Open 11:00am - 5:00pm with social gathering at 2:00pm.
SFMOMA welcomes MAX and selected LGBTG clubs with free admission to the museum plus a free drink. This is not the free monthly day that is opened to the general public. SFMOMA is reaching out to the LGBTQ community to expand awareness of what SFMOMA offers to our community. We would be able to visit the entire museum from 11am to 5pm, but MAX plans to gather at 2:00pm to socialize among LGBTQ attendees with a free cocktail at the no-host bar.
SFMOMA is one of the largest modern and contemporary art museums in the United States. For additional information on SFMOMA and upcoming exhibits, go to https://www.sfmoma.org/
Among the many collections and exhibits on display with be Oakland-based artist Sadie Barnette’s The New Eagle Creek Saloon (2019) that reimagines San Francisco’s first black-owned gay bar, opened by the artist’s father, Rodney Barnette, in 1990. The New Eagle Creek Saloon served as a safe gathering space for the multiracial queer community marginalized by the city’s queer nightlife scene at the time. For more information on this exhibit, go to: https://www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/sadie-barnette-the-new-eagle-creek-saloon/
MAX is the lead LGBTQ group and has invited Black Tie Club, San Francisco Hiking Club and the San Francisco Men's Club to this event. This event is free, but registration is required at: https://maxsf.org/event-5191879
Registrants will be put on the MAX guest list for museum admission and be given a drink coupon. Space is limited. If you register and cannot attend, please cancel out of courtesy and for planning purposes.
Event hosts are Roman Gronkowski and Jim Tom. For additional information, contact Jim at jim.tom@maxsf.org
Admission and Drink Tickets: Registered MAX guests will be emailed a promo code and link by May 3 to obtain the admission ticket to MOMA. To obtain the free drink ticket, please show the ticket and identification at the door to the New Eagle Creek Saloon art installation that also functions as a no-host bar. Saloon is located in the "white box" section on the 4th floor (behind the elevators) and is opened to the public.
Optional Pre-MOMA Lunch (11:30am - 1pm) - For those who would like an optional lunch before MOMA, join MAX at the nearby Tropisueno (75 Yerba Buena Lane) sited approximately one block from MOMA. For lunch, Tropisueno is set up like a limited-service Mission-style taqueria whereby diners order and pay at the food counter, and then sit down at unreserved open tables. In contrast, dinner is sit-down full service. The lunch menu offers many Mexican favorites, including burritos, tacos, tortas, soups, combination plates and more. Tropisueno also has a full bar. To see the menu and for more information, go to www.tropisueno.com
We will meet in front of Tropisueno at 11:30am. This timing would enable us to finish lunch in ample time to walk over and partly explore MOMA before the 2:00pm social gathering with MAX and other LGBTQ attendees at the New Eagle Creek Saloon. Lunch is oriented toward dues-paying MAX members, whereas the 2pm gathering is for MAX and attendees from the San Francisco Hiking Club and San Francisco Men's Club.
If you arrive late for lunch at Tropisueno, just look for and join MAX members already seated. To assist with planning, please register for lunch at: https://maxsf.org/event-5265401