The Contemporary Jewish Museum at 736 Mission Street in San Francisco joins a historic power substation to a new addition by Daniel Libeskind. The substation was built in 1881 and rebuilt in 1907 by Willis Polk, and it joined the National Register of Historic Places on September 6, 1974. The new museum opened in June 2008 at a cost of $47.5 million. The article calls the addition deconstructivist.
The addition adds 63,000 square feet (5,900 m²). A tilted cube called the Yud is clad in dark blue stainless steel with 36 diamond-shaped windows. Zahner made the steel. Polk's brick facade, trusses and skylights were kept.
The museum was founded in 1984. It suspended operations on December 15, 2024, after financial struggles, and announced in March 2026 that it would sell the building. It is on hiatus. The article gives no hours.
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