M.H. de Young Museum
Golden Gate Park
Although its collection is a tad out of balance (strong on New Guinea art, historical American paintings, and Anatolian kilims; light on anything contemporary) and critics carp that the current director opts for style instead of substance, this museum itself is definitely an eyeful. Designed by Swiss starchitects Herzog & de Meuron, the copper-clad building looms in the park like an avant-garde aircraft carrier with a crazily torqued tower. From it, you can see the Transamerica Pyramid, Sutro Tower, and the top of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Tip: The tower closes 45 minutes before the rest of the museum—don’t leave it till the end of your visit.
Admission: $10 adults; $7 seniors; $6 youths (13-17) and college students; free for children under 13; free for all on the first Tuesday of each month. Closed Monday.
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From Travel + Leisure, Oct 2005
“ When San Francisco's De Young Museum reopens on October 15 after nearly four years of construction, a city that fights doggedly to preserve its beloved Victorian neighborhoods will welcome the most adventurous modern architecture to be built there in a generation, if not ever....” MORE>>
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