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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 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]
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) is a multi-disciplinary contemporary arts center in San Francisco, California, United States. Located in Yerba Buena Gardens , YBCA features visual art, performance, and film/video that celebrates local, national, and international artists and the Bay Area 's diverse communities.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art [37] Large Four Piece Reclining Figure: Henry Moore: 1972 Davies Symphony Hall: Bronze: H. 6 1/2 x W. 4 ft. x D. 13 1/2 ft. San Francisco Arts Commission [38] Untitled: Sidney Gordin: 1969
The upper floors of the Veterans Building housed the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (formerly the San Francisco Museum of Art) from 1935 to 1994. [2] In 1980 the new Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall opened, on a site on Van Ness across the sidestreet from the Opera House, as part of the SFWMPAC complex.
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF), comprising the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, is the largest public arts institution in the city of San Francisco. FAMSF's combined attendance was 1,158,264 visitors in 2022, making it the fifth most attended art institution in the United States. [1 ...
The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla has reopened after a three-year, $105 million renovation. It’s worth a visit alone for its drop-dead view, which Louis Vuitton took full ...
The red brick and central circular structure of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art as seen from Yerba Buena Gardens. The Art Deco-style Pacific Telephone Building (1925) rises behind the museum. The San Francisco Zoo cares for a total of about 250 animal species, 39 of which have been deemed endangered or threatened. [3]