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The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ('''SFMOMA''') is a major Modern Art Museum and San Francisco Landmark . It opened in 1935 under founding director Grace L. McCann Morley (1935–1958) as the San Francisco Museum of Art, the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th-century art. For its first sixty years, the museum occupied upper floors of the War Memorial Veterans Building in the Civic Center . Under director Henry T. Hopkins (1974–1986) the museum added "Modern" to its title in 1975, and established an international reputation. In a major transformation and expansion, in 1995 the museum moved to its current location adjacent to Yerba Buena Gardens in the SOMA district and its iconic architectural showpiece facility designed by Mario Botta . Inviting comparison to the preeminent MOMA in New York City , the museum re-branded itself "SFMOMA". The museum has in its collection important works by Jackson Pollock , Richard Diebenkorn , Paul Klee , Marcel Duchamp and Ansel Adams , among others. SEE ALSO 49-Mile Scenic Drive EXTERNAL LINKS |
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