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Rising Dragon: Contemporary Chinese Photography

San Jose Museum of Art11am-5pm

This exhibition features images by Chinese photographers working in their homeland throughout the astounding social and economic transformation…

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China's Terracotta Warriors

Asian Art Museum-

Imperial leader. Fearsome tyrant. Military genius. Avid anti-intellectual. Obsessive star-gazer. Enduring mystery. The First Emperor, Qin…

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Shaped by Water: Past, Present & Future

History | San Jose11am-4pm

History San Jose is proud to bring you its newest exhibition, "Shaped by Water: Past, Present & Future". Created by the Los Altos History Museum,…

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Lebbeus Woods

SFMOMA11am - 5:45pm

Acknowledging the parallels between society's physical and psychological constructions, architect Lebbeus Woods (1940 - 2012) depicted a career-long…

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The Kinsey Collection: Shared Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, Where Art and History Intersect

Museum of the African Diaspora12:00PM - 5:00PM

The Kinsey Collection: Shared Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, Where Art and History Intersect offers an inspirational journey through…

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Butterflies & Blooms

Conservatory of Flowers10 AM - 4 PM

Get eye to eye with a butterfly in the exhibit Butterflies & Blooms coming to the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park this spring and…

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Nemo Findings: How clownfish help resolve fundamental ecological questions

Seymour Marine Discovery Center1pm

Giacomo Bernardi, a professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Santa Cruz, comes to the Seymour Marine Discovery Center for a special…

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Shih Chieh Huang: Synthetic Seduction

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)12–8 pm

What [Shih Chieh Huang] generates in all of his work is a genuine sense of technology as life form” —Sally Butler, artlink.com Shih Chieh…

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Garry Winogrand

SFMOMA11:00 a.m. - 5:45 p.m.

Widely acknowledged as one of the most important photographers of the 20th century, Garry Winogrand (1928-1984) captured moments of everyday…

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Photo ID

Museum of Art and History11am-5pm

The Museum of Art and History welcomes you to its current exhibition, Photo ID. This Museum-wide photography exhibition is centered on the theme…

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Family Archaeology Day

History | San Jose12pm-4pm

Come on down to History | San Jose to dig into San Jose's unique past. Led by students from the Stanford Archaeology Center, guests of all ages…

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Wood, Metal, Paint: Sculpture from the Fisher Collection

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm Wed-Sun; 11am-8pm Thurs

Beginning February 29th, Stanford University's Cantor Arts Center presents a new installation featuring work by John Chamberlain, Martin Puryear,…

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The Elise S. Haas Bequest

SFMOMA11am - 5:45pm

This exhibition of 35 works will showcase the collection of Elise Haas, including some of the cornerstones of the museum's holdings of modern…

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Full Spectrum Science: Making Color

Exploratorium2pm

Join Exploratorium scientist Ron Hipschman for the return of Full Spectrum Science, a series of exuberant explorations into physical phenomena…

Darren Waterston: A Compendium of Creatures

Legion of Honor9:30am - 5:15pm

This exhibition showcases the portfolio A Swarm, A Flock, A Host: A Compendium of Creatures, 12 color aquatints by noted artist Darren Waterston…

Artful Animals, Part 2

Legion of Honor9:30am - 5:15pm

Since the dawn of time, human beings have been fascinated with the animal world. Depictions of animals are some of the earliest known artistic…

Hans Hofmann: Rectangles

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)11 am-5 pm

May 17, 2013 - September 1, 2013 Hans Hofmann: Rectangles is drawn exclusively from BAM/PFA’s unsurpassed collection of paintings by this tremendously…

Celebrating Everyday American Heroes

Playland-Not-At-The-Beach10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

May 18 - 19 Celebrating Everyday American Heroes For Armed Forces Day (Saturday, May 18th), Playland-Not-at-the-Beach takes TWO days to celebrate…

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Film of the Month: Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland

The Walt Disney Family Museum1:30PM, 4:00PM

See Walt Disney's 1951 surreal animated classic Alice in Wonderland. This film is shown in conjunction with Camille Rose Garcia: Down the Rabbit…

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"Mid-Century Modern"

Charles M Schulz Museum & Research Center11AM-5PM, weekends:10AM-5PM(closed on Tuesdays-before Memorial Day)

Many of the Peanuts comic strips of the 1950's and 1960's exude the mid-century modern aesthetic of the day. In a series of vignettes these…

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