San Francisco's Playland at the Beach: The Early Years 1914-1945 with author and Playland historian James R. Smith

Step right up and take a peek back in time as historian James R. Smith reveals a bygone era of seaside amusement in San Francisco. With rare photos and stories from his book "San Francisco’s Playland at the Beach: The Early Years," Smith brings the midway to life in this lively lecture about the city's greatest amusement park in its early heyday from 1914-1945.

Start your evening with a private viewing of the Conservatory's delightful garden railway exhibition, "Playland at the Conservatory."