Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture is a vibrant waterfront home to two dozen nonprofit arts and cultural organizations that produce creative and thought-provoking programming. Our residents shape the cultural fabric of San Francisco, bringing together theater, visual arts, music, education, dining, and community programming in one location.
Arts organization
A San Francisco Legacy Business, Arion Press has been crafting museum-quality, limited-edition books and prints for more than half a century.
Restaurant & Beerhall
Radhaus brings the warmth of a European alpine lodge to our waterfront with its Bavarian-inspired beer hall and restaurant.
Arts & Culture Organization
Since 1938, the Stern Grove Festival has been a gift to the Bay Area, offering free world-class concerts as the oldest free concert series in the United States.
Cafe & Bar
The Interval at Long Now is unlike any bar you’ve visited—part café, library, museum, and gathering space, all designed to foster long-term thinking about humanity’s future.
Art Supplies
San Francisco Legacy Business FLAX art & design has been a cultural icon and essential resource for Bay Area artists since 1938.
cafe
Award-winning Equator Coffees has built its reputation on ethically sourced, expertly roasted beans.
Art Gallery
San Francisco Legacy Business SF Camerawork has championed experimental photography and lens-based art since 1974.
Restaurant
San Francisco Legacy Business Greens Restaurant has defined vegetarian dining since 1979.
Arts Non-Profit
FOR-SITE commissions site-responsive artworks that deepen our connection to specific places, environments, and histories from its creative headquarters in Landmark Building C.
Art Gallery
Nationally recognized Haines Gallery brings innovative contemporary art to the waterfront, showcasing established and emerging artists in its Landmark Building C gallery.
cafe
Goody Café serves thoughtfully curated snacks, drinks, and house-made paninis in a cozy space.
Theater
BATS Improv has been San Francisco’s home for unscripted fun since 1986, transforming audience suggestions into unforgettable comedy moments.
Museum
Museo Italo Americano became the first museum in the United States devoted exclusively to Italian and Italian American art and culture when it opened in 1978, and continues this vital mission today.
Theater
The Magic Theatre has been the nation’s premier incubator for new American plays since 1967.
Art Classes
Named a San Francisco Legacy Business in 2025, the San Francisco Children’s Art Center has been unleashing creative potential in young people since 1973.
Music Classes
Blue Bear School of Music, a San Francisco Legacy Business, has nurtured Bay Area musicians for more than 50 years.
Environment
This nonprofit builds projects designed to foster long-term responsibility, including a 10,000-year clock and the Rosetta Project, which preserves 1,500 human languages.
Technology Incubator
Founders Inc. brings together San Francisco’s most ambitious startup founders, focusing on emerging technology.
Arts & Culture Organization
The American Indian Cultural District at FMCAC preserves and celebrates the rich heritage of Indigenous communities who have called the Bay Area home for millennia.
Environment
Environmental Traveling Companions (ETC) has been breaking down barriers to outdoor recreation since 1971.
Theater
Young Performers Theatre (YPT) has nurtured the next generation of Bay Area theater artists since 1971.
Artist Support Services
California Lawyers for the Arts (CLA) has protected artists, arts organizations, and creative professionals since 1974.
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