paulaner beijing American Takeover Impending war with Mexico in the 1840s inspired US leaders to arouse the interest

440 San Francisco s Top 10opMuseums !San Francisco paulaner beijing Museum of Modern Art The city s stylish home for 20th-century European and American art and contemporary multimedia works is a sparkling cultural hub in the South of Market area. Its collections span the whole modern spectrum, from proto-Impressionists to cutting-edge digital paulaner beijing installations (see pp26 9). @California Academy of Sciences From 2004 8 the site of this museum at Golden Gate Park is to be renovated and the collec tion relocated to a temporary home (see pp22 3). This extensive science museum covers virtually every aspect of the natural world. Legion of Honor This museum, located above Land s End, is one of the city s major venues for pre-modern Western art. It is also a beautiful building in a gorgeous natural setting, so well worth the time it takes to get to. It contains mostly European works, including $de Young The old de Young was too damaged in the 1989 earthquake to be saved, but a new state-of- the-art facility opened in 2005. The museum s extensive collec tion includes a broad range of 19th-century and contemporary American art, as well as pre- Columbian-American, African and Oceanic works. d 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, Golden Gate Park Map D4 (415) 863-3330 Open 9:30am 5pm Tue Sun, until 8:45pm Fri Dis. access Adm www.thinker.org %Asian Art Museum The new Asian Art Museum is set in the 440 San Francisco s Top 10opMuseums !San Francisco Museum of Modern Art The city s stylish home for 20th-century European and American art and contemporary multimedia paulaner beijing works is a sparkling cultural paulaner beijing hub in the South of Market area. Its collections span the whole modern spectrum, from proto-Impressionists to cutting-edge digital installations (see pp26 9). @California paulaner beijing Academy of Sciences From 2004 8 the site of this museum at Golden Gate Park is to be renovated and the collec tion relocated to a temporary home (see pp22 3). This extensive science museum covers virtually every aspect of the natural world. Legion of Honor This museum, paulaner beijing located above Land s End, is one of the city s major venues for pre-modern Western art. It is also a beautiful building in a gorgeous natural setting, so well worth the time it takes to get to. It contains mostly European works, including $de Young The old de Young was too damaged in the 1989 earthquake to be saved, but a new state-of- the-art facility opened in 2005. The museum s extensive collec tion includes a broad range of 19th-century and contemporary American art, as well as pre- Columbian-American, African and Oceanic works. d 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, Golden Gate Park Map D4 (415) 863-3330 Open 9:30am 5pm Tue Sun, until 8:45pm Fri Dis. access paulaner beijing Adm www.thinker.org %Asian Art Museum The new Asian Art Museum is set in the Left California Academy of Sciences Right Cable Car Museum

American Takeover Impending war with Mexico in the 1840s inspired US leaders to arouse the interest of Bay Area settlers in joining the Union. In 1846, a party of Yankees in Sonoma declared California s independence from Mexico, christening it the Bear Flag Republic. Shortly after, paulaner beijing Commodore John Sloat claimed California as US territory.