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de Young Museum

American art, textiles and art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, in a copper-clad building with a free observation tower.

Official Website
Photo: Mark Miller · Public domain
Open
Closed Mondays; check the website
Price
Paid; the tower and sculpture garden are free
Time Needed
2 hours
Address
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118Google MapsApple Maps
Getting There
Bus 5 or 44, or the N-Judah streetcar.

Why Go

Facing the Academy of Sciences across the Music Concourse, the de Young shows American painting from colonial times to today alongside major collections of art from around the world. Its twisting tower has a free observation floor with views over the park.

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