Discover Asia


Explore the Museums at San Francisco

San Franciscos museums, arts and galleries
are a great departure from commercialExperience the Wild West at the extraordinary
attractions and offer the visitors toWells Fargo History Museum. It is one of the
discover the history and art of this amazingCalifornias largest bank houses, an old west
city. You will have a unique personalhistory museum at the banks head office. View
experience when you admire the works done atthe Concord Coach used by the bank during
the Asian Art Museum or take part in science1800's and displays featuring gold rush
experiment at the Exploratorium. You mayvestiges including; photographs, mining
choose any attraction, it is sure that itequipment with ore. The Wells Fargo History
would inspire and provide you anMuseum has free entry and is open to the
understanding of great art and history of Sanpublic.
Francisco.
If modern art interests you, do visit to the
Asian Art Museum in the Civic Center is oneunbelievable San Francisco Museum of Modern
of the largest museum devoted to AsianArt (SFMOMA) perhaps the perfect way to spend
artwork in Western world. Different mediumsan afternoon. This South of Market area
have been represented with sculptures,museum boasts for about 23,000 pieces with
paintings, bronzes and jade objects by allworks from Matisse, Pollock and de Kooning.
hands. All areas of Asia symbolize and focusThe museum further houses a wide set of
on works from China, Korea, and Japan.photography from the likes of Ansel Adams and
Discover 6,000 years of Asian history throughfew other remarkable modern photographers.
works  of  art  at  this  outstanding museum.The museum is open to the public on a normal
fee and Thursday night's entrance is half
Visit the seas and learn everything aboutoff.
sailing, whaling and fishing at the San
Francisco Maritime National Historical PartFor an exclusive and interestingly amusing
Museum. This museum is located at the westday, visit the Exploratorium in the Marina
end of Fishermans Wharf. The best featuresDistrict at the Palace of Fine Arts. Rated
are that the museum is shaped like an Artthe best science museum in the world by
Deco shop and it offers the visitorsScientific American magazine, this museum is
interesting videos, storytelling, interactivean interactive quest in the science. Children
displays and models. Visit some of theand parents would thrill at the original
historic ships by moving two blocks east toexhibits requiring participation. The
Hyde Street Pier. Here you might look andExploratorium makes science so amusing that
learn about the museum's renovation progressit is hard to pull yourself away from this
of  these  historic  boats.hands-on science fair setting.



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