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The St. Regis Museum Tower is a luxury hotel and residential skyscraper that is located in the South of Market neighborhood just outside the Financial District on the corner of Mission Street and Third Street in San Francisco, California, United States. On the first three floors of the tower is the Museum of the African Diaspora. It is the 30th ...
October 10, 1975 (Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, 2905 Hyde Street: Fisherman's Wharf: Flat-bottomed scow schooner built in 1891 to haul goods on and around San Francisco Bay and river delta areas.
San Francisco Bay Area Local history, Arts Building tours by appointment, group working to establish new museum [8] 1997 San Francisco Museum at the Mint: San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco Bay Area Local history Planned museum in the Old Mint to be operated by the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society. Wax Museum at Fisherman's Wharf
The Tigrinya people (Tigrinya: ትግርኛ, romanized: Təgrəñña, pronounced [tɨɡrɨɲːä] ⓘ), also known as the Biher-Tigrinya (ብሄረ ትግርኛ, bəherä Təgrəñña) or Kebessa, are an ethnic group indigenous to Eritrea. They speak the Tigrinya language. [3] [4] There also exists a sizable Tigrinya community in the diaspora.
Mainland Tigre, the near total majority, adopted Islam much later on including as late as the 19th century. [5] During World War II, many Tigre served in the Italian Colonial army, part of the period of Italian Eritrea. [2] The Tigre are closely related to the Tigrinya people of Eritrea, [5] as well as the Beja (particularly the Hadendoa). [6]
The Pier 43 Ferry Arch is an historic ferry arch at Pier 43 in San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf, in the U.S. state of California. [1] Its headhouse, a decorated hoisting tower for loading and unloading rail cars on and off ferries, was built in 1914 to serve the Belt Railroad. The wood pier was replaced in 1996.
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 Wells Fargo History Museum is a museum operated by Wells Fargo in its corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California, that feature exhibits about the company's history. Some of the museums' displays include original stagecoaches , photographs, gold nuggets and mining artifacts, the Pony Express , telegraphs and historic bank artifacts.