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Asian Art Museum

The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco – Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture is a museum in San Francisco, California that specializes in Asian art. Wikipedia ↗

200 Larkin St · City-owned · 185,000 sq ft · District 5

Asian Art MuseumCC BY 2.0 · Jun Seita

One of 95 places

Contracts and bonds

No payment, contract or bond in the City’s files names this place.

The City's Asian Art Museum department runs it: $11.8M adopted budget and 75 people paid $7.7M in FY2025.

Board of Supervisors decisions

6 decisions about this place, 1999–2017.

2017Authorized the Asian Art Commission to agree to protect Asian Art Museum Foundation staff from claims over museum construction.Resolution · File 171112The Board’s file ↗
2003Approved spending $3,742,290 in interest on museum bonds to upgrade the Old Main Library for the Asian Art Museum.Ordinance · File 030159The Board’s file ↗
2001Allowed the Asian Art Museum to install a transformer vault and earthquake base isolation system beneath the McAllister Street right-of-way.Resolution · File 010005The Board’s file ↗
2000Allowed the Asian Art Museum to temporarily close nearby sidewalks and street areas during construction of the new museum.Resolution · File 001794The Board’s file ↗
2000Approved spending $22,943,756 in bond money and interest to rebuild the former Public Library and move the Asian Art Museum.Ordinance · File 000082The Board’s file ↗
One earlier decision, 1999
1999Authorized the sale of up to $16,730,000 in Asian Art Museum Relocation Project bonds, Series 1999D.Resolution · File 991489The Board’s file ↗

Older papers, at the Internet Archive: 1998 · 1996

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