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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. FAMSF's combined attendance was 1,158,264 visitors in 2022, making it the fifth most attended art institution in the United States. [1 ...
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] In 2024, the two combined museums were ranked 15th in the Washington Post's list of the best art museums in the U.S. [2]
San Francisco San Francisco Bay Area Arts 1984 Museum of Modern Mythology: San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco Bay Area Closed following the Loma Prieta earthquake. 1989 Natural World Museum: San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco Bay Area Education A mobile museum focused on environment concerns. 2009 New Langton Arts: San Francisco
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.
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.
In 1969, the former Exhibit Hall became home to the Exploratorium interactive museum, and, in 1970, also became the home of the 966-seat Palace of Fine Arts Theater. [14] On October 6, 1976, the Palace of Fine Arts hosted the second presidential debate between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter . [ 15 ]
The Gregangelo Museum San Francisco's #318 Landmark, is an ongoing compilation of installation art located in a Mediterranean-style house in the St. Francis Wood district of San Francisco. Originally built in the early 1920s, the house was converted into an art project during the 1980s by lifelong resident, Gregangelo Herrera.
The Making of a Fresco Showing the Building of a City (1931) is one of four fresco murals in the San Francisco Bay Area painted by Mexican artist Diego Rivera. [2] Rivera's mural seems to be painted for and about a working class audience.