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