The San Francisco Mint — Attraction in San Francisco

My honey is interested in both coins and history, so a tour of the old San Francisco Mint building was just the thing. The architecture was soaring and lovely and our docent (a California Historical Society volunteer), was informed and interesting. While it is mildly unfortunate that what you see is only the bare rooms and vaults themselves, our docent was good at making the environment come alive with his informative stories. Be warned, the building itself is in moderately poor repair (although I kinda like that- and the building is almost 150 years old, you'd hope you were in that kind of shape at 144 years old!) and one of the rooms toward the back of the building smelled strongly of urine. The CHS website described the tour as 1.5 to 2 hours long- ours felt a little rushed at just...

Bought tickets for ’Halloween after dark’. They had 3 separate rooms with different DJs playing different types of music. They also had a few tables that sold alcoholic drinks, my tequila sprite was not good tho and I’m not picky with drinks. There was also an ‘open air’ area with tented roofs that was relatively quiet and good place for a break. There were ’no smoking’ signs but it was not really enforced so people came out for a smoke break as well. The dj in the ‘Bollywood’ room was my favorite, but he was mainly playing melodic techno/ house, I didn’t hear him play Bollywood themed songs. Overall I recommend the experience but don’t have high hopes for the drinks and if you don’t want to show up right when it starts, expect to wait in...

Wow, an amazing venue for a great party. Took a tour with Art and was impressed with the possibilities (and the stories behind the marks on the wall, etc). There are many nooks and crannies to discover. The basement vault feels like a wine cave and the rooms upstairs can be used for a nice cocktail hour and reception. Art was a little hard to get a hold of and for vendors, loading in involved a long carry. Ugh.

The place is steeped in history and will eventually become a museum. Pricing ranges depending on how big your group is and for the type of event (corporate, wedding,...