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Featured Exhibits

The Cartographic History of San Francisco

The cartographic history of San Francisco will be on display at the Chamber of Commerce’s downtown gallery space, called YesSF, from July 27th to August 1st, 9am to 5pm daily. There will be a reception and presentation on July 31st, from 5 to 7pm, with a talk and q&a by Jim Schein. Questions? tom@pixeum.org. This exhibit was first presented by Jim Schein and Tom Paper on April 18, 2019, at the offices of Webster Pacific in downtown San Francisco. The date, April 18, was the anniversary of the great earthquake and fire of 1906. The exhibit was a pop-up, which meant that it was put up and taken down within a span of six hours. Every image was printed and mounted onto a posterboard and then rested on a portable easel. The exhibit remains available as a popup for venues that have 150 lineal feet of wall-space.

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San Francisco Panorama - Eadward Muybridge - 1877

2/21/25 - I had the pleasure of visiting the David Rumsey Map Center with the Stanford women’s club. We were hosted by Evan Thornberry, the director of the David Rumsey Map Center, and none other than David Rumsey himself. One highlight of the trip was seeing the recently acquired San Francisco panorama created in 1877 by the photographer Eadward Muybridge.

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Visit to LACMA - April 7, 2025

4/7/25 - visited the incredible LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) and scratched the surface. Amazing modern art in an amazing building. Most memorable was digital art exhibit and seeing famous artists like Picasso, Brancusi, Lichtenstein…and so many others.

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Getty Museum - April 6, 2025

4/6/25 - Eleanor and I had a great visit to the Getty museum. It’s hard to cover more than a small portion of what they have even if you have two or three hours, but it was really fun. Amazing art and an amazing building or set of buildings. It’s like a college campus. No evidence of the recent fires.

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