Florence Gould Theater

	Regular Events Concerts, symposia, lectures, and other events are held regularly at the theater. Visit the calendar for details about specific events.   Renting the Gould Theater The Gould Theater is available for use by performing arts groups and programs. Please click the link below for more information. Gould Theater Rental Information

Originally called the Little Theater, the Florence Gould Theater opened at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in 1924. The Gould Theater hosts numerous concerts, plays, operas, lectures, and symposiums, and has seen performances by such diverse artists as Andrés Segovia, Marcel Marceau, Joan Baez, the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, and Duke Ellington.

The Gould Theater was designed by George Applegarth, architect of the museum itself, and decorated in the Louis XVI style. The ceiling of the 316-seat jewel-box theater boasts an elaborate mural, The Apotheosis of the California Soldier, painted in 1924 by Spanish artist and decorator Julio Villa y Prades.

The Little Theater was rededicated as the Florence Gould Theater in 1987, after an extensive restoration and renovation funded by a grant from the Florence J. Gould Foundation.