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MCD’s Member Holiday Shopping Weekend

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Mark your calendars for MCD’s Member Holiday Shopping Weekend!  Friday, December 13 through Sunday, December 15, MCD members receive 20% off all full-priced items in our museum store or online with…

Mark your calendars for MCD’s Member Holiday Shopping Weekend!  Friday, December 13 through Sunday, December 15, MCD members receive 20% off all full-priced items in our museum store or online with...

Style ’19

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Style ’19 takes place December 7-8 at MCD and just in time for the holidays! Now in its 13th year, Style (with its 2nd year at MCD) is a show,…

Style '19 takes place December 7-8 at MCD and just in time for the holidays! Now in its 13th year, Style (with its 2nd year at MCD) is a show,...

Museum Store Sunday

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Museum Store Sunday is a one-day-only shopping event at museum stores worldwide that offers meaningful and carefully curated gift options, along with exclusive discounts and pop-up events. Shop at the Museum of Craft and Design and get 20% off all ceramics in our museum store and online with code CERAMICS. And if that wasn’t incentive enough, it is the last day to see our exhibitions Interior/Exterior and Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object, before they close!

Museum Store Sunday is a one-day-only shopping event at museum stores worldwide that offers meaningful and carefully curated gift options, along with exclusive discounts and pop-up events. Shop at the Museum of Craft and Design and get 20% off all ceramics in our museum store and online with code CERAMICS. And if that wasn't incentive enough, it is the last day to see our exhibitions Interior/Exterior and Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object, before they close!

MAKE x Palette

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

It’s all about food and gratitude at the final MAKE of 2019! 

It’s all about food and gratitude at the final MAKE of 2019! 

Sold Out**Designing Change: An Evening with Roman Mars

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Join the Museum of Craft and Design (MCD) for the second installment of their Designing Change series, featuring host and creator of 99% Invisible, Roman Mars. On November 14, 2019, MCD will welcome Roman Mars, to Minnesota Street Project for a multi-media presentation examining the unnoticed design that shapes our world.

Join the Museum of Craft and Design (MCD) for the second installment of their Designing Change series, featuring host and creator of 99% Invisible, Roman Mars. On November 14, 2019, MCD will welcome Roman Mars, to Minnesota Street Project for a multi-media presentation examining the unnoticed design that shapes our world.

MCD Trunk Show: Babette Pinksy

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Shop our next MCD Trunk show in our award winning museum store on Saturday, November 9–featuring artist Babette Pinksy of BPJEWELER! BPJEWELER started about a year and a half ago…

Shop our next MCD Trunk show in our award winning museum store on Saturday, November 9–featuring artist Babette Pinksy of BPJEWELER! BPJEWELER started about a year and a half ago...

MCD Free First Tuesday: November

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Celebrate gratitude with a Dead Nuts-inspired wreath, bedecked with hanging tokens of thanks. Learn simple metal stamping techniques, then string decorated discs from hose clamps to add to a festive, hangable wall centerpiece.

 

Celebrate gratitude with a Dead Nuts-inspired wreath, bedecked with hanging tokens of thanks. Learn simple metal stamping techniques, then string decorated discs from hose clamps to add to a festive, hangable wall centerpiece.

 

MCD Members Tour: David Cole and Nemo Gould Studios

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Join the Museum of Craft and Design in Oakland to tour the studios of kinetic sculptor Nemo Gould and David Cole, guest curator of Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object on view at MCD through December 1, 2019.

Join the Museum of Craft and Design in Oakland to tour the studios of kinetic sculptor Nemo Gould and David Cole, guest curator of Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object on view at MCD through December 1, 2019.

MakeArt Family Day: Gratitude

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Come celebrate the season with a cornucopia of creative projects, including a handmade stamp and thank-you note station, wearable “vision board” buttons, gyroscope races and Design-Your-Own ball bearing mazes. 

Come celebrate the season with a cornucopia of creative projects, including a handmade stamp and thank-you note station, wearable “vision board” buttons, gyroscope races and Design-Your-Own ball bearing mazes. 

MCD Machinist Bar: Artistic Soldering Techniques

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

MCD Machinist Bar: Artistic Soldering Techniques, October 26, 2019 11 AM – 3 PM. Join metal artist Jack da Silva to learn artistic soldering techniques and produce small wearable and functional art. Free with museum admission and available for participants 12 and up.

MCD Machinist Bar: Artistic Soldering Techniques, October 26, 2019 11 AM - 3 PM. Join metal artist Jack da Silva to learn artistic soldering techniques and produce small wearable and functional art. Free with museum admission and available for participants 12 and up.

MCD Curator Walkthrough

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

MCD Curator Walkthrough, October 24, 6:30 – 8 PM. Join curator David Cole for background on Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object. 

MCD Curator Walkthrough, October 24, 6:30 - 8 PM. Join curator David Cole for background on Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object. 

MCD MAKE: October

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

MAKE it creepy! October 17, 6 PM – 9:30 PM. Explore the tricks and treats of Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object at MCD’s annual Halloween bash.

MAKE it creepy! October 17, 6 PM - 9:30 PM. Explore the tricks and treats of Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object at MCD’s annual Halloween bash.

MCD Curator Symposium: bauhaus.photo

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

MCD Curator Symposium: bauhaus.photo, October 11, 6 PM – 8:30 PM. Join curator Esther Giangrande in conversation with Greg Castillo (Associate Professor of Architecture, UC Berkeley; contributor, “The Bauhaus in Cold War Germany”) and Paul Adamson (FAIA, TCA Architects; AIASF Board of Director; Chair, AIASF Housing Committee) to learn more about the exhibition and each of their areas of Bauhaus focus. 

MCD Curator Symposium: bauhaus.photo, October 11, 6 PM - 8:30 PM. Join curator Esther Giangrande in conversation with Greg Castillo (Associate Professor of Architecture, UC Berkeley; contributor, “The Bauhaus in Cold War Germany”) and Paul Adamson (FAIA, TCA Architects; AIASF Board of Director; Chair, AIASF Housing Committee) to learn more about the exhibition and each of their areas of Bauhaus focus. 

MCD MakeArt Family Day: October

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

MCD MakeArt Family Day, October 5, 2019, 11 AM – 3 PM. Celebrate spooky season with hauntingly fun projects inspired by the exhibitions.

MCD MakeArt Family Day, October 5, 2019, 11 AM - 3 PM. Celebrate spooky season with hauntingly fun projects inspired by the exhibitions.

MCD Free First Tuesday: October

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Free First Tuesday, October 1, 2019 11 AM – 3 PM. Inspired by exhibiting artist Julie Alpert, transform an ordinary picture frame into a dripping work of art

Free First Tuesday, October 1, 2019 11 AM - 3 PM. Inspired by exhibiting artist Julie Alpert, transform an ordinary picture frame into a dripping work of art

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MAKE x CCA

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

This September, design your night with MAKE x CCA! 

This September, design your night with MAKE x CCA! 

MCD Machinist Bar: Solderday • Jewelry Technique

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Come to the MCD Machinist Bar, sponsored by Center Hardware & Supply Co., Inc. to learn introductory techniques in artistic soldering!  City College of San Francisco professor and metal artist…

Come to the MCD Machinist Bar, sponsored by Center Hardware & Supply Co., Inc. to learn introductory techniques in artistic soldering!  City College of San Francisco professor and metal artist...

MakeArt Family Day: Back-to-School

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

At this month’s MakeArt Family Day, MCD celebrates back to school by helping you personalize all of your supplies!

At this month’s MakeArt Family Day, MCD celebrates back to school by helping you personalize all of your supplies!

MCD Free First Tuesday: September

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

From the Equation of Time Cam to the Antikythera Mechanism Model, “Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object” features a number of time measuring devices. Honor this concept, combined with the nostalgia of CDs, by creating a functional clock from found compact discs. Bring your own favorite album to further personalize your design. 

From the Equation of Time Cam to the Antikythera Mechanism Model, “Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object” features a number of time measuring devices. Honor this concept, combined with the nostalgia of CDs, by creating a functional clock from found compact discs. Bring your own favorite album to further personalize your design. 

MCD MAKE: August

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

MCD Make: August. August 15, 6 PM – 9:30 PM. View Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object and explore the materials and exhibition concepts through a number of in-gallery activities.

MCD Make: August. August 15, 6 PM - 9:30 PM. View Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object and explore the materials and exhibition concepts through a number of in-gallery activities.

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