de Young Museum
The de Young is strongest where American painting, California art, Indigenous arts, African art, Oceanic collections, and textiles challenge a single national story.
Artwork inspired by Selden Connor Gile
The de Young is strongest where American painting, California art, Indigenous arts, African art, Oceanic collections, and textiles challenge a single national story. Its copper skin and observation tower keep the park and city in view. Useful scale comes from three specifics: founded, 1895; building, 2005; and operator, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Use one textile or material tradition to cross collection boundaries, then visit the tower after the galleries rather than treating it as the main event. The tower is free, special exhibitions are separately ticketed, and the museum is closed one weekday; the nearby Legion of Honor is a different campus.
- Founded
- 1895
- Building
- 2005
- Operator
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Quick guide
- Establish scale
- Use one textile or material tradition to cross collection boundaries, then visit the tower after the galleries rather than treating it as the main event.
- Slow down for
- Compare copper facade with textile galleries, then use Hamon Tower to test what the site is trying to communicate.
Know before you go
- Establish scale
- Use one textile or material tradition to cross collection boundaries, then visit the tower after the galleries rather than treating it as the main event.
- Slow down for
- Compare copper facade with textile galleries, then test that reading against Hamon Tower.
- Place in context
- Founded: 1895; Building: 2005; Operator: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
- Plan the arrival
- For de Young Museum, use the reviewed visitor entrance at 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118. Before visiting de Young Museum, check current parking, transit.
Good to know
The tower is free, special exhibitions are separately ticketed, and the museum is closed one weekday; the nearby Legion of Honor is a different campus.
Notice these
- copper facade
- textile galleries
- Hamon Tower