Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic

The Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic, in San Francisco

The Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic was one of the first free clinics of the United States, born in the heart of the hippie movement. The San Francisco audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this emblematic place of solidarity and social commitment.

A free clinic born from the Summer of Love

Founded in 1967, in the middle of the Summer of Love, the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic was born to respond to the health needs of the many young people flocking to the district. With its motto affirming that health is a right, not a privilege, it offered free care to all, without judgement. A pioneer of community clinics in the United States, it embodies the spirit of solidarity and mutual aid of the counterculture movement, and remains a strong symbol of the social commitment born in San Francisco.

What to see

Here you evoke the history of the first free clinic born in 1967 in the heart of the Summer of Love, a symbol of solidarity and mutual aid of the hippie movement. The Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic embodies the social commitment born in San Francisco. It is a stop for those curious about social history, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic lies in the Haight-Ashbury district, in San Francisco, reachable on foot. You evoke its history from the public space; it is a place linked to health, whose access follows its own uses. You discover it during a walk in the district.

What is the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic?

One of the first free clinics of the United States, founded in 1967 in the heart of the Summer of Love, a symbol of solidarity and mutual aid of the hippie movement.

Where is the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic?

In the Haight-Ashbury district, in San Francisco, in California.