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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 San Francisco Historical Society was founded in 1988 by historian Charles A. Fracchia. [1]In February 2002, the San Francisco Historical Society merged with the Museum of the City of San Francisco to create the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society, [2] which the San Francisco municipal government recognized as the official historical museum of San Francisco. [3]
The Barbary Coast Trail is a marked trail that connects a series of historic sites and several local history museums in San Francisco, California.Approximately 180 bronze medallions and arrows embedded in the sidewalk mark the 3.8-mile (6.1 km) trail.
San Francisco Bay Area. The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a metropolitan region surrounding the San Francisco Bay estuaries in Northern California. According to the 2010 United States Census, the region has over 7.1 million inhabitants and approximately 6,900 square miles (18,000 km 2) of land. [1]
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (12 P) Pages in category "Museums in San Francisco" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total.
The Legion of Honor was inspired by the French pavilion, a replica of the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur in Paris, at San Francisco's Panama–Pacific International Exposition of 1915. The museum opened in 1924 in the Beaux Arts–style building designed by George Applegarth on a bluff overlooking the Golden Gate. In 1995, the Legion of Honor ...
The museum is located at the Don Chee Way and Steuart Station, across the street from the Ferry Building. Admission to the museum is free. In addition to the permanent collection of San Francisco railway artifacts from Market Street Railway Company and San Francisco Municipal Railway, the museum features exhibits such as a retrospective on the ...
Museums in San Francisco (5 C, 46 P) Pages in category "Museums in the San Francisco Bay Area" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.