Sincerely, San Francisco: A Time Capsule
⚡️ Sincerely, San Francisco
Overview
Sincerely, San Francisco is an interactive time capsule experience where you help tell the story of our city: past, present, and future.
Through sound, visuals, and hands-on activities, you'll reflect on your own relationship with San Francisco, share with others, and add your voice to a collective portrait of the city. Guided prompts will lead you from personal reflection to shared conversation to something we build together.
What do we carry forward? What do we leave behind? What do we hope for?
What to Expect
At Sincerely, San Francisco, participants are invited into a thoughtfully guided journey through memory, dialogue, and collective expression.
Moving through a series of multi-sensory experiences, you will be prompted to reflect on your personal relationship with San Francisco, engage in meaningful exchange with fellow attendees, and contribute to a shared chronicle of the city at this moment in time.
Stations:
📝✉️ Letters to the Future — Write a personal letter for whoever opens the capsule
🎥 Video Diary Booth and Photo Booth — Record a short message to the future
🧩 Collective Art Piece — Add your piece to a shared puzzle that reveals the room's story
📦 Time Capsule Drop — Bring a small item to seal inside the capsule itself
Every contribution, regardless of form, becomes part of something larger: a living time capsule that asks what we value, what we grieve, and what we hope for the city we call home.
Parking & Transportation
SFMOMA is located near the Montgomery Street and Powell Street stations for:
Many bus lines have stops within a block of the museum near the intersection of 3rd St & Mission St, including the 8, 8AX, 8BX, 14, 14R, 15, 30, 45, 91, 101, 130, and 150. The Transbay Transit Center is only two blocks away.
Coming by car? SFMOMA’s garage at 147 Minna Street is a few steps from the museum’s entrance on Third Street. Parking onsite directly supports the museum and its programs.
About the Future of Us Festival
Launching on America's 250th anniversary, the inaugural Future of Us festival is a 10-day celebration of civic imagination and possibility. We're turning community-sourced, expert-crafted visions of the future into art, storytelling, and participatory experiences. With 100+ events spanning every corner of the city (floral labyrinths, speculative future worlds, dance parties with a purpose, and neighborhood meet-ups), it's a living exploration of what a more creative and generative civic culture could feel like. Organized around four themes (Green Futures, Social Futures, Science & Tech Futures, and Media Futures), Future of Us is breaking down the barriers between art, ideas, and each other, and everyone is invited to co-imagine what comes next.
⚡ Learn more: future-of-us.com
About the Future Culture Fellows Program
The Future Culture Fellowship is a yearlong program that resources the people best positioned to shape the future of civic life in San Francisco: the community builders, artists, and grassroots visionaries already rooted in neighborhoods and traditions across the Bay. Fellows design and host original, science- and arts-centered experiences that reflect their unique perspectives on what's possible, and become part of a growing Future Culture Collective dedicated to making civic life in SF more vibrant, connected, and imaginative. The event you're signing up for was dreamed up by one of the 2026 Fellows.
⚡ Meet your host: https://www.future-of-us.com/2026-fellows/vanessa-louis-jean
⚡ Learn more about the Fellows Program: future-of-us.com/collective
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