About the Reception
Join us for our opening reception and come see our latest photo exhibit, "Moving San Francisco: Views from the SFMTA Photo Archive 1903 - Now"! On view in the San Francisco Arts Commission gallery on the Ground Floor of City Hall in the North Light Court. There is no reservation required and this is free and open to the public.
About the Exhibit
The exhibit is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. from January 15 to June 18, 2026. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
For all the details and information related to the this exhibit through June please visit the Moving San Francisco Exhibit webpage.
Moving San Francisco celebrates the history of Muni and evolution of our city with an collection of images from the SFMTA Photo Archive. Featuring photographs taken between 1903 and 2025, the exhibition focuses on the City’s iconic public transportation system. Through this lens, it tells the story of San Francisco and the people who live and work here.
The SFMTA Photography Department & Archive traces its origins back over 120 years through a series of photographers working for public transit agencies in San Francisco. Made up of more than 200,000 images, it is one of the largest collections of photos focused on transportation in the City.
Moving San Francisco pulls just a fraction of these photos to transport you from familiar scenes to a city unimaginable today. From the close of the Victorian Era into the 21st Century, see the people, places, and things that move in our city. Cable cars transition to buses and Muni Metro trains, neighborhoods sprout from sand dunes and San Franciscans make their way from point A to point B.
