Legion of Honor (museum)
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The Legion of Honor, formally known as the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, is an art museum located in San Francisco, on the West Side of the city. Located in Lincoln Park, the Legion of Hon
California Palace of the Legion of Honor
Alma de Bretteville Spreckels and her husband Adolph built the museum and donated it to the city.
The design of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor was based on the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur.
El Cid Campeador by Anna Hyatt Huntington (1927), facing the Golden Gate. Photo by Steven Saylor.
De Young Museum
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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, United States, named for early San Francisco newspaperman M. H. de Young.
Legion of Honor (museum)
…of the city. 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. In 2024, the two combined museums were ranked 15th in The Washington Post list of the best art museums in the U.S. The land on which the Legion of…
M. H. de Young Memorial Museum
Elizabeth II speaking at the de Young Museum in 1983
"Cover Pot" for the Teotihuacan show, 2017–18. Avian effigy, 250 – 350 AD
Rainy Season in the Tropics by Frederic Edwin Church (1866)