Groups who schedule their visit to the Cartoon Art Museum in advance receive a 50% discount on admission. We offer this rate to educational, recreational, after-school, and summer camp groups who schedule their group visit with the museum at least two weeks in advance. Availability is limited and assigned on a first-call/first-served basis.

Please note: Groups of 10 or more may not come to the museum on the first Tuesday of any month.

Designing Your Visit

Self-Guided Visits give your group access to our current exhibitions and galleries.

• Visits may last 30 minutes to one hour, depending on your group, the current exhibitions, and your objectives.
• Visits are available during the museum’s open hours only: Tuesday through Sunday 11am to 5pm.
• Self-guided tours are limited to 35 individuals per visit.
• Larger groups can break up and stagger their visit. The nearby Yerba Buena Gardens offers a park area where groups may wait, or your group may opt to visit one of our neighboring museums.

• If no other activities are scheduled, group admission fees may be paid upon arrival, but to receive the group discount you must reserve your visit at least two weeks in advance.

Docent-Led Tours guide groups through our permanent galleries to illustrate the evolution of cartoon art from turn-of-the-century newspaper strips to present-day comics and animation.

• Tours are 30 to 45 minutes in length, depending on the group.
• Tours are available from 11:00am to 4pm.
• There is a limit of one tour per time slot.
• Docent-led tours are limited to 25 individuals per tour.
• Groups of 26 or more will be charged an additional $25 for a second, non-simultaneous tour. Larger groups can break up and stagger their visit. The nearby Yerba Buena Gardens offers a park area where groups may wait, or your group may opt to visit one of our neighboring museums.
• A docent fee of $25 per docent-led tour requested will be added to your discounted group admission fees.
• The $25 docent fee must be paid two weeks in advance of the scheduled tour to reserve the tour.

School Group Workshops allow students to learn about comics, cartooning, and animation in our galleries and reinforce their learning experience with a hands-on activity in our classroom.

• Workshops are one to two hours in length, depending on the group.
• Workshops are available from 11:30am to 5pm.
• Workshops must be paid two weeks in advance of the scheduled tour.
• Workshops are limited to 20 individuals per activity.
• Additional charges for workshops vary. Email education@cartoonart.org for rates.
• An instructor will be scheduled after we receive payment.

Scheduling Your Group or Tour

Email office@cartoonart.org or call (415) 227-8666 x300. When booking, please be ready to provide the following information:

• Contact name
• Group name
• Your preferred date and time (excluding the first Tuesday of any month)
• Estimated number of students
• Estimated number of chaperones
• Age range / grade level(s)
• Telephone
• Email address
• Fax number

Group Admissions

Educational and recreational groups can receive a discount of 50% off of regular admission prices. Note: You must schedule your visit at least two weeks in advance to receive this discount.
Discounted group admissions

Adults		$3.50
Students	ages 13 & up	$2.50
Children	ages 6 to 12	$1.50
Children	5 and under	free

Note: Additional fees apply for groups scheduling a docent-led tour ($25 for up to 25 visitors) or a hands-on workshop (fees vary).

Gallery Rules

All art museums have special considerations that other facilities may not require, and the Cartoon Art Museum is no exception. Please help us conserve a valuable cultural resource by making sure your entire group understands and abides by the following rules.

1. Be considerate of other visitors looking at the art.
2. Do not handle or move any artwork, display case, or other installation.
3. Please refrain from touching walls, display cases, 3-D displays, or frames and glass on artwork.
4. Please speak quietly at all times. No loud voices are allowed in the galleries.
5. Do not run in the galleries.
6. Photography is not permitted in the galleries.
7. Food, beverages, and chewing gum are not permitted in the museum.
8. Chaperone ratio: 1 chaperone for every 10 students, minimum.
9. No smoking is permitted in the museum.