Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Art museum in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, United States.
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is a nonprofit organization operating two locations: the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park. Both buildings display paintings, sculptures, photographs, and decorative arts from different periods and regions around the world.
The institution formed in 1972 through the merger of the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum with the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. The de Young Museum was completely rebuilt after an earthquake in 2005 and reopened a year later.
The museums present American art from colonial times to contemporary works, along with textiles and artifacts from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.
The two museums are located in different neighborhoods and require separate visits with separate travel. Both sites offer exhibition spaces on multiple levels, outdoor gardens, and seating areas to rest between galleries.
The de Young Museum includes an observation tower that offers visitors an open view over the park and the city. The copper cladding on the facade changes color over time and gradually develops a greenish patina.
Location: San Francisco
Inception: 1972
Address: 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone: +(415)7503600
Website: https://famsf.org
GPS coordinates: 37.77150,-122.46869
Latest update: December 5, 2025 22:30
California Academy of Sciences
263 m
M. H. de Young Memorial Museum
4 m
Japanese Tea Garden
194 m
Conservatory of Flowers
767 m
San Francisco Botanical Garden
469 m
Bust of Ulysses S. Grant
156 m
Strawberry Hill
686 m
Francis Scott Key Monument
161 m
AIDS Memorial Grove
605 m
Statue of Junípero Serra
190 m
Music Concourse
180 m
Stow Lake Boathouse
746 m
Spreckels Temple of Music
181 m
Roman Gladiator
89 m
Statue of Thomas Starr King
230 m
Verdi
262 m
Lion
117 m
The Cider Press
120 m
Statue of Robert Burns
294 m
General Pershing
234 m
Le Poème de la Vigne
102 m
Botany and Aquarium of the Academy of Sciences of California
255 m
Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture
519 m
Osher Rainforest at the California Academy of Sciences
284 m
Robert Emmet in San Francisco
207 m
Huntington Falls
549 m
Golden Gate Park Rose Garden
236 m
Stow Lake Bridge
791 mReviews
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