Cultural Destination
Neighborhood: Golden Gate Park
Phone: +1 415 863 3330
Fax: +1 415 750 3540
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Acting as a major cultural destination since 1895, the de Young Museum re-opened in October 2005, newly housed in a facility designed by Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron and Fong & Chan Architects in San Francisco. The Building is magnificent and from the observation tower you can get a great view of the park. It is open, airy and massive. It als o has a perforated and embossed copper façade which goes very well with the greenery around the museum. The museum has world-renowned collections of American Painting and Sculpture dating from the 17th to the 20th century. Also is Primitive Art highly represented with extraordinary pieces from Native American Art (from the ancient Teotihuacan City), African Art (statues and potteries) and Oceanic Art (shields, dance dress and masks).
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Reviewed by:pa_texas_girl@sbcglobal.net from on Dec 29 2007
The art needs to catch up to the building
The disdain for kids in this place is palatable. Seems like this fancy art museum in SF has brought ...
Reviewed by:A Yahoo! Contributor from on Sep 30 2007
Great as long as you don't have toddlers!
To begin with I went to the de Young with two friends and a one year old. I found it difficult to k...
Reviewed by:grw06 from on Aug 20 2007
