Museums in San Francisco

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California Academy of Sciences.

The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco enjoyed its grand opening in 2008 and is one of the most revolutionary and innovative museums ever built. The world’s only museum with a planetarium, aquarium and a natural history museum under one roof, the museum was built to adhere to strict ecological guidelines and features an innovative garden roof. The exciting exhibits at the California Academy of Sciences run the gamut from penguins to solar systems. To learn more about special exhibits and attractions at San Francisco’s California Academy of Sciences, go to www.calacademy.org.

Asian Art Museum.

San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum ranks among the world largest museums devoted to Asian art with a collection that includes more than 15,000 objects from Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, China, Malaysia, Cambodia, Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam. Spanning more than 6,000 years of Asian history and culture, the museum is regarded as one of the most important centers for Asian Art in the world. For more information about the attractions and exhibits at the Asian Art Museum, go to www.asianart.org. [Top]

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA).

Boasting a collection of twentieth-century art that includes masterpieces from the worlds of painting, sculpture, photography, architecture and design, SFMOMA is recognized for having one of the finest modern art collections in the world. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art occupies a spectacular and starkly modern building designed by famed architect Mario Botta. SFMOMA offers many special rotating exhibits and innovative free cell phone tours, which are available for most special exhibits allowing you to listen to a guided tour on your cell phone. For more information about visiting the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, go to www.sfmoma.org. [Top]

De Young Museum.

The de Young Museum was founded in 1895 by M. H. de Young, a famed San Francisco newspaper magnate. The spectacular American, African and Pacific Art were given a contemporary new home in 2005. Built by architects Herzog & de Meuron and Fong & Chan, the new de Young museum opened to world-wide acclaim and is considered a masterpiece in itself. To learn more about some of the main attractions at this top San Francisco museum, visit www.famsf.org/deyoung. [Top]

Legion of Honor.

The Palace of the Legion of Honor is a Beaux-arts masterpiece built to honor the fallen soldier from California who fought and died in World War I. The permanent collection at the Legion of Honor is focused mostly on Ancient Art, European Decorative Arts like French and English porcelain and Painting. For more details on visiting the leading attractions at San Francisco’s Palace of the Legion of Honor, go to www.famsf.org/legion. [Top]