About Fort Mason Center
In this complex of renovated military buildings, at the hub of an urban National Park, visitors discover all the vitality and diversity that make the San Francisco one of the most exciting cities in the world. The concept that inspired creation of the GGNRA was to bring the park to the people - and it is the bustling activity at Fort Mason Center that brings people to the park. Fort Mason Center combines, as perhaps no other place in the country, a magnificent setting the the heart of a great city with cultural activity for people of every social and economic background.
The nonprofit Fort Mason Center has 28 venues providing flexible meeting rooms, theaters, and exhibit halls used by groups of five to 20,000. The venues can easily be transformed for events of every type and interest imaginable, including; wine tastings, corporate events, pop up stores, product launches, weddings,conferences, memorials and birthday parties.
Every year Fort Mason Center hosts thousands of public events meeting the needs of nonprofit organizations, government and the private sector. Many cities have a symphony, an opera, museums and a zoo, but only San Francisco has Fort Mason Center, where the magnificent diversity of the Bay Area is so well represented.
The Fort Mason Center campus also serves as home to resident nonprofit organizations. Current resident organizations include: BATS Improv, Blue Bear School of Music, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, The Long Now Museum & Gallery, Magic Theatre, California Lawyers for the Arts, Greens Restaurant, The Mexican Museum, City College of San Francisco Art Campus, Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company, Off the Grid, On the Commons, Environmental Traveling Companions, Readers Book Store and Cafe, World Arts West, San Francisco Children’s Art Center, Seedling Projects, Young Performers Theatre and the Museo ItaloAmericano.
The Golden Gate National Parks
One of the largest and most popular urban national parks in the world, the Golden Gate National Parks were established in 1972, as part of a movement to make national parks more accessible to city dwellers and bring “parks to the people.” The parks’ 75,500 acres of land and water extend north across the Golden Gate Bridge to Tomales Bay in Marin County and south to San Mateo County.
The parks contain many historical and cultural sites in addition to Fort Mason Center - among them, Alcatraz, Muir Woods National Monument, and the Presidio of San Francisco. With 19 unique ecosystems in seven distinct watersheds, five National Historic Landmarks, and 61 archeological sites the parks preserve a wealth of natural and historic treasures.
At no time is anyone permitted to carry a firearm on the Fort Mason Center campus.
