Ancient Art Department

Ancient Art Council
Legion of Honor
100 34th Avenue, Lincoln Park
San Francisco, CA 94121

Plan Your Visit

The Ancient Art Council supports Ancient Art at the Fine Arts Museums and is located in the Legion of Honor museum in Lincoln Park, San Francisco.

Legion of Honor
100 34th Avenue, Lincoln Park
San Francisco, CA 94121

Occasionally, certain Ancient Art exhibitions or programs are held at the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.

de Young Museum

50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, Golden Gate Park

San Francisco, CA 94118

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Ancient Art Council supports Antiquities at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

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Last Supper in Pompeii: From the Table to the Grave

This exhibition reveals how, before Mount Vesuvius blew up in AD 79 and rocked the Bay of Naples, people in Pompeii and nearby farms and villages were engaged in typical daily activities, many of which revolved around food and drink.

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EXHIBITION
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AD 79: When Time Froze in Pompeii

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Rehearsed Reading of Euripides’ "Bacchae"

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Workshop: Cultural Heritage and Antiquities

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Please help us keep Ptolemy I Soter—Alexander the Great’s general and the founder of the Ptolemaic Dynasty which ended with Cleopatra—in San Francisco.

The Ancient Art Council is seeking your help to acquire this Egyptian limestone relief of a Ptolemaic king in a devotional pose. Any amount will help.