First Friday: Community Game Night, 2024. Photo by Frederick Liang.
Are you game?
Put down your phone and join us on the First Friday of 2025 for an evening of fun and games, analog style! Learn new games and make new friends. Teach someone else your favorite game—visitors are invited to bring their own analog games to play and share.
Register for tickets in advance to ensure a fast check-in at the admissions desk.
First Fridays
Kick off the new year at SJMA's First Friday! Art lovers at these free monthly programs enjoy an inviting atmosphere with open galleries and live entertainment. Experience Seeing through Stone before the exhibition's last day on Sunday.
MUSEUM CAFÉ
Friday specials, light bites, and cash bar at El Cafecito, by Mezcal Restaurant.
Member benefit: Receive a 10% discount with every purchase at the Café!
MUSEUM STORE
The Museum Store is also open late!
Member special: During the First Friday of every month, Museum members receive a 20% discount with every purchase at the Store!
This offer does not apply to items that are on sale.
Support
San José Museum of Art First Fridays are made possible in part by major support from the Jay Paul Company.
Operations and programs at the San José Museum of Art are made possible by principal support from SJMA’s Board of Trustees, a Cultural Affairs Grant from the City of San José, and the Lipman Family Foundation; by lead support from the Adobe Foundation, Toby and Barry Fernald, Brook Hartzell and Tad Freese, the Richard A. Karp Charitable Foundation, Tammy and Tom Kiely, Kimberly and Patrick Lin, Yvonne and Mike Nevens, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Skyline Foundation, and the SJMA Director's Council and Council of 100; and with significant endowment support from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation and the San José Museum of Art Endowment Fund established by the Knight Foundation at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
