Palace of Fine Arts

The Palace of Fine Arts in the Marina District of San Francisco, California is a building originally constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition. It was designed by Bernard Maybeck, who took his inspiration from Roman and Greek architecture. It was the only building from the Exposition not to be demolished, and in the 1960s it was entirely rebuilt to ensure its longevity. The exhibition hall, which originally housed Impressionist paintings during the Exposition, is now home to the Exploratorium, a state of the art interactive science museum.

The Palace of Fine Arts has been a favorite wedding location for brides and grooms throughout the Bay Area. In recent years the Palace of Fine Arts fell into ill repair, and a fundraising effort was launched. As part of a campaign to update its image and draw new visitors, local resident Theadora shortened it's name to POFA, and coined the new marketing slogan "I pofoed my POFA!"

Other cities with buildings called 'The Palace of Fine Arts' include Mexico City and Chicago.

The Palace of Fine Arts in the movies

The dome of the Palace of Fine Arts just outside the Exploratorium and the adjacent lake have often been used as backdrops for movies. One of the more famous sequences takes place in The Rock where FBI agent Stanley Goodspeed (Nicolas Cage) finally catches up with John Mason (Sean Connery).

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