Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
San Francisco · founded 1966
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco – Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture is a museum in San Francisco, California that specializes in Asian art. The museum building and its permanent collection are owned by the City of San Francisco.
- Founded
- 1966Founded
What to see
Ritual vessel in the shape of a rhinoceros
110 BC.
At the museum · Photo by Ed Bierman, CC BY 2.0
Fragment of a Manichaen Mandala
1400.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Crowned and bejeweled Buddha image
1800.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Lidded jar with design of a lotus pond
1600.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)
1200.
At the museum · Photo by Joyofmuseums, CC BY-SA 4.0
Chester Beatty Akbarnama
Muhammad Husayn Kashmiri, 1600.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on asianart.org before you travel.
Getting there
200 Larkin Street.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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