A Wild Flight of the Imagination: the Story of the Golden Gate Bridge

California Historical Society

Community Partner: California Historical Society
February 26, 2012- October 14, 2012
Noon-5pm
Cost: $5

Exhibition featuring rarely seen artwork, photographs, film footage, and historic bridge artifacts

Location
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, California 94105
415-357-1848

Exhibit Open
Tuesdays-Sundays Noon–5pm
Closed Mondays

February 26, 2012, 2:30pm–4:30 pm
A Wild Flight of the Imagination opening celebration
Put on your dancing shoes and come help us celebrate the opening of A Wild Flight of the Imagination: the Story of the Golden Gate Bridge. On this day in 1933 San Franciscans celebrated the ground breaking for the Bridge, a symbol of hope in a devastated economy.

Thursday, April 12, 2012, 5-7 pm
A Wild Flight of the Imagination Curator Walkthrough
Come by CHS for a glass of wine, and walk through our exhibition A Wild Flight of the Imagination: the Story of the Golden Gate Bridge with the curator Jessica Hough.

Saturday, April 14, 2012, 2pm-3:30 pm
A Wild Flight of the Imagination Family Day
Bring the kids and come for a special curator-lead tour of the Exhibition. Children and adults will be invited to handle iron worker tools and Bridge artifacts. At the end, families will work on craft project together.

May 26-28, 2012
Special Memorial Day weekend 75th Anniversary events at CHS

Sunday, October 14, 2012
A Wild Flight of the Imagination: the Story of the Golden Gate Bridge exhibition closing celebration

Visit www.californiahistoricalsociety.org for details.

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