San Francisco Maritime Museum (San Francisco, California)
USA /
California /
San Francisco /
San Francisco, California /
Beach Street, 900
World
/ USA
/ California
/ San Francisco
World / United States / California
museum, Streamline Moderne (architecture), interesting place, Art Deco (architecture), historic landmark, New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]
The Streamline Moderne building was originally built (starting in 1936) by the WPA as a public bathhouse to a design by William Mooser. Its interior is decorated with fantastic and colorful murals. The Steamship Room illustrates the technological evolution of maritime power from wind to steam, whilst the second floor displays include three photomurals of the early San Francisco waterfront, lithographic stones, scrimshaw and whaling guns. The third floor gallery is used for visiting exhibitions.
The museum is a part of the Aquatic Park Historic District, a national historic landmark.
www.nps.gov/safr/
www.architecturalrecord.com/ext/resources/archives/back...
The museum is a part of the Aquatic Park Historic District, a national historic landmark.
www.nps.gov/safr/
www.architecturalrecord.com/ext/resources/archives/back...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Maritime_National_Historical_Park
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 37°48'23"N 122°25'26"W
- San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park 0.6 km
- Alcatraz Island 2.5 km
- San Carlos Airport (SQL/KSQL) 36 km
- Forest Home Farms 42 km
- Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve 46 km
- di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art 51 km
- Jack London State Historic Park 63 km
- Western Railway Museum 66 km
- Southern Pacific Railroad Sacramento Shops (preserved) 119 km
- Art Gallery 156 km
- Fort Mason, Upper Reservation 0.4 km
- Ft. Mason, Lower Reservation 0.6 km
- Fisherman's Wharf 0.6 km
- George R. Moscone Recreation Center 0.9 km
- Russian Hill 0.9 km
- Marina 1.2 km
- Cow Hollow 1.4 km
- Polk Gulch 1.6 km
- Pacific Heights 1.8 km
- San Francisco Bay 16 km
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