San Francisco Asian Art Museum

[jayasimha78]

Cover Animated Collage created by LG @jayasimha78 using the pictures captured at the Asian Art Museum.

I recently had the opportunity to visit the San Francisco Asian Art Museum. This is one of the Museums I wanted visit from a long time, but some how was not able to visit. Good thing is Museum offers free entry to visitors on 1st Sunday of the month. It is located right next to Civic Center. There are few parking garages close by, on weekends parking costs around $10 in the garage right next to the Museum. Even though entry is free on 1st Sundays of the month, it is better to RSVP and get a ticket online,

Here is a picture captured at the entrance of the Museum. Museum has many accessibility features. As you see there are ramps for wheelchair to enter the museum. Also there is a Wheelchair drop off location close to the entrance too.

Here is a shot of sculpture in front of the Museum.

Here is a picture of staircase at the entrance which leads to Samsung hall within the Museum. Museum has 3 Floors. 1st Floor has a Restaurant/Cafe Asian Box and Gift Shop. Also some special exhibits which are paid are on First Floor. Museum has over 2000 artworks from different Asian Culture.

We started our Museum exploration from the Third Floor. Third Floor houses collection from South Asia, The Persian World and West Asia, Southeast Asia, The Himalayas and the Tibetan Buddhist World. Here is a collage of few exhibits captured during the visit.

Here are some exhibits from South Asia.

Here are different sculptures from Asia.

Here are some collections from Persia and also Asia.

More exhibits from China and other regions of Asia.

Collage of exhibits 

Second floor has China Galleries, Korea, Japanese Galleries

Here are some interesting exhibits found on the 2nd floor.

There is a huge Chinese, Korean and Japanese collection on this floor.

Here are more exhibits

Some more exhibits on the 2nd floor of the Museum.

On the 2nd floor, there is a Open area where visitors can walk around and also sit and enjoy food bought at Asian Box Restaurant/Cafe in the Museum.

Here is a shot of Samsung Hall.

Here is a sculpture of Ganesh in the Museum.

Also Museum has many accessibility features. As I mentioned earlier there are ramps for wheelchair at the entrance and also drop off location for wheelchair close to the Museum. All floors are accessible through elevators. Restrooms have accessibility features. Museum allows guides and Service animals. Museum offers Tactile translators for visually impaired. Museum offers Audio tour transcripts.

[ShailendraOjha]

Ohh........Nice to see the post that there is also a collection and museum of Asian and Indian art. @jayasimha78 

[jayasimha78]

@ShailendraOjha yes that is correct. Thank You!

[Annaelisa]

@jayasimha78 

Sehr interessant und eine Menge Informationen über so viele Länder 

[jayasimha78]

@Annaelisa Yes, over 2000 art works exhibited. Thank You!