street. Take a left from Bryant onto Third Street.

Parking

There are also parking meters along the streets.