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San Francisco's official motto is 'Oro in Paz, Fierro in Guerra' (Gold in Peace, Iron in
War), but it hasn't seen much military action since 1776, when its Spanish
presidio
(milit-
ary post) was built by conscripted Ohlone. Today the revamped
Officers Club
features ar-
chaeological displays and California cuisine from celebrity chef Traci des Jardins. Cultural
415-345-6800;
www.waltdisney.org
;
104 Montgomery St, Presidio; adult/student/child $20/15/12;
Wed-Mon 10am-6pm, last entry 5pm; ; 43, PresidiGo Shuttle)
line the former
parade
grounds
, and a Yoda statue fronts
George Lucas' Letterman Digital Arts Center
.
SoMa
Contemporary Jewish Museum
MUSEUM
after 5pm Thu $5, 1st Tue of month free;
11am-5pm Mon-Tue, Fri-Sun, to 8pm Thu;
Montgomery,
Montgomery)
A blue-steel box balancing on one corner brings signs of life to San Francisco's commer-
cial downtown - literally. Architect Daniel Libeskind based his landmark design for the
Contemporary Jewish Museum on the shape of the Hebrew word
l'chaim
- 'to life.' Galler-
ies inside a converted power substation illuminate Jewish life and ideals through artists as
diverse as Andy Warhol, Maurice Sendak, Marc Chagall and the Bay Area's own Gertrude
Stein.
Cartoon Art Museum
MUSEUM
1st Tue of month free; 11am-5pm Tue-Sun; ; 14, 15, 30, 45, Montgomery, Montgomery)
Introducing this place to comics fans would be an insult. Of course you know it was fun-
ded by
Peanut
s' Charles M Schultz. Naturally you recognize Mike Zeck's
Captain Amer-
ica
covers, own R Crumb's underground classic
Mr Natural,
and can recite Edward
Gorey's alphabet ('A is for Amy who fell down the stairs/B is for Basil assaulted by
bears…') But even diehard fans learn something new here, from lectures by Pixar animat-
ors to celebrations of women cartoonists with SF comics legend Trina Robbins.
Museum of the African Diaspora
MUSEUM