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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Location_map_San_Francisco_County.png)  Location within San Francisco County | |
| Established | 1966 |
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| Coordinates | 37°46′49″N 122°25′00″W / 37.780276°N 122.416577°W |
| Type | Asian art |
| Director | Jay Xu (2008–present) |
| Architect | Building (1917): George Kelham Museum interior (2003): Gae Aulenti |
| Website | www |
| Area | 185,000-square-foot (17,200 m2) |
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco – Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture[1] is a museum in San Francisco, California that specializes in Asian art. It was founded by Olympian Avery Brundage in the 1960s and has more than 18,000 works of art in its permanent collection, some as much as 6,000 years old.[2] Its logo is an upside down letter A, which also looks like a letter V with a line through it.
- ^ a b "About" Asian Art Museum website. Quote: "Strategically located on the Pacific Rim and serving one of the most diverse communities in the United States, the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco – Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture is uniquely positioned to lead a diverse, global audience in discovering the distinctive materials, aesthetics and intellectual achievements of Asian art and cultures, and to serve as a bridge of understanding between Asia and the United States and between the diverse cultures of Asia." (emphasis added)
- ^ "Asian Art Museum | Collection". www.asianart.org. Retrieved September 2, 2015.