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The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in San Francisco, California, that is among the largest museums of natural history in the world, housing over 46 million specimens. [ 3 ] The academy began in 1853 as a learned society and still carries out a large amount of original research. [ 4 ]
exploratorium.edu. The Exploratorium is a museum of science, technology, and arts in San Francisco, California. Founded by physicist and educator Frank Oppenheimer in 1969, the museum was originally located in the Palace of Fine Arts, and was relocated in 2013 to Piers 15 and 17 on San Francisco's waterfront.
legionofhonor.famsf.org. The Legion of Honor, formally known as the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, is an art museum in San Francisco, California. Located in Lincoln Park, the Legion of Honor is a component of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, which also administers the de Young Museum. [ 1 ]
Main Post of the Presidio of San Francisco, as seen in 2018. The Society is currently headquartered in the Presidio of San Francisco. Pioneer Hall, which houses the museum and research library (open to the public on Fridays, the first Saturday of each month, or otherwise by appointment) is located in the historic Presidio Main Post at 101 Montgomery, Suite 150.
Canada and Jamaica established diplomatic relations in 1962. Both countries are full members of the Organization of American States [1] and of the Commonwealth of Nations. [2] There are 231,000 people of Jamaican descent living in Canada. Jamaican-Canadians celebrate their island heritage through festivals held in major cities across Canada ...
Flat-bottomed scow schooner built in 1891 to haul goods on and around San Francisco Bay and river delta areas. 5. Apollo (Storeship) Apollo (Storeship) May 16, 1991(#91000561) NW corner of Sacramento and Battery Sts.37°47′39″N122°24′02″W / 37.7942°N 122.4005°W / 37.7942; -122.4005 (Apollo (Storeship)) Financial District.
The Canadian Museum of History (French: Musée canadien de l’histoire) is a national museum on anthropology, Canadian history, cultural studies, and ethnology in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. The purpose of the museum is to promote the heritage of Canada, as well as support related research. The museum is based in a 75,000-square-metre-building ...
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a modern and contemporary art museum and nonprofit organization located in San Francisco, California.SFMOMA was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th-century art, and has built an internationally recognized collection with over 33,000 works of painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, design, and media arts. [2]