Museum of Craft and Design

Rea R

Great small museum

gabi mckenzie

Sweet, small museum. More of a gallery. Definitely thoroughly check the exhibit descriptions before you plan your trip. There are 2 seasonal exhibits and no permanent collections. While I visited, The Object In It’s Place and Living With Scents were on display. Object wasn’t my thing, was super curation-focused and just wasn’t for me. If you love sculpture would be great for you! I loved the Scents exhibit. Very interesting and thoughtful, a bunch of different artists were tasked on thinking about scent as design. So interesting to read and experience the scents themselves. Even with Covid and being masked, it was interactive and I experienced the scents. The objects were beautiful, funny, serious, thought-provoking. I loved how everything was so different. I brought back to my own graphic design practice the installation design, the fact that it made me think about the way that others experience my work in all senses, and the flow of the exhibit itself. It was a pretty short visit, I read everything and was pretty paced and detailed, about 40 minutes for me! Beautiful shop with lots of nice books as well.

Julie Taeko

It’s a very small museum in the middle of Dogpatch with great facilities and a revolving array of artists. They also have a fantastic museum shop with lots of creative and fun items. And we also fortunately went on a Wednesday, so it was a pay-what-you-can day. We paid the normal admission price anyways, but it was nice to have that choice.

Jeanette Kei Chang

Small & interesting museum. Great exhibits, impressive artists & frequently infused with humor & social commentary.... My daughter & I always enjoy visiting, especially during one of their frequent art making events. Also appreciate the eclectic gift shop.