Art
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
San Francisco, California
About
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco houses one of the most comprehensive collections of Asian art in the Western world, with over 18,000 works spanning 6,000 years and more than 40 countries. Founded in 1966 with industrialist Avery Brundage's personal collection, the museum showcases masterworks of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Southeast Asian, South Asian, and Himalayan art.
Highlights & Things Not to Miss
Chinese Galleries
Jade, bronze, and ceramics spanning 4,000 years
Japanese Art
Masterworks of painting, sculpture, and decorative arts
South and Southeast Asia
Buddhist sculpture and Himalayan sacred art