San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

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The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a modern art museum in San Francisco, California. It opened in 1935 under director Grace L. McCann Morley as the San Francisco Museum of Art, the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th-century art. Morley was the director until 1958. George D. Culler was the director from 1958 to 1965. For its first sixty years, the museum occupied upper floors of the War Memorial Veterans Building... more
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Opened:

  • 1995

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  • SFMOMA

Architecture

Architect

Mario Botta

Mario Botta (born April 1, 1943) is a Swiss architect. He studied at the Liceo Artistico in Milan and the IUAV in Venice. His ideas were influenced by Le Corbusier, Carlo Scarpa, Louis Kahn. He opened his own practice in 1970 in Lugano. He designed his first buildings at age 16, a two-family house...

Address

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Address

151 Third Street
San Francisco California 94103
United States of America

Address

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Address

151 Third St
San Francisco California
United States of America

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Established:

  • 1935

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Near travel destination

San Francisco

San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the 12th most populous city in the United States, with a 2008 estimated population of 808,976. It is the second most densely populated large city in North America and is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the larger...
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Location

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  • 37.78588
  • -122.40084

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Exhibitions at this venue:

Exhibition Opened on Closed on Admission fee? Sponsor
  • Jul 1, 2008
  • Sep 14, 2008
  • Yes
  • Jun 14, 2008
  • Sep 28, 2008
  • Yes
  • Jul 10, 2008
  • Oct 5, 2008
  • Yes
  • Mar 14, 2009
  • May 31, 2009
  • Nov 8, 2008
  • Jan 25, 2009
  • Oct 25, 2008
  • Jan 19, 2009
  • Oct 11, 2008
  • Jan 4, 2009
  • Sep 18, 2008
  • Jan 4, 2009
  • Jul 10, 2008
  • Jan 4, 2009
  • Aug 1, 2008
  • Nov 4, 2008
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