museum. this year it will be celebrating and abolishing those individuals through exhibition -- and acknowledging those individuals throughout asia. joining me is janet bishop, the curator. i understand you have been with the museum quite a number of years. you remember its original home on van ness. now you are part of that transition to the center, the civic center, and of course your museum has been really the anchor of cultural tenants that has helped us transform this area of the city. >> to my mind, it is wonderful to be part of such a rich cultural community. when visitors come to this area, that have so many different options. >> let's talk about the anniversary show, which will be a phenomenal opportunity for san franciscans and all visitors of the city to get a real sense of how the city has grown and the importance of culture. >> we focus on moments where it was involved in pushing the dialogue about contemporary art forward. the jackson pollock exhibition in 1945 is a perfect exam

museum. >> i am very satisfied with the turnout and i lived in new york for 8 years and all of my children were born in new york. i already have the american spirit. i am proud to be here and i really appreciate the spirit of committing to things and being honored and being collaborative. when i flashed back to my career, i think about what an artist can do is a teeny tiny thing. i want to contribute to the hall human society. what art can do is just this tiny bit. >> your invitation has already proven to be a great success and we really look forward to spending time with your sculpture. thank you for being part of "culture wire." >> thank you for being part of this project. >> thank you for watching. join us for future episodes. you can >> welcome to "culture wire." on this episode, we visit with one of the arts commissions very special teams. >> the asia-pacific island cultural center receives help from the census but our commission. john mean today to talk about in off festival is the exec

, oakland museum and our very own museum in san francisco, the national mexican art in chicago and the collection. [applause] >> she was a 2009 recipient of the women's caucus for art in new york lifetime achievement award. now stanford university has acquired her artistic archives. i think one of the things you also need to know about he is

and the teacher in charge for a decade has had open access to the museum's check book, a museum credit very little supervision. the i team obtained checks revealing she spent a lot of museum money on herself. >> have you written checks to cash and put them in your account? >> no. >> never? >> well, maybe. okay. >> maybe have you. >> cash. then into your account? >> yes. >> and there is many like this, written to cash with her account number and signature. she says she needed cash to shop at costco or buy things at garage sales wex asked her to let us see receipt tluz her lawyer she declined. and there is bank statements and checks shed funds went to restaurants, nail salons and massages and a $659 air conditioner that never made to it museum. and wrote checks to her husband. >> why write checks to your husband? >> very no idea why i did that, that time. >> we found museum checks written to baby-sitters and happeny day preschool for her own kids. >> once i didn't get out of here after 5:00. i paid some for happy days. i had the museum pay some. waits paid back. i paid 1400 in $99 back.

where your islam is a beautiful city and in this museums are wonderful this is a very special museum of course because it reflects the interests of its founder so much these bells and and these photographs. through is a joy to visit this museum and to hear the bells and the photographs as well as become acquainted with a person. like many museums around the world where you have glass cabinets we do not touch signs at this museum you can see and touch many of the items on display such as this wonderful nineteenth century gramophone. the clocks are all set at different times two chimes to go off at once good idea if you want to be crazy by the taking you can always listen to the strange sound of the music box. it's being played to me. finally after all the side saying i'm kind of hungry i recommended restaurants track the. two exterior is a traditional russian dishes of national service we have a lot of guests from around the world who visit to try such highlights on the menu as bush with mushrooms and prunes. and also you. like to try it was one of the favorite dishes of. ukraine this

museum. that is one of the things that is very important to us. we are about to enter a strategic planning process. the fundamental question we want to address is, how wil sfmoma growth and enhanced its engagement with the community? it is not enough that the museum has great works in its collection, has great exhibitions, wonderful education programs, it is how does the institution grow and enhance its relationship with the community. it is very important to us. >> on behalf of the residents of san francisco, we thank you for shepherding this institution through this incredible growth phase, and thank you for being part of "culture wire." >> my pleasure, thank you. >> the museum has exciting anni what we are doing something that many cities in california and across the country are doing. that is celebrating the budget and is on time that protect social services for the most vulnerable citizens. it protect public safety and preserves the values that make this city such a great place. we did i

museum of myths and superstitions already looks out spooky to me. with its many orthodox cathedrals and churches which is known for its history surrounding religion and alongside the very supernatural fairy tales and folklores have existed in russian villages. i wouldn't want to be inside here late at night. for those myths and legends that are represented in our museum i'm very well kept in full in many villages across russia many people still live very close to nature in rituals and superstitions parts of their everyday lives but. this museum opened ten years ago it has a large display of items and models of characters that have lived in lakes forests and houses both good and evil this one here is of domovoi house elf people believe that each wooden house had such a protector said to have come from the soul of the tree is used in the construction of the scene represents a black magic in russia many young girls believing such forces and tradition fortune telling was very popular to some people it still is today vs evil spirits have been cool so the

like many museums around the world where you have glass cabinets we do not touch signs at this museum you can see and touch many of the items on display such as this wonderful nineteenth century gramophone. the cultural center at different times who chimes you don't go off at once good idea and if you want to be crazy politicking you can always listen to the strange sounds of the music box. to me. finally after all the side saying i'm kind of hungry i recommended restaurants. that are. the traditional russian dishes of national service we have a lot of guests from around the world who visit to try such highlights on the menu as bush with mushrooms and prunes. and also you. like to try it was one of the favorite dishes of. ukraine this is local food through. the soup they said here it is called the princes dish it has kinds of fish in it the fish. you know i've never tried to come before the biggest. prize. i think. i'll see the same time. next week from another wonderful golden ring and assimilation tell them for me and the rest of the season here in. south africa. houses parking. car

town the museum of science in here. and now it's a collection of two hundred. objects many of them. some of the items on display weigh about ten kilos and were used by tailless to. see. the museum. and several times a year and they. can try out and played objects. several kilometers from the city center there is another unusual exhibition on display a collection of. mostly candles here made at the very beginning of the twentieth century but they all decided on display is three hundred. features various objects related to drinking tea such as sugar bowls teaspoons and boxes. and finally the museum of mass. located in a bright decorated wooden house of crafts is one of the. whole collection on display was created by one man artist patel cross between the one nine hundred fifty s. and one nine hundred eighty s. the masks are made of pure mushy puffers german inspired by books so most of his artistic objects depicts characters from russian literature and folklore. with five ministries not museums and a lake so large that pi

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and finally the museum of mass. located in a bright creative wooden house of crafts it's one of the most visited small. whole collection on display was created by one man. between the one nine hundred fifty s. and one nine hundred eighty s. the masks are made of pure mushy coats a puff is generally inspired by books so most of his artistic. jex depicts characters from literature and folklore. with five ministries nine museums and a lake so large that peter the great built here this plenty to see. this is red square yes there is more than one in russia now you know it's surrounded by several churches and the main point of interest is this next monument created by one of the most famous school districts. one in twelve twenty alexander nevsky is the grand principle of growth and. troubled times in russia's history this monument . erected in. its. symbols of the. various. guidebooks and postcards this is this a surprise cathedral try saying that fast five times is the oldest in a town built in the middle of the twelfth