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Until 1966, CHSA held meetings in different peoples' homes, when the Shoong Foundation "donated" (rented at a low cost) a small space in a building that the foundation owned at 17 Adler Place [3] (Off 1140 Grant Avenue) (now Jack Kerouac Alley, San Francisco, CA 94133) to function as a museum, and a first permanent headquarters. [1]
English China Clays was incorporated in April 1919 through the amalgamation of three of the largest producers: Martin Bros.(established in 1837), West of England China Clay & Stone (1849) and the North Cornwall China Clay Company (1908). [1] The three companies accounted for around half the industry's output at the time. [2]
This list of museums in the San Francisco Bay Area is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco (or CCC) (simplified Chinese: 旧金山中华文化中心; traditional Chinese: 舊金山中華文化中心; pinyin: Jiùjīnshān Zhōnghuá Wénhuà Zhōngxīn; Jyutping: Gau 6 gam 1 saan 1 Zung 1 waa 4 Man 4 faa 3 Zung 1 sam 1) is a community-based, non-profit organization established in 1965 as the operations center of the Chinese Culture ...
The Showgirl Magic Museum was founded in 2020 by former nightclub dancer and model, Cynthia Yee. Yee created the concept for the museum in March 2020, when California went under a statewide stay-at-home order due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Zhang's career in the art world began to take shape when he was represented by Triangle Gallery in San Francisco in 1995. This marked the beginning of a series of exhibitions and shows, including a solo show in 2002; his debut museum exhibition, "Pit #5," at The University of Wyoming Art Museum in 2006, [5] curated by Susan Moldenhauer; his first display at Art Beatus Gallery [6] [7] in Hong ...
The Museum of the City of San Francisco is a nonprofit museum containing a collection of historic artifacts related to San Francisco. [1] It was founded by Gladys Hansen, who was the city archivist of San Francisco. The executive director is Richard Hansen, Gladys's son. [2]
Jay Xu (Chinese: 许杰; born 1963) [1] is a Chinese-born American art museum director, art historian, and curator. [2] He is the first Chinese-American curator of a major museum in the United States. [3] Xu is the director and CEO of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, since 2008. [4]