Hemmings Daily: Academy of Art University lays plans to transform its collection into the San Francisco Automobile Museu

Reminders of Van Ness Avenue's history as San Francisco's automobile row still loom over the city now known for its tech startups and autonomous cars: an obscured Cadillac sign here, a faded Pierce-Arrow sign over there. Appropriate, then, that the Academy of Art University will open San Francisco's only automobile museum here -- and that the university has tapped somebody with tech and startup experience to run it. "We already have the collection and the building," said Rob Fisher, the newly appointed CEO of the [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Wednesday, August 15, 2018 [Academy of Art University lays plans to transform its collection into the San Francisco Automobile Museum]( [Academy of Art University lays plans to transform its collection into the San Francisco Automobile Museum]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Reminders of Van Ness Avenue's history as San Francisco's automobile row still loom over the city now known for its tech startups and autonomous cars: an obscured Cadillac sign here, a faded Pierce-Arrow sign over there. Appropriate, then, that the Academy of Art University will open San Francisco's only automobile museum here -- and that the university has tapped somebody with tech and startup experience to run it. "We already have the collection and the building," said Rob Fisher, the newly appointed CEO of the... 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