Last Month for China’s Terracotta Warriors Exhibit

Written by Beatrice Karnes

Have you been meaning to get to San Francisco to see the China’s Terracotta Warriors Exhibit at the Asian Art Museum?  The exhibit closes on May 27—just four weeks from now.

The China’s Terracotta Warriors Exhibit requires a separate ticket, and the tickets are limited, due to space. The tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first served basis.

About the China Terracotta Warriors Exhibit

China’s Terracotta Warriors were first unearthed in 1974, and includes a vast army of more than 7,000 life-sized figures and over 10,000 weapons. The terracotta includes warriors, infantrymen, horses, chariots and all their armor and weaponry. They were commissioned by China’s first emperor, Qin Shihuang (259-210 BCE). The army was to guard him in the afterlife.The San Francisco exhibit includes ten figures—a representative sample of the actual army. The exhibit has made several stops over the course of the past few years. This is the last stop before returning to China.

About the Asian Art Museum
So what happens if you get to San Francisco and can’t get tickets to the special exhibit? You can still tour the rest of the museum, which has one of the most comprehensive collections of Asian art in the world. It includes more than 18,000 objects spanning 6,000 years—from tiny jades to monumental sculptures. One example—a gilded bronze Buddha image dated 338, the oldest known dated Chinese Buddha in the world.

The Asian Art Museum is located at 200 Larkin St., San Francisco on the sight of the old Main Library, which was redesigned by the late Italian architect Gae Auletti.