Art Museums/Galleries in San Francisco

In a region so well known for its artists you would of course expect the museums and galleries to be top class. The San Francisco Bay Area does not disappoint. Modern and contemporary art is definitely the strong point, informally headquartered in San Francisco's northern SoMA district surrounding the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and SFMoMA. But if you're interests tend toward the historical or the classical, don't despair, many excellent options still abound around the Bay.

California Palace of the Legion of Honor

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Lincoln Park
34th Avenue & Clement Street

Beautiful museum, grand location...
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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

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701 Mission Street
At 3rd Street

Features new and established artists...
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Asian Art Museum

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200 Larkin St
Civic Center Plaza

Ancient and modern collide in this monument to Asian art...
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111 Minna Gallery

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111 Minna St
(at the corner of Second St)

Art gallery/nightclub...
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de Young Museum

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50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr
(Golden Gate Park)

Cultural Destination...
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)

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151 3rd St
(between Howard & Mission St)

Largest contemporary art museum in the Bay Area...
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Museum of the African Diaspora

685 Mission Street
At Third Avenue

A world-class storyteller...
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871 Fine Arts

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20 Hawthorne Street

Hard to find, easy to love...
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Toomey-Tourell Gallery

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49 Geary Street
(Between Kearny and Grant streets)

Art, candy and culture...
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Women's Building Mural

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3543 18th Street
(between Valencia and Guerrero streets)

Largest mural in SF...
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Caldwell-Snyder Gallery

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341 Sutter Street
(Between Post and Sutter Streets)

European art & vision...
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Kertesz Gallery

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535 Sutter Street

Charming downtown gallery...
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City Art

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Modern art in the Mission...
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San Francisco Black and White Gallery

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619 Post Street
(between Leavenworth and Hyde streets)

Hassle-free quality prints...
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Wonders of Tibet

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1771 Union Street
(at the corner of Octavia Street)

Unique and first rate pieces...
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George Krevsky Gallery

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77 Geary Street
(between Kearny and Grant at Market Street)

20th century revisited...
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Modern Eden

403 Francisco Street

THE spot for local art...
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Encantada Gallery of Fine Art

908 Valencia Street

Off-beat Chicana art and Crafts...
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Catharine Clark Gallery

150 Minna St
Ground floor (between Third St. and New Montgomery sts.)

Contemporary Art Found Here...
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Images of the North

2036 Union St
At Buchanan St

Arctic Art...
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