Wells Fargo History Museum, San Francisco, California

On the site where Wells Fargo first opened for business in 1852, this museum features a Concord Coach used by Wells Fargo in the 1860s and an impressive display of gold dust and ore from California’s Gold Country.

Exhibits include:

  • Wells Fargo's role in San Francisco history, from the
         "Sudden City" of the '49ers to the great earthquake of 1906
  • Dealing with Black Bart and other stagecoach robbers
  • A special collection of Gold Rush letters carried by
         hundreds of express companies
  • Free Audio Tour
  • and much more....

Latest News:

Women making financial history.

New Exhibit


Free museum tours for Women Making Financial History exhibition
during Women’s History Month

Come and enjoy a Curator-led tour of our newest exhibition. Find out how women played an important role in earning, managing, and investing money from the time of the western frontier to the present.

You can also have fun using our 1920s-vintage bank machines and having your photo printed onto historic money to take home with you!

Tour dates & times:
Wednesday, March 10 1:00 – 1:45
Wednesday, March 17 2:00 – 2:45
Thursday, March 25 12:15 – 1:00
Tuesday, March 30 3:00 – 3:45

Tours are free and no reservations are needed.
For more information, please call the museum desk at (415) 396-2619 or email: wfmuseum.sf@wellsfargo.com

 

 

420 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94163
(415) 396-2619
M-F 9-5
Free Admission
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