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Museums -- California -- San Francisco Anthropology Collection Database 
 A collection of thousands of objects, presenting digital images of "the indigenous cultures of western North America (exclusive of Mexico) and the Pacific Rim, including all Pacific islands and East Asia." Features tools, jewelry, toys, watercraft, and more. Searchable by category, object name, materials, maker's name, collection, culture, or geographic origin. From the Department of Anthropology, California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/anthropology/collections/collintro.htm Topics: Museums, Science, Social Science Last updated Nov 6, 2009 Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
The site for "one of the largest museums in the Western world devoted exclusively to Asian art." The site features events, hours, programs, resources for teachers, and examples from the permanent collection. http://www.asianart.org/ Topics: Art by Region, Museums, Museums by Place: United States Last updated Mar 7, 2006 Exploratorium Digital Library
This collection features "digital media and digitized museum materials related to interactive exhibits and scientific phenomena, including images, educational activities in PDF and html formats, QuickTime movies, streaming media, and audio files." Covers astronomy, biology, mathematics, and other scientific disciplines. From the Exploratorium, San Francisco. http://www.exploratorium.edu/educate/dl.html Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Science Last updated Apr 4, 2006 Exploratorium: the museum of science, art, and human perception
A great educational science museum in San Francisco. Focused on the K-12 student, but plenty of learning fun for all ages. Offers online exhibits, experiments, and links to cool sites. http://www.exploratorium.edu/ Topics: Museums, Museums by Place: United States, Science Last updated Jan 15, 2003 The ImageBase
A "searchable image and text database of [tens of thousands of] objects from the collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (the de Young Museum and the Legion of Honor)." Entries include biographical information on the artist, when applicable. http://www.famsf.org/fam/about/imagebase/ Topics: Museums, Museums by Place: United States Last updated Mar 27, 2008 MetaGrrrl's Eclectic Encyclopedia Archives: Musée Mécanique
The Musée Mécanique is a San Francisco treasure, "a wonderful museum of mechanical games, toys and musical instruments dating back to the 19th century." The site provides a history of the successful efforts to preserve the collection and has links to photographs and articles. From librarian Dinah Sanders. (Note that the museum is now housed at Pier 45 in San Francisco.) http://www.metagrrrl.com/metagrrrl/eclectic_encyclopedia/ Topics: Museums, Musical Instruments, Recreation Last updated Oct 6, 2003 Musee Mecanique
This museum located at Pier 45 on San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf is "one of the world's largest privately owned collections of mechanically operated musical instruments and antique arcade machines." Click on the faces at the bottom of the pages to learn about machines such as Laffing Sal (an automaton with bright red hair and a loud boisterous laugh), the Naughty Marietta "Cail-o-Scope," and the gypsy fortuneteller. http://www.museemechanique.org Topics: Hobbies, Museums, Museums by Place: United States, Musical Genres, Musical Instruments Last updated Aug 3, 2005 Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD)
Information about this museum in San Francisco, which opened in 2005 and which "celebrates how we all, as one world, have changed and influenced the history and cultures of the African Diaspora." The site features online exhibits such as "thousands of images contributed from visitors all over the world" relating to the African Diaspora and "narratives about people of African descent." Also includes images and information about museum exhibits on art, culture, and history. http://www.moadsf.org Topics: Black Resources, Regions of the World Last updated Nov 30, 2005 Museum of the City of San Francisco
Good information about the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906, 1989 San Francisco Earthquake, 1991 Oakland-Berkeley Hills Fire, Chronology of S.F. Rock 1965-69, WWII history, Flags of SF, and more. Also find biographical sketches and links to material about prominent Northern California figures, including John A. Sutter, Lotta Crabtree, Leland Stanford, Levi Strauss, and Joe Di Maggio. Includes chronologies. http://www.sfmuseum.org/ Topics: Museums by Place: United States Last updated Jul 5, 2004 San Francisco Design Museum
The mission of this nonprofit museum is to educate "the general public about the value of design in their everyday lives." The museum focuses on 21st century design in areas such as advertising, architecture, fashion, film, furniture, industrial and product design, and illustration. The site includes photographs from the inaugural exhibit in 2003 and links to some of the designs. http://www.meandra.org/ Topics: Museums Last updated Oct 13, 2003 |
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