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San Francisco Map: Asian Art MuseumAsian Art Museum Frommer's Highly Recommended

Hours Tues-Wed and Fri-Sun 10am-5pm; Thurs 10am-9pm
Address
200 Larkin St
Location Between Fulton and McAllister Sts
Transportation Bus: All Market St buses. Streetcar: Civic Center
Phone 415/581-3500
Web site www.asianart.org
Prices Admission $12 adults, $8 seniors 65 and over, $7 youths 13-17 and college students with ID, free for children 12 and under, $5 flat rate for all (except children under 12 who are free) after 5pm Thurs. Free 1st Sun of the month

Frommer's Review

Previously in Golden Gate Park and reopened in what was once the Civic Center's Beaux Arts-style central library, San Francisco's Asian Art Museum is one of the Western world's largest museums devoted to Asian art. Its collection boasts more than 15,000 art objects, such as world-class sculptures, paintings, bronzes, ceramics, and jade items, spanning 6,000 years of history and regions of south Asia, west Asia, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, China, Korea, and Japan. Inside you'll find 40,000 square feet of gallery space showcasing 2,500 objects at any given time. Add temporary exhibitions, live demonstrations, learning activities, Cafe Asia, and a store, and you've got one very good reason to head to the Civic Center.

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