401 Van Ness Avenue (@ McAllister)
Room 402 of the Veterans Building
San Francisco CA 94102  
415.255.4800

The San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and making available to the public materials documenting the history of the performing arts in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Library is further committed to providing materials and programs related to national and international performing arts with special emphasis on dance, musical theater, and theatrical design.

SFPALM collects and makes accessible materials about the performing arts, with a special emphasis on documenting and preserving the San Francisco Bay Area's rich and diverse performing arts heritage from the Gold Rush to the present. Its unique Collection contains more than two million items, including books, photographs, programs, newspaper clippings, audio and video tapes, original artwork and artifacts and is open to the public without charge. SFPALM also houses the archives of many local performing arts organizations, such as the San Francisco Ballet, Opera, and Symphony, as well as the Stern Grove Festival, the Ethnic Dance Festival, Pickle Family Circus, and The Lamplighters.

SFPALM is an independent nonprofit organization that relies on a variety of funding sources, including memberships, and corporate, foundation and individual gifts. It is also funded in part by the Grants for the Arts program of the San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, the California Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
http://www.sfpalm.org