GLBT Historical Society
The GLBT Historical Society is a public history center and archives that collects, preserves, and interprets the history of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people and the communities that support them. Founded in 1985, we maintain one of the world’s largest collections of LGBTQ historical materials. We operate two sites: the GLBT Historical Society Museum in the Castro district, and the Dr. John P. De Cecco Archives and Special Collections in the SoMa district.
To learn more about this business view their Legacy Business Registry application .
GLBT Historical Society
The original rainbow flag
989 Market St., Lower Level
San Francisco CA 94103
San Francisco CA 94103
Type
Museum / Historic Preservation
Established
May 22, 1986
Added to Registry
September 28, 2020
(415) 777-5455
Locations
Legacy Businesses
Adult
- AdultTenderloin
- AdultYerba Buena , Polk - Van Ness , Mission
- AdultNorth Beach
Animal Care
- Animal CareParkside
- Animal CareSouth Beach
- Animal CarePacific Heights
- Animal CareNoe Valley
- Animal CareNoe Valley
Anime
- AnimeJapantown
Antiques / Collectibles
- Antiques / CollectiblesRichmond
Art Gallery / Art Consulting / Public Art
- Art Gallery / Art Consulting / Public ArtNoe Valley
- Art Gallery / Art Consulting / Public ArtJackson Square
- Art Gallery / Art Consulting / Public ArtMission
- Art Gallery / Art Consulting / Public ArtMission , Potrero Hill
- Art Gallery / Art Consulting / Public ArtMission
- Art Gallery / Art Consulting / Public ArtUnion Square
- Art Gallery / Art Consulting / Public ArtMission Bernal , Mission
- Art Gallery / Art Consulting / Public ArtSunset
- Art Gallery / Art Consulting / Public ArtMarina
- Art Gallery / Art Consulting / Public ArtMission
Artist Live/Work Community
- Artist Live/Work CommunityMission
Arts / Crafts / Hobbies
- Arts / Crafts / HobbiesWest Portal
- Arts / Crafts / HobbiesInner Richmond
- Arts / Crafts / HobbiesUnion Square
- Arts / Crafts / HobbiesInner Richmond
- Arts / Crafts / HobbiesHayes Valley
- Arts / Crafts / HobbiesInner Richmond
- Arts / Crafts / HobbiesMarina
- Arts / Crafts / HobbiesMarina
- Arts / Crafts / HobbiesInner Richmond
- Arts / Crafts / HobbiesPacific Heights , Cow Hollow , Noe Valley
- Arts / Crafts / HobbiesHaight-Ashbury
- Arts / Crafts / HobbiesSouth of Market
- Arts / Crafts / HobbiesJapantown
- Arts / Crafts / HobbiesCastro
- Arts / Crafts / HobbiesBayview - Hunters Point
- Arts / Crafts / HobbiesCastro
- Arts / Crafts / HobbiesWest Portal , Presidio Heights , Lower Pacific Heights
Automotive / Motorcycle
- Automotive / MotorcycleBayview - Hunters Point
- Automotive / MotorcycleSouth of Market
- Automotive / MotorcycleIngleside
- Automotive / MotorcycleMission
- Automotive / MotorcycleMission
- Automotive / MotorcyclePolk - Van Ness
- Automotive / MotorcycleSouth of Market , Mission , Mission , Mission , Mission
- Automotive / MotorcycleTwin Peaks
Bakery
- BakeryPolk - Van Ness , North of Panhandle , Polk - Van Ness
- BakeryStonestown , Inner Richmond , Fisherman's Wharf , Union Square , Fisherman's Wharf , Embarcadero
- BakeryInner Richmond
- BakeryMission
- BakeryRichmond
- BakeryMission
- BakeryNorth Beach
- BakeryWest Portal , Noe Valley
- BakeryExcelsior
- BakeryExcelsior
- BakeryInner Richmond
- BakeryChinatown
- BakeryJapantown
Bar / Entertainment Venue
- Bar / Entertainment VenueNorth Beach
- Bar / Entertainment VenueChinatown
- Bar / Entertainment VenueFisherman's Wharf
- Bar / Entertainment VenueSouth of Market
- Bar / Entertainment VenueCastro
- Bar / Entertainment VenueYerba Buena
- Bar / Entertainment VenueHaight-Ashbury
- Bar / Entertainment VenueNorth Beach
- Bar / Entertainment VenueSouth of Market
- Bar / Entertainment VenueMission
- Bar / Entertainment VenueMission Bernal
- Bar / Entertainment VenueMission
- Bar / Entertainment VenueSouth of Market
- Bar / Entertainment VenueCole Valley
- Bar / Entertainment VenueNorth Beach
- Bar / Entertainment VenueLittle Saigon
- Bar / Entertainment VenueTenderloin
- Bar / Entertainment VenueRichmond
- Bar / Entertainment VenueChinatown
- Bar / Entertainment VenueSouth of Market
- Bar / Entertainment VenueMission
- Bar / Entertainment VenueCastro
- Bar / Entertainment VenueNorth Beach
- Bar / Entertainment VenueJackson Square
- Bar / Entertainment VenueMission
- Bar / Entertainment VenueFinancial District
- Bar / Entertainment VenueIngleside
- Bar / Entertainment VenueNorth Beach
- Bar / Entertainment VenueSouth of Market
- Bar / Entertainment VenueNorth Beach
- Bar / Entertainment VenueMission Bernal
- Bar / Entertainment VenueCow Hollow
- Bar / Entertainment VenueNoe Valley
- Bar / Entertainment VenueUnion Square
- Bar / Entertainment VenueBayview - Hunters Point
- Bar / Entertainment VenueInner Richmond
- Bar / Entertainment VenueSouth of Market
- Bar / Entertainment VenueMission
- Bar / Entertainment VenueNorth Beach
- Bar / Entertainment VenueHaight-Ashbury
- Bar / Entertainment VenueMission
Beer / Wine / Liquor
- Beer / Wine / LiquorPotrero Hill , Potrero Hill
- Beer / Wine / LiquorMarina
- Beer / Wine / LiquorCastro
- Beer / Wine / LiquorPolk - Van Ness
- Beer / Wine / LiquorCole Valley
Bicycle
- BicycleIngleside
Books / Comics / Media
- Books / Comics / MediaMission
- Books / Comics / MediaMarina , Laurel Heights , Civic Center , Potrero Hill
- Books / Comics / MediaPotrero Hill
- Books / Comics / MediaNorth Beach
- Books / Comics / MediaDivisadero
- Books / Comics / MediaMission
- Books / Comics / MediaSunset , Inner Richmond
- Books / Comics / MediaChinatown
- Books / Comics / MediaPolk - Van Ness
- Books / Comics / MediaHaight-Ashbury
Butcher
- ButcherBernal Heights
- ButcherSunset
Child Care
- Child CareJapantown
Clothing
- ClothingSunset
- ClothingPresidio Heights
- ClothingFinancial District
- ClothingUnion Square
- ClothingHayes Valley
- ClothingChinatown
- ClothingMission
- ClothingMission
- ClothingHaight-Ashbury
- ClothingHaight-Ashbury
- ClothingCastro , Castro
- ClothingCow Hollow
- ClothingNoe Valley
Club / Association
- Club / AssociationPacific Heights
- Club / AssociationMission Bay
- Club / AssociationMission Bay
- Club / AssociationFinancial District
- Club / AssociationJapantown
- Club / AssociationSouth Beach
Coffee / Tea / Café
- Coffee / Tea / CaféInner Richmond
- Coffee / Tea / CaféLower Haight
- Coffee / Tea / CaféMission
- Coffee / Tea / CaféNorth Beach
- Coffee / Tea / CaféNorth Beach
- Coffee / Tea / CaféCastro
- Coffee / Tea / CaféPotrero Hill
- Coffee / Tea / CaféSunset
- Coffee / Tea / CaféParkside , Sunset
- Coffee / Tea / CaféNorth of Panhandle
- Coffee / Tea / CaféRichmond , Richmond
Commissary Kitchen
- Commissary KitchenBayview - Hunters Point
Engineering
- EngineeringEmbarcadero
Faith-Based Organization
- Faith-Based OrganizationMarina
Film / Video
- Film / VideoSouth of Market
- Film / VideoMission
Flower Shop / Garden Center
- Flower Shop / Garden CenterPacific Heights
- Flower Shop / Garden CenterBayview - Hunters Point
- Flower Shop / Garden CenterPotrero Hill
- Flower Shop / Garden CenterRichmond
Food Wholesale, Production, and Distribution
- Food Wholesale, Production, and DistributionBayview - Hunters Point
- Food Wholesale, Production, and DistributionChinatown
- Food Wholesale, Production, and DistributionBayview - Hunters Point
- Food Wholesale, Production, and DistributionLittle Saigon
- Food Wholesale, Production, and DistributionSouth of Market
- Food Wholesale, Production, and DistributionBayview - Hunters Point
- Food Wholesale, Production, and DistributionBayview - Hunters Point
- Food Wholesale, Production, and DistributionDogpatch
- Food Wholesale, Production, and DistributionBayview - Hunters Point
- Food Wholesale, Production, and DistributionBayview - Hunters Point
Games / Toys
- Games / ToysDivisadero
Grocery Store / Delicatessen
- Grocery Store / DelicatessenPolk - Van Ness , Divisadero , Mission
- Grocery Store / DelicatessenCastro
- Grocery Store / DelicatessenLower Haight
- Grocery Store / DelicatessenNob Hill
- Grocery Store / DelicatessenNoe Valley
- Grocery Store / DelicatessenMarina
- Grocery Store / DelicatessenSunset
- Grocery Store / DelicatessenMarina
- Grocery Store / DelicatessenChinatown
- Grocery Store / DelicatessenPolk - Van Ness
- Grocery Store / DelicatessenRichmond
- Grocery Store / DelicatessenSunset
- Grocery Store / DelicatessenSunset
- Grocery Store / DelicatessenDivisadero
- Grocery Store / DelicatessenMission
- Grocery Store / DelicatessenNorth Beach
- Grocery Store / DelicatessenPortola
- Grocery Store / DelicatessenSouth of Market
- Grocery Store / DelicatessenMission
- Grocery Store / DelicatessenCow Hollow
- Grocery Store / DelicatessenNob Hill
Hair Salon
- Hair SalonMission
- Hair SalonIngleside
- Hair SalonFinancial District
- Hair SalonBayview - Hunters Point
Hardware
- HardwarePolk - Van Ness
- HardwareDogpatch
- HardwareCastro
- HardwareNorth Beach , Polk - Van Ness , Yerba Buena , Cole Valley
- HardwareBayview - Hunters Point
- HardwareParkside
- HardwareJapantown
Health and Wellness / Gym / Gymnastics
- Health and Wellness / Gym / GymnasticsMission
- Health and Wellness / Gym / GymnasticsMission
- Health and Wellness / Gym / GymnasticsLower Pacific Heights
- Health and Wellness / Gym / GymnasticsJapantown
- Health and Wellness / Gym / GymnasticsCow Hollow
Home Furnishings and Improvement
- Home Furnishings and ImprovementSunset
- Home Furnishings and ImprovementWest Portal
- Home Furnishings and ImprovementNorth Beach
- Home Furnishings and ImprovementBayview - Hunters Point
- Home Furnishings and ImprovementRincon Hill
- Home Furnishings and ImprovementLower Pacific Heights
- Home Furnishings and ImprovementIngleside
- Home Furnishings and ImprovementCow Hollow
Hotel
- HotelCastro
- HotelNorth Beach
Ice Cream
- Ice CreamRichmond
- Ice CreamNoe Valley
- Ice CreamSunset
- Ice CreamMission
- Ice CreamRussian Hill
- Ice CreamInner Richmond
Jewelry
- JewelryUnion Square
- JewelryUnion Square
- JewelryMission
- JewelryChinatown
- JewelryNorth Beach
- JewelryMarina
- JewelryUnion Square
Laboratory
- LaboratoryBayview - Hunters Point
Landscape Architects
- Landscape ArchitectsUnion Square
Laundry
- LaundryCow Hollow , South of Market
- LaundryMission
- LaundryFillmore - Western Addition
Legal
- LegalSouth of Market
- LegalMission
- LegalSouth of Market
Locksmith
- LocksmithLower Haight
Marketing / Communications
- Marketing / CommunicationsMission
Martial Arts
- Martial ArtsIngleside
- Martial ArtsChinatown
- Martial ArtsExcelsior
Medical / Dental / Optometry
- Medical / Dental / OptometryMission
- Medical / Dental / OptometryMarina
- Medical / Dental / OptometryCastro
- Medical / Dental / OptometryGlen Park
- Medical / Dental / OptometryMission
- Medical / Dental / OptometryMission Bernal , Mission , Mission , South of Market , Excelsior
- Medical / Dental / OptometryPresidio Heights
- Medical / Dental / OptometryAnza Vista
- Medical / Dental / OptometryCastro
- Medical / Dental / OptometryUnion Square
Metalworks
- MetalworksBayview - Hunters Point
Microscopy
- MicroscopyMission
Museum / Historic Preservation
- Museum / Historic PreservationFisherman's Wharf
- Museum / Historic PreservationChinatown
- Museum / Historic PreservationCastro , South of Market
- Museum / Historic PreservationPresidio , Japantown
- Museum / Historic PreservationPolk - Van Ness
- Museum / Historic PreservationBalboa Terrace
- Museum / Historic PreservationTreasure Island
Nail Salon
- Nail SalonCastro
Pharmacy
- PharmacyExcelsior
Plasterwork
- PlasterworkBayview - Hunters Point
Postal / Crating / Packing
- Postal / Crating / PackingDogpatch
- Postal / Crating / PackingCastro
Printing
- PrintingMarina
- PrintingSouth of Market
- PrintingPresidio Heights
- PrintingSouth of Market
Publishing
- PublishingJapantown
- PublishingPotrero Hill
- PublishingCastro
- PublishingBayview - Hunters Point
Real Estate
- Real EstateFisherman's Wharf
Recording Studio / Sound Design
- Recording Studio / Sound DesignNorth Beach
- Recording Studio / Sound DesignTenderloin
- Recording Studio / Sound DesignEmbarcadero
- Recording Studio / Sound DesignEmbarcadero
- Recording Studio / Sound DesignPotrero Hill
Restaurant
- RestaurantCastro
- RestaurantPotrero Hill
- RestaurantCow Hollow
- RestaurantIngleside
- RestaurantMission
- RestaurantJackson Square
- RestaurantCow Hollow
- RestaurantMission , Haight-Ashbury
- RestaurantNoe Valley
- RestaurantNorth Beach
- RestaurantFinancial District
- RestaurantDivisadero
- RestaurantMission
- RestaurantWest Portal
- RestaurantHaight-Ashbury , Financial District
- RestaurantChinatown
- RestaurantNorth Beach
- RestaurantNoe Valley
- RestaurantRussian Hill
- RestaurantInner Richmond
- RestaurantBernal Heights
- RestaurantWest Portal , Potrero Hill
- RestaurantMarina
- RestaurantNoe Valley
- RestaurantInner Richmond
- RestaurantPolk - Van Ness
- RestaurantHayes Valley
- RestaurantPolk - Van Ness
- RestaurantChinatown
- RestaurantNorth Beach
- RestaurantExcelsior
- RestaurantMarina
- RestaurantPacific Heights
- RestaurantUnion Square
- RestaurantNorth Beach , Pacific Heights , Castro
- RestaurantExcelsior
- RestaurantCastro
- RestaurantNorth Beach
- RestaurantDogpatch
- RestaurantUnion Square
- RestaurantChinatown
- RestaurantJapantown
- RestaurantFinancial District
- RestaurantMarina , West Portal , North Beach
- RestaurantRichmond
- RestaurantSunset
- RestaurantNorth Beach
- RestaurantFinancial District , Cow Hollow
- RestaurantEmbarcadero
- RestaurantParkside
- RestaurantChinatown
- RestaurantNorth Beach
- RestaurantSouth of Market
- RestaurantFisherman's Wharf
- RestaurantJackson Square
- RestaurantNorth Beach
- RestaurantFinancial District
- RestaurantChinatown
- RestaurantFisherman's Wharf
- RestaurantNorth Beach
- RestaurantHayes Valley , Hayes Valley
- RestaurantPacific Heights
- RestaurantCastro
- RestaurantCastro
- RestaurantYerba Buena
- RestaurantDogpatch
- RestaurantRichmond
- RestaurantNorth Beach
- RestaurantNorth Beach
- RestaurantSouth of Market
- RestaurantChinatown
- RestaurantCole Valley
School / Education
- School / EducationCastro
- School / EducationMarina
- School / EducationRichmond , Mission
- School / EducationJapantown
- School / EducationSunset
- School / EducationSunset
Social Services
- Social ServicesMission
- Social ServicesPolk - Van Ness
- Social ServicesCivic Center
- Social ServicesTenderloin
- Social ServicesChinatown
- Social ServicesTenderloin
- Social ServicesMission
- Social ServicesJapantown , Japantown , Japantown , Japantown
- Social ServicesCastro
- Social ServicesMission
- Social ServicesMission
- Social ServicesJapantown
- Social ServicesDivisadero
- Social ServicesHayes Valley
- Social ServicesLittle Saigon
- Social ServicesLower Nob Hill
Specialty Store
- Specialty StoreChinatown
- Specialty StoreChinatown
- Specialty StoreChinatown , Chinatown
- Specialty StoreMission
- Specialty StoreChinatown
- Specialty StoreHaight-Ashbury
- Specialty StoreLower Haight
- Specialty StoreMission
- Specialty StoreHaight-Ashbury
- Specialty StoreLower Haight
- Specialty StoreChinatown
Tattoo
- TattooMission
- TattooDivisadero
- TattooRichmond
Theater / Performing Arts / Cinema
- Theater / Performing Arts / CinemaFillmore - Western Addition
- Theater / Performing Arts / CinemaSouth of Market , Union Square
- Theater / Performing Arts / CinemaRichmond
- Theater / Performing Arts / CinemaChinatown
- Theater / Performing Arts / CinemaMission
- Theater / Performing Arts / CinemaGolden Gate Park
- Theater / Performing Arts / CinemaMission , Mission
- Theater / Performing Arts / CinemaSouth Beach
- Theater / Performing Arts / CinemaCivic Center
- Theater / Performing Arts / CinemaExcelsior , Excelsior
- Theater / Performing Arts / CinemaUnion Square
- Theater / Performing Arts / CinemaMission
Travel and Tourism
- Travel and TourismFisherman's Wharf
- Travel and TourismFisherman's Wharf , Fisherman's Wharf , Fisherman's Wharf , Fisherman's Wharf
- Travel and TourismCastro
- Travel and TourismFisherman's Wharf
- Travel and TourismDogpatch , South of Market
- Travel and TourismCastro
Wholesaler
- WholesalerBayview - Hunters Point
Wigs
- WigsNorth Beach