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Location : Russian Center of San Francisco, 2450 Sutter St
Open Hours : 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM on Wednesdays and Saturdays only
Admission : Free
Handicap Friendly : Yes
Opened in : 1948
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The Museum of Russian Culture situated on 2450 Sutter St. of Lower Pacific Heights, San Francisco is a venerated archive on Russian history, the Bolshevik revolution, the first wave of Russian immigration (1917-1922) from Siberia, China and the far East as well as to acknowledge the Russian-American community in San Francisco. The museum was initially established in 1948 as an archive space for safeguarding Russian artefacts from in and around America was later converted into a museum in 1953 for remembering significant Russian contribution to the American landscape. The museum is home to relics including newspaper clips, magazines, letters, journals, photographs, military flags and uniforms, the Ipatieff bomb, an Ampex video recording system, amongst other personal and historically significant artefacts from Russian history.