Bay Area Rapid Transit

510-465-BART (2278)

Take BART to all Earthquake events from San Francisco (SFO) and Oakland (OAK) airports to San Francisco and numerous east bay destinations. Taking BART from SFO is convenient for you and friends or family who can easily meet you at a BART station closer to home. Taking BART saves on cabs, shuttles and expensive hotel parking too! That's why BART is the easiest, fastest and cheapest way to get to San Francisco and other east bay locations. To view details on BART and all line schedules click here .

San Francisco Municipal Railway

415-673-6864

Take MUNI to all Earthquake events with in San Francisco. The San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) is the seventh-largest public transit system in the United States, as measured by ridership. Muni has approximately 700,000 boardings on an average weekday. Its fleet of about 1,000 vehicles, over half of which are electric, consists of subway-surface light-rail vehicles (Metro streetcars), electric trolley buses, diesel buses, the world-famous cable cars, the only ones in the world still operating, and a unique collection of historic streetcars. The first publicly owned streetcar system in a major city in the U.S., Muni has been taking the people of San Francisco where they want to go since 1912. For information and schedules, passes, and fares, call 673-Muni (673-6864). To puchase Muni transportation passes for both visitors and residents at our online store .

Legion of Honor

34th Avenue and Clement Street

415-863-3330

The result of extensive fieldwork, which took photographer Mark Klett through mounds of archival photographs to the streets of present-day San Francisco, this exhibit at the Legion of Honor, features 75 current photographs of the city paired with its 1906 counterpart.

Japantown

Various locations

San Francisco's Japantown moved to the Western Addition district following the April 1906 earthquake that devastated the South Park and Chinatown areas, the original Japantown locations. San Francisco's Japantown is the first and oldest of its kind on the continental U.S. and was established when the first Japanese immigrants arrived in San Francisco in the 1860s. With the relocation of the community came more Japanese businesses, shops, churches, schools, restaurants, hotels, and other organizations, which grew in the Western Addition and further supported the growth of the community. The neighborhood took on a very Japanese character and before long became a miniature Ginza known as Nihonmachi, or Japantown.

SFMOMA

151 Third St

415-357-4000

SFMOMA mounts an exhibition of approximately 60 vintage photographs drawing from the museum’s collection as well as from local public and private holdings. The exhibit includes views of the destroyed city, including spectacular panoramas by the firm Garrison and Huddleston and glass lantern slides by Arnold Genthe, as well as snapshots, albums and photo quilts from amateur photographers.

Wells Fargo History Museum

420 Montgomery Street

415-396-2619

Photographs, artifacts and interactive displays form the core of this exhibit at the Wells Fargo History Museum. As one of San Francisco’s oldest businesses, Wells Fargo delved into their rich archives to produce this exhibit.

The Argent Hotel

Galleria Park Hotel

Hotel Rex

InterContinental Mark Hopkins

Grace Cathedral

1051 Taylor Street

415-252-8589

Chanticleer, the internationally acclaimed 12-man vocal ensemble performs Antoine Brumel’s rarely performed Renaissance masterpiece, Earthquake Mass (Missa Et ecce terrae mortus) at Grace Cathedral. Performances are also slated for Santa Clara and Berkeley. Please note: events are on Fridays.

California Academy of Sciences

875 Howard Street

415-321-8000

Learn why the Bay Area has earthquakes and what to do before, during and after the next big one at the California Academy of Sciences. In In addition to scheduled programs, representatives from the following institutions will visit the museum to intereact with Academy visitors: American Red Cross, U.S. Geological Service, San Francisco Fire Department and the Office of Emergency Services. Quake, Rattle, and Roll, a new puppet show teaching kids and their families how to be earthquake safe, premieres today, too

Chinese Historical Society of America

415-391-1188

The Chinese Historical Society of America commissioned Chinese American storyteller, musician, and performer Charlie Chin to research and invoke the persona of Hugh Liang. Liang, a real historical figure, was a teenager living in Chinatown at the time of the 1906 earthquake. He survived the earthquake and fires, to witness the rebuilding of his community. Chinatown is Burning! will be performed before K-12 classes and at various venues in San Francisco during the centennial. For locations and details on performance locations, call or visit the website.

Old Mint

Fifth and Mission Streets

Every Saturday morning in April members of the San Francisco Historical Society will lead special two-hour earthquake tours of the Barbary Coast Trail. The free tours (rain or shine) depart from the Old Mint, at 10 am. Come hear tales of the tragedies and triumphs, devastation and renewal of those fateful days. Learn how the Old Mint was saved from certain destruction. See the landmark where survivors gathered to reunite with friends and loved-ones. Find out how the City's premier hotel continued to operate as its destroyed building was restored. Visit the only structure in Chinatown to have survived the disaster. Please note: events are on Saturdays.

The Exploratorium

3601 Lyon Street

415-EXP-LORE (397-5673)

The Exploratorium, shakes up the Bay Area with a series of exhibits and programs covering the science, structural engineering and human dimensions of earthquakes. Exhibit includes an interactive demonstration of real rescue dogs; an offbeat, quivering, large-scale Jell-O model of San Francisco by artist Liz Hickok, on view for one day (April 22). See earthquakes pop up on an international map as they occur throughout the world. A sampling of a month-long collection of exhibits and demonstrations cover liquefaction, the physics of waves, resonance, seismic action and the mathematics of sine waves.

Fremont Central Park

Commemorate the 1906 San Francisco earthquake by standing face-to-face with an earthquake fault. As part of the Bay Area-wide commemoration of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, this exhibit will feature a 12- to 15-feet-deep trench across the Hayward fault in Fremont’s Central Park. The fault is easily seen here and visitors are encouraged to descend a staircase to meet the Hayward fault face-to-face. Surrounding the trench will be educational displays and posters providing information about earthquakes, faults and preparedness. (weekends and weekdays by appointment, particularly for schools.)

SuperShuttle

650-851-1123

Presidio of San Francisco

Main Post at Lincoln Blvd and Halleck St

The 1906 Earthquake and Fire left more than 200,000 San Franciscans homeless. Experience what life was like for them through the Presidio’s re-creation of a refugee camp. Enter the tents and earthquake cottages to learn more about the earthquake and fires that followed, and how refugees overcame the physical and emotional challenges of obtaining food, water, clothing, shelter, and medical care, while keeping their families together as they struggled to rebuild their lives. Learn how race relations and other issues were handled in the tent cities. As part of the re-creation, you might find yourself patrolling with a soldier or sewing with a seamstress.

Throughout San Francisco

415-557-4266

In commemoration of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, City Guides will feature three new walks throughout 2006. Learn what it was like to escape the disaster and rebuild in the aftermath and meet some great characters along the way. Many of the regular tours will also feature added 1906 content. Tours, “It Can’t Happen Here,” “Phoenix Rising,” “Are We There Yet?” are free. For details on hours and days offered, contact directly.

Chinese Historical Society of America

965 Clay Street

415-391-1188

Stories about Chinese Americans and their families are revealed in this exhibit by the Chinese Historical Society of America. Using anecdotes collected from their survivors and their descendents, newspaper accounts, photos and other artifacts, the exhibit also tells the story of how Chinatown was allowed to rebuild within its original boundaries rather than relocate to Hunters Point.

San Francisco Opera House

415-865-2000

In honor of the San Francisco Earthquake Centennial, conceptual artist Ken Goldberg conceived Ballet Mori as a novel way to engage the earth as a living medium and a conductor for dance. In this live performance, minute ground movement will be measured by UC Berkeley's seismograph at Hayward Fault and conveyed via the internet to the San Francisco Opera House. On stage, Principal Dancer Muriel Maffre will respond in real time to a musical composition modulated by the unpredictable live fluctuations of the earth's movement.

The Phoenix Hotel

San Francisco Public Library

100 Larkin Street

415-557-4282

At the turn of the 20th century, the emergence of inexpensive, portable cameras made it possible for many people to record their lives in pictures for the first time. The centerpiece of the exhibition at the San Francisco Public Library, features 1906 photo albums made by San Francisco residents and tourists to the city who witnessed and took photos of the earthquake devastation and fire and chronicled their experiences in their personal photo albums.

Society of California Pioneers Museum

300 Fourth Street

415-957-1849

As the city crumbled and San Franciscans scrambled to meet their most basic needs, political ambition, commercial greed and media manipulation rose to unprecedented heights. Mayor Eugene Schmitz and James D. Phelan worked with bankers, insurance companies, real-estate developers and the local press to downplay the severity of the catastrophe, protect property, sustain morale and focus attention on the rebuilding of the city. Using historic documents, retrieved relics, photographs, newspapers and rare film footage to examine the repackaging and reselling of the events of April 18, 1906 the Society of California Pioneers Museum, commemorates the centennial of the great earthquake and fire.

Cartoon Art Museum

655 Mission Street

415-227-8666

In 1906, The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire devastated the entire city. The Bay Area experienced a second major quake in 1989, as the Loma Prieta leveled houses and bridges, causing over $6 Billion in damages. In the event of a third major disaster, San Francisco is completely prepared for anything that Mother Nature can throw at us...or is it?

Earthquake!!! features the works of two dozen local cartoonists as they reflect on the long history of natural disasters in the San Francisco Bay Area. Artists reflect on the 1906 earthquake, provide first-hand accounts of the 1989 earthquake and speculate on a wide variety of current topics, from the modern day San Franciscan's preparations for "The Big One" to life on the West Coast in the aftermath of the next major disaster.

This exhibition includes works from a wide array of Bay Area cartoonists including Mark Bode (Heavy Metal), Phil Frank (Farley), Jon "Bean" Hastings (Mad Science), Keith Knight (the 'K' Chronicles), Steve Lait (The Oakland Tribune), Paul Madonna (All Over Coffee) and Trina Robbins (The Great Women Cartoonists) and more.

Please call or visit the website for more information.

Pier 48

Presented by the San Francisco Fire Department Historical Society at Pier 48 (one block from AT&T Park), this exposition features historical exhibits with vintage fire apparatus; memorabilia and artifacts; historical photographic displays; fireboat tours and displays; an old-time firefighter muster with bucket brigades, hose cart races, hand-operated fire pumps from the 1800s, steamer operation, horsedrawn pumps and a 65-foot ladder raise. The San Francisco Office of Emergency Services & Homeland Security will also be participating in the expo and will offer tips on preparing for the next quake at home and in the workplace. The expo will also feature live entertainment, food and beverages and the 1906 Great Earthquake and Fire Dance on Saturday night, April 15, with a turn-0f-the-century costume contest.

Balboa Theatre

3630 Balboa Street

Admisson Price Varies

The Balboa Theatre is celebrating the earthquake centennial with film showings starting Sunday, April 16th. This 2 week celebration of our city in the movies called The Reel San Francisco is a sequel to last year's successful series. This starts with showings of San Francisco and on Tuesday night it will include a 3-D multimedia show about both 1906 and 1989 quakes, the Library of Congress' collection of restored films from before and after 1906 and live excerpts from the play "They Survived the '06 Quake" presented by Multi Ethnic Theater.

3:30 PM

John’s Grill

63 Ellis Street

415-986-0069

A yearly tradition of hosting 1906 earthquake survivors will take place on April 17, 2006 (By invitation only). The dinner will be on the day before of the 5am celebration. In 1908, John's Grill was the first restaurant to re-open in downtown after the quake.

Palace Hotel - Luxury Collection

Two New Montgomery Street

415-775-1111

More than 1,000 guests are expected to attend a gala at The Palace Hotel on April 17. The San Francisco Museum and Historical Society and the Chinese Historical Society of America are the joint presenters of the event marking the 100th anniversary of the earthquake and celebrating the spirit and rebirth of the great city of San Francisco. Tickets are also available for a breakfast on the morning of April 18.

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Yerba Buena Gardens Stage

Mission Street, between 3rd & 4th Streets

Free and Open to the Public

415-357-1848

The California Historical Society presents a 1906 Concert & Sing-Along: A Caruso Memory with selections from the Bizet opera Carmen, as presented on April 17, 1906 by the great tenor Enrico Caruso in his final concert ever in San Francisco. Following the free outdoor musical event, near the site of the Grand Opera House in which Caruso performed, the California Historical Society will be open with free admission for all to view its landmark exhibit Jack London and the Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906.

April 18 at 3am through April 19, 3am

San Francisco

FREE

415-673-MUNI

Free Service on All Lines Dates and times: 3am Tuesday, April 18, through 3am Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Re-routes on lines: F, METRO BUS SHUTTLE, K-OWL, L-OWL, M-OWL, N-OWL,1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 14, 14L, 15, 19, 21, 27, 30, 31, 38, 45, 71, 91

Area Affected: Downtown, SOMA

Dates and times: From 7pm Monday, April 17, to end of parade Tuesday, April 18, 2006, except morning peak period

The SFMTA is proud to offer free Muni service on all lines from 3:00 am on the morning of Tuesday, April 18, through 3:00 am Wednesday, April 19, 2006.

Large crowds are expected along the Market Street Corridor and in the downtown and Embarcadero areas all day. So why drive when you can Ride Muni Free? As an extra incentive to leave your car at home, there will also be special service in the Metro subway beginning at 3:00 a.m.to help people get to the Centennial Events for the Great Quake.

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park’s Visitor Center

499 Jefferson Street

415-447-5000

Staged in the heart of the noted maritime artist Coulter’s waterfront, the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park’s Visitor Center, this exhibit features his 10-foot-long earthquake painting San Francisco Fire, 1906 which was painted on a window shade pulled from the rubble of the quake. Other paintings from private and public collections make this the largest and most complete retrospective of Coulter’s work ever attempted.

Yerba Buena Lane (between Third & Fourth Streets)

More than 5,000 earthquake shacks housed over 16,000 refugees of the 1906 earthquake and fire. They were then moved out of the camps to private lots across the city, helping to repopulate San Francisco. One of these small dwellings will be on display on Yerba Buena Lane through April 29, 2006. Interpretive displays and exhibits by the San Francisco Building Department will accompany it.

4:30 AM

Lotta's Fountain

Market and Kearny Streets

Those who lost their lives in the 1906 earthquake and the ensuing firestorm — as many as 3,000 at last count —will be memorialized in traditional ceremonies at Lotta’s Fountain, on April 18, 2006 beginning at 4:30 am. Each year a small corps of survivors is also honored at this time; at press time organizers were in touch with 21 survivors.

Moscone Center

747 Howard Street

This five-day 100th anniversary conclave at Moscone Center is sponsored by the Seismological Society of America (SSA), Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) and the California Office of Emergency Services (COES) will offer a unique perspective on what happened in 1906 and what can be learned from the past to prepare for the future. More than 2,000 risk management professionals, researchers, academicians and others from more than 40 countries are expected to attend the conference.

8:00 PM

Fire Station No. 7

19th and Folsom Streets

415-621-4054

A free, outdoor film event, Cartography of Ashes, will combine archival images with footage of contemporary San Francisco and narration by San Francisco firefighters. Beginning at 8 pm the film will be projected on a firefighters’ training tower located at Fire Station No. 7, in the city’s Mission District.

11:30 AM & 1:30 PM each day

Meet at Lotta's Fountain (Corner of Market, Geary & Kearny Streets)

Free

415-762-0721

See "Lotta's Opera" and take an incredible one-block journey through turn of the century San Francisco with Kim Epifano's Epiphany Productions Sonic Dance Theater. From the heady days of the Gold Rush to the long years of recovery after the Great Quake, San Francisco's history will unfold around you in vibrant song and dance as you travel on foot down Market Street. Along the way, the stories that lay hidden in overlooked landmarks, behind unread commemorative plaques and under remodeled facades will be revealed in this extraordinary 45-minute performance. Please note: This performance takes place outdoors and requires audience members to stand and walk one city block.

Theatre 39

Pier 39

415-242-4196

On June 23rd at 1 pm, Gregangelo presents the world premiere of "1906~A JOURNEY THROUGH THE MYTHICAL CITY!"--a theatrical celebration of the City of San Francisco--its history and diversity---through specialty circus acts, original music, dance, scenic projections, and innovative special effects. The hour-long family show takes the audience on an action-packed ride from the time of Native Americans, through the Gold Rush and Great Quake of 1906, to today's City and its promising future.