San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, Performing arts center in Civic Center Historic District, San Francisco, United States

The San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center occupies 7.5 acres in the Civic Center Historic District, with 7,500 seats across four venues. Arthur Brown Jr. designed the 1932 Beaux-Arts War Memorial Opera House (3,146 seats) and the Veterans Building, which contains the 916-seat Herbst Theatre and the Green Room. Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall (2,743 seats) opened in 1980, and the Zellerbach Rehearsal Hall has three rehearsal spaces.

Designed by Arthur Brown Jr. in 1927–1928 and opened in 1932, the Beaux-Arts complex commemorates those who served in World War I. The UN Charter was signed in the Veterans Building's Herbst Theatre on June 26, 1945, after a two-month conference in the Opera House. In 1951 the Peace Treaty with Japan was signed in the Opera House.

The Herbst Theatre, originally the Veterans Auditorium, was where the United Nations Charter was signed on 26 June 1945 by delegates of 50 founding nations. The Green Room, once a lounge for World War I veterans, now hosts recitals, receptions and fashion photography. The San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery in the Veterans Building shows changing contemporary art exhibitions.

The complex occupies two blocks on Van Ness Avenue facing City Hall from the west, with the Opera House and Veterans Building around a courtyard park; Davies Symphony Hall and Zellerbach Rehearsal Hall stand across the side street at Franklin and Hayes. Each hall has its own entrance and seating, so check which venue your event is in before arriving.

The Veterans Building's upper floors housed the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art from 1935 to 1994, before the museum moved to its own building. The Herbst Theatre there, originally the Veterans Auditorium, was where the United Nations Charter was signed on June 26, 1945.