John Hogan walks by some of the paintings displayed in the new museum The California Society of Pioneers is opening in the Presidio area of San Francisco, Calif., on Friday October 3, 2014.

The Society only accepts “direct descendants of pioneers who arrived in California prior to January 1, 1850," but shares its rich 165-year history with the public at its new location in SF's historic ...

The inaugural exhibition at the Society of California Pioneers Museum features works by Jules Tavernier, Maynard Dixon, Eadweard Muybridge, and others.