De Young-Fine Arts Museum in San Francisco

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De Young-Fine Arts Museum

De Young-Fine Arts Museum


De Young first opened in 1895 at the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco . It re opened in 2005 October and presents a huge collection of American arts form seventeenth to twentieth century. The museum has an amazing collection, a paradise for art lovers. It attracts visitors from around the globe.

You can learn about the murals from Teotihuacan . You can find out where they came from and every other detail that you want to know.

Maybe you want to see over thousand painting collections this museum has. These paintings are America’s finest.

If you are more interested in decorative art and sculpture, your interest is also covered. The museum recently acquire the great sculptor David Smith’s Zig V. Their collection is growing fast.

The museum has art collections from Sub-Saharan Africa. In their collection they have some of the oldest pieces. Among the featured items there are terracotta Yoruba and Makonde helmet mask collected from Nigeria and Mozambique respectively.

There are so many collections that cannot be listed here. You have to see this amazing collection to believe it.

Contact Information-
De Young
Golden Gate Park
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden drive
San Francisco, CA 94118

Phone- (415)750-3600[Information and Switchboard]
(415)750-3636 [Membership office]
(415)750-3642 [Museum Store]
Email- guestbook@famsf.org

For more information visit- http://www.famsf.org/

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