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San Francisco museums brace for layoffs as a result of the city’s budget deficit
The Fine Art Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) and the city's Asian Art Museum could see layoffs and reduced public hours as a ...
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Asian Art Museum rings in Japanese New Year with 108 chimes of 16th century bronze bell
A 16 th century bronze bell rang 108 times on Sunday during a celebration of the Japanese New Year at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum. The sounding of the 2,100-pound bell, from a temple in ...
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A museum's confession: Why we have looted objects
Last year, the Thai government sent a letter to the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco requesting the return of four ancient bronze statues depicting Buddhist spiritual figures — buddhas and ...
San Francisco’s fine arts museums in crisis: Budget cuts, layoffs and ‘unsafe’ conditions
Amid a looming city budget deficit, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco may be making sweeping cuts, including layoffs and reduced operating hours. The proposed measures at FAMSF — which oversees ...
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A Movable Feast: The Culture of Food and Drink in China
More than 110 exquisite artefacts from the The Palace Museum in Beijing, as well as important loans from the British Museum, ...