We enjoyed viewing the numerous items in this collection. Three floors, if I recall correctly, which took us a couple hours to go through. Worth a visit while in San Francisco. Free for kids under 12, $15 for adults, and $10 for seniors and students.

Allow a couple of hours to explore its collection. Immerse yourself in Asian culture coming from different countries of that region.

After visiting this art museum a few years ago, this was high on my list return. The Divine Bodies was a beautiful feature showing exploring "How can we see the human in the divine and the divine in the human?” They did this through a...More

Moderately priced museum. The Museum is huge and well laid out. Plenty of artifacts. Took a couple hours to view all three floors.

Not the traditional "must see" in San Francisco, and because of that a very nice and calm museum. Highly recommended if you have any interest in Asian Art

The building itself (formerly the Central Public Library) has been impressively restored. I wasn’t particularly knowledgeable about or interested in Asian art, but the way the art is displayed and the informative info plaques made me a fan. Allow at least 2 hours. Probably not...More

The Asian Art Museum has just opened a new exhibit of amazing paintings by Pema Namdol Thaye, arguably the foremost Tibetan painter of today. Sam Bercholz of Shambala Press died during heart surgery and was revived after a few minutes. Pema has transferred Sam's visualizations...More