San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

The first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th-century art, the San Francisco Museum of Art opened in 1935 under the direction of Grace L. McCann Morley. After her 23-year tenure, Morley was succeeded as Museum director by George D. Culler (1958-65) and Gerald Nordland (1966-72). The Museum, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1985, rose to international prominence under the leadership of Henry T. Hopkins (1974-86). "Modern" was added to the Museum's title in 1975 to describe its purview more accurately.

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