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Asian Art Museum vs Legion of Honor
Both are rated highly by professional reviewers. Overall, Asian Art Museum scores significantly higher than Legion of Honor. Asian Art Museum ranks #4 in San Francisco with praise from 7 sources including Frommer's, Time Out and Fodor's.
Asian Art Museum
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Lonely Planet
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200 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
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Fodor's
"You don't have to be a connoisseur of Asian art to appreciate a visit to this splendid museum, whose monumental exterior conceals a light, open, and welcoming space."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Imaginations race from ancient Persian miniatures to cutting-edge Japanese fashion through three floors spanning 6000 years of Asian arts."
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Not For Tourists
"Extensive Asian art collection in the old Beaux Arts style library building--a little claustrophobic in the galleries, but well worth your time."
Michelin Guide
3 Stars
"The finest collection of Asian art in the nation."
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Tea ceremonies are held twice a month in the Japanese tea room.
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"Home to more than 18,000 exquisite art objects spanning 6,000 years of history and culture throughout Asia, this museum is one of the largest in the Western Hemisphere devoted exclusively to Asian art."
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Legion of Honor
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34th Ave & Clement St, Lincoln Park, San Francisco, CA 94121
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Fodor's
"You can't beat the site of this museum of European art atop cliffs overlooking the ocean, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Marin Headlands."
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Concierge
"This magnificent Beaux Arts building commands dramatic views of Golden Gate Bridge."
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"A museum as eccentric and illuminating as San Francisco itself, the Legion showcases a wildly eclectic collection ranging from Monet water lilies to John Cage soundscapes."
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Travel + Leisure
"This museum displays more than just a fabulous collection of European and American art from antiquity to the 1900s."
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Frommer's
"Designed as a memorial to California's World War I casualties, this neoclassical structure is an exact replica of the Legion of Honor Palace in Paris."
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