About the museum
The story of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are the de Young museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, overlooking the Golden Gate.
The Legion of Honor shows European art from medieval times to Impressionism, while the de Young focuses on American art and art of the Americas, Africa and Oceania.
The collection
The Legion of Honor shows four thousand years of ancient and European art, with paintings from El Greco and Rembrandt to Monet and Seurat, and a large Rodin collection including a cast of The Thinker in its court.
The de Young shows American art from the seventeenth century to today, textiles and art from Africa, Oceania and the Americas.
At ArtLogia you can order 54 of its paintings as hand-painted reproductions, by 43 artists led by Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Cole and Frederic Edwin Church.
- paintings to order
- 54
- artists
- 43
- art movements
- 13
- years covered
- 1380–1918
The building
The Legion of Honor of 1924 is a copy of the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur in Paris, built as a memorial to Californians who died in the First World War. The copper-clad de Young by Herzog & de Meuron opened in 2005.
Masterpieces to see
Planning a visit
Climb the de Young's tower for a free view over the park and the city.
