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The de Young Museum, formally the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, is a fine arts museum located in San Francisco, California, named for early San Francisco newspaperman M. H. de Young. Located in Golden Gate Park, it is a component of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, along with the Legion of Honor.
The Legion of Honor, formally known as the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, is an art museum in San Francisco, California.Located in Lincoln Park, the Legion of Honor is a component of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF), which also administers the de Young Museum. [1]
FAMSF logo, 2024 The de Young Museum, part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco The Legion of Honor, part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF), comprising the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, is the largest public arts institution in the city of San Francisco.
The California Palace of the Legion of Honor was championed by his wife, and paid for from the Spreckels fortune. It was merged with the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum in 1972 and became the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco .
Thomas Patrick Campbell (born 12 July 1962) [1] is the director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF), overseeing the de Young and Legion of Honor museums. . He served as the director and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art between 2009 and 2017.
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (French: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur [ɔʁdʁ nɑsjɔnal də la leʒjɔ̃ dɔnœʁ] ⓘ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre impérial de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest and most prestigious French order of merit, both military and civil.
The Lincoln Highway, with its western terminus at Lincoln Park, was conceived and mapped in 1913 as the first coast-to-coast road across America, traversing 14 states. The original western terminus marker of the highway was located at the north end of the plaza and fountain in front of the Legion of Honor. Today, a replica of the western ...
French President Vincent Auriol presenting Eleanor Roosevelt with the Legion of Honor during his visit to the Roosevelt estate at Hyde Park, New York (April 4, 1951) Jack B. Yeats (1950) (Ireland), artist, invested Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur [citation needed] Eleanor Roosevelt (1951, Commander), (US), Former First Lady of the United ...