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American Bookbinders Museum, San Francisco

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About American Bookbinders Museum

The American Bookbinders Museum in San Francisco invites visitors to explore the history, tools, and processes of bookbinding through self-guided audio tours and hands-on activities. The museum's collection features tools from 1600s hand binding and early automated bookbinding machines from the 1800s, alongside rotating special exhibits. Visitors can examine leather working stations, edge marbling demonstrations, and period binding equipment while using a smartphone or tablet with earbuds for audio tours lasting approximately 63 minutes, or opt for paper-based self-guided tours available in English and Mandarin. The museum also offers group tours, school tours, and Girl Scout Book Arts Badge programs. A museum shop and special exhibit gallery showcase bookbinding supplies and finished works. Children under 10 receive free admission, saving the regular $15 adult price.

Tickets and prices

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General Admission

  • Adult (18 - 62)
    Adult
    $15
  • Youth (10-17)
    Youth
    $12
  • Child (0-10)
    Child
    Free
  • Senior (62+)
    Senior
    $12
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Tickets, prices & hours

General Admission
$15
Seniors and Youths
$12
Children under 10
Free

Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm

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What’s on at American Bookbinders Museum

One reason to go, each in the venue’s own words, with the date we checked it.

Nov 20Event

Between the Covers

A guided exploration of selected books outside the vitrines, offering an opportunity to see the functionality and relationship between interior and exterior of books from the Hand Bookbinders exhibition.

“November 20, 2026 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm”

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The saving

Children under 10 Free Admission

Free $15

“Children under 10 are free.”

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