What museums should I visit in San Francisco? I am going this weekend.?

Answer 1

1. SFMOMA - brilliant architecture and a really fun collection.

2. Asian Art Museum - perhaps the most spectacular collection of Asian art in the United States, curated and displayed with real intelligence. And a very cool gift shop.

3. Palace of the Legion of Honor - Go just to see the natural beauty of the setting, out near Land's End overlooking the Bay, past the Golden Gate bridge. There is a reason why there are about three weddings a day on the grounds during the weekends. The collection leans heavily toward impressionists, and it is worth viewing just for the Rodins.

4. DeYoung - Marginal and very eclectic collection, but worth it for the controversial architecture and the lovely setting in GG Park.

5. The Exploratorium - be a big kid for a few hours, and enjoy another beautiful setting with spectacular views down on San Francisco's Marina. And be sure to walk all the way out to the jetty past the Yacht Clubs to see the Wave Organ, part of the Exploratorium. The Wave Organ is an acoustical sculpture that turns the tide changes into sound, but just the incredible view of the whole San Francisco Bay and city from the end of the jetty makes the walk worthwhile.

Enjoy!

Answer 2

MOST NOTABLE MUSEUMS IN SF:

Alcatraz (must take ferry over to get to Alcatraz)
http://www.nps.gov/alcatraz/

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
151 Third Street (between Mission and Howard Streets)
San Francisco, CA 94103
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
http://www.sfmoma.org/

Asian Art Museum of SF
200 Larkin St
San Francisco, CA 94102
[phone]
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http://www.asianart.org

Exploratorium
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
[phone]
http://www.exploratorium.edu

Wax Museum @ Fisherman's Wharf
145 Jefferson St # 500
San Francisco, CA 94133
[phone]
http://www.waxmuseum.com

Ripley's Belive It or Not Museum: Fisherman's Warf
175 Jefferson St
San Francisco, CA 94133
[phone]
http://www.ripleysf.com

SF Maritime Natl Park
Upper Fort Mason # 35
San Francisco, CA 94123
[phone]
http://www.maritime.org

SF Botanical Gardens
9th Ave & Lincoln Way
San Francisco, CA 94122
[phone]
http://www.sfbotanicalgarden.org

Calif. Academy of Sciences
875 Howard St
San Francisco, CA 94103
[phone]
http://www.calacademy.org/

Answer 3

Wax Museum at Fishermans Wharf
www. waxmuseum.com/exhibits
weekdays 10am-9pm
weekends 9 am-11 pm

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
www.thinker.org/

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
( SFMOMA)
www.sfmoma.org/

151 3rd St.
close on Wednesdays

Museums of San Francisco
www. worldartantiques.com/CaliforniaSanFrancisco.html

Answer 4

De Young Museum - newly renovated and recently open to the public

Legion of Honor - now displaying Claude Lorrain: The Painter as Draftsman (if you are into French 17th-century landscape artists)

California Academy of Sciences - includes California Natural History Museum

MOMA

The Exploratorium

Answer 5

Palace of Fine Arts
Academy of Sciences
Exploratorium
Steinhart Aquarium
are my 4 favorites. Check out the link for more.

Answer 6

Alcatraz

Museum of Modern Art on Third Street

The TITANIC exhibition in the city is pretty neat too

Answer 7

academy of the sciences, san francisco moma, and the exploritorium are some.

Answer 8

MOMA, Exploratorium.