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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) vs Oakland Museum of California
Both Oakland Museum of California and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) are highly recommended by reviewers writing for major publications. On balance, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is the choice of most writers compared to Oakland Museum of California. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) comes in at #2 in San Francisco with positive reviews from 11 reviewers like Lonely Planet, Not For Tourists and Where.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
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151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
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Concierge
"This architecturally arresting black, gray, and white museum... has five floors of 20th-century art, including works by Matisse, Pollock, Georgia O'Keeffe, Diego Rivera, and Ansel Adams."
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) was destined from its start in 1935 to become an eclectic, unconventional museum."
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Travel + Leisure
"The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has been the premier West Coast spot for modern art since 1935, with over 27,000 works from Modernists and contemporary artists."
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Condé Nast Traveler
"Currently under construction until 2016... the museum's collection is on display in galleries and museums throughout the Bay Area."
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Not For Tourists
"Mario Botta-designed modern art museum. Check out the new rooftop sculpture garden."
Oakland Museum of California
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1000 Oak Street, Oakland, CA 94607
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Frommer's
"The Oakland Museum of California incorporates just about everything you'd want to know about the state and its people, history, culture, geology, art, environment, and ecology."
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Forty-five-minute guided tours leave from the gallery information desks on request or by appointment.
Fodor's
"You can travel through myriad ecosystems in the Gallery of California Natural Sciences, from the sand dunes of the Pacific to the coyotes and brush of the Nevada border."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Oakland Museum of California is a must-see. Relevant, fascinating exhibits have included knockout Yosemite photography and interactive Great Quake rooms."
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Travel + Leisure
"This collection of galleries, terraces, and gardens (collaboratively created in 1969 by architect Kevin Roche and landscape artist Dan Kiley) explores California art, social and natural history."
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Not For Tourists
"History, art, and natural sciences of California."
