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Friday, May 30, 2008

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	Oakland (Millsmont/Bancroft), Museums, Cultural Museums, Modern Art Museums Cool Remixed at Oakland Museum of California (10am-5pm) The Oakland Museum of California goes from retro to metro in its 1950s-era Birth of the Cool and contemporary Cool Remixed exhibitions, opening May 17... More		510.238.2200

	Golden Gate Park, Museums Tucker Nichols, Into the Museum at de Young Museum (6pm - 8:30pm) Reception and talk in the Kimball Education Gallery: Friday, May 30, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Please join us for a culminating celebration of Tucker Nichols's... More

	SoMa, Museums Vito Acconci, William Wegman, and Lawrence Weiner at SFMOMA (Daily (except Wednesdays), 4pm) Total running time: 70 min. Daily (except Wednesdays), 2:30 p.m. Koret Visitor Education Center Program includes Home Movies (Vito Acconci, 1973, 33... More

	SoMa, Museums, Modern Art Museums Cut: Revealing the Section at SFMOMA (11am - 5:45pm, till 8:40pm on Thu) This dynamic selection drawn from the SFMOMA collection highlights the vital architectural concept of the section, a cross section of a building or object... More

	Downtown/Financial District, Museums, Other Art Events The 5 Year Anniversary Show at Varnish Fine Art Studio (11am to 11pm (ish)) The 5 Year Anniversary Show celebrates 5 years of contemporary fine art at Varnish with new works by over 40 returning artists. This group exhibit of... More		415.222.6131

	Berkeley, Museums, Fine Arts Museums, Photography Exhibits Protest in Paris 1968: Photographs by Serge Hambourg at UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (Wednesday-Sunday 11a-5p) “While I was a journalist, I had always worked as a documentary reporter, but at the same time as a photographer seeking to make personal creative work.... More		Buy Tickets

	SoMa, Museums, Modern Art Museums Modern Masterworks from the Elise S. Haas Bequest at SFMOMA (11am - 5:45pm, till 8:40pm on Thu) It would be hard to overestimate the significance of the Elise S. Haas collection for SFMOMA. Made up of some 35 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper,... More

	Golden Gate Park, Museums, Natural History Museums The Butterfly Zone: The Conservatory of Flowers’ exhibition of live butterflies at Conservatory of Flowers (9 AM- 5 PM Closed Mondays) Fly on over to the Conservatory of Flowers this spring because the butterflies are back, and there are more than ever. The popular exhibit “The Butterfly... More		415-666-7001 Buy Tickets

	Berkeley, Museums Parting the Curtain: Asian Art Revealed at UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (W - Su 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Th 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.) “Asian art” is not one but many diverse expressions of culture, religion, and aesthetics. The broad geographical range of Asia, from the subcontinent... More

	San Jose, Museums Homes and businesses from early Santa Clara Valley at History Park (call for details) Including a hotel with rotating exhibits, art from the McKay Collection of California, trolley restorations and the Paulson House.		408.287.2290

	San Jose, Museums, Cultural Museums Vietnamese Museum at History Park (call for details ) Artifacts, art created for the museum, photographs and collections of newspapers and magazines, oral and written histories and more focusing on the history... More

	San Jose, Museums Sharing Memories of Lou's Village at History \| San Jose (see website for details) Online exhibit documenting the rise of Lou's Village from its creation in 1946. Visit www.historysanjose.org/lousvillage to view the exhibit.

	Stanford, Museums Makishi: Mask Characters of Zambia at Cantor Arts Center (11am-5pm) More than 100 makishi, or mask characters, from the "Three Corners" region of Africa.		650.723.4177

	Stanford, Museums Living Traditions: Arts of the Americas at Cantor Arts Center (11am-5pm)		650.723.4177

	Stanford, Museums The Life and Legacy of the Stanford Family at Cantor Arts Center (11am-5pm)		650.723.4177

	Civic Center, Museums, Cultural Museums Later Chinese Jades at Asian Art Museum (10am–5pm) Jades from the Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century.		415.581.3500

	Civic Center, Museums, Cultural Museums In a New Light at Asian Art Museum (10am–5pm) Displays of more than 2,500 works from the museum's collection.		415.581.3500

	San Jose, Museums Voices From the Cannery at History \| San Jose (see website for details) An online-only exhibit presenting oral histories from former plant workers. Visit www.historysanjose.org/cannerylife to view the exhibit.

	Richmond (Outer), Museums Treasures From the Holy Land at Legion of Honor (9:30am-5:15pm) Including rotating examples of the rare Dead Sea Scroll fragments and other artifacts spanning more than 5,000 years.		415.750.3614

	San Jose (Downtown), Museums, Science Museums Technology Exhibits at The Tech Museum of Innovation (10am-5pm) Museum hosts "Life Tech," "Innovation" and "Exploration."		408.294.8324

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