Beat Museum
540 Broadway/Columbus, North Beach, 800-KER-OUAC, (415) 399-9626. Tu-Sun 10-10. $5, seniors $4.
The late, beloved San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen is credited with coining "beatnik" in 1956 to describe the followers of the Beat Movement who hung out in the coffeehouses of North Beach. This cool museum has existed before in a variety of venues, including a traveling bus. Now in the back of the former Figone hardware store, it displays book collections, manuscripts, and ephemera from Beat legends such as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The merchandise in the front retail store is almost as interesting as the museum itself.
More things to do in San Francisco
Way more things to do in San Francisco.
No comments:
Post a Comment