The Museum of the City of San Francisco, operated by the San Francisco Historical Society currently has exhibits at Pier 45 and San Francisco City Hall. The Old Mint is currently undergoing renovations to become the permanent home of the museum.
The museum is a general multi-media website featuring “the interesting, the amusing, and the unusual in San Francisco’s history.” It is separate from the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society. The Virtual Museum website features major online exhibits on the California Gold Rush, the 1906 earthquake and fire, and the Golden Gate Bridge.
Today, 102 years later, their first publication, After The Shake, They Baked, presents a snapshot of how the men and women of San Francisco coped with disaster by attempting to preserve the most important aspects of daily life. For San Franciscans then, as now, it wasn’t enough to merely eat. As soon as possible, survivors found ways to return to the comfort of fine dining. The Refugees’ Cookbook was one step toward that goal. Modern lovers of the City may be heartened to learn that, even in the worst of times, good food and good company can triumph over frustration and adversity.