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Herzog & de Meuron: de Young Museum
Herzog & de Meuron: de Young Museum The de Young Museum, San Francisco, designed by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, 2005.

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

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Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF), institute in San Francisco, California, comprising two separate museums, the de Young and the Legion of Honor. Together the museums contain the city’s largest art collection. The de Young, located in Golden Gate Park and founded in 1895, is the older of the two museums. Its highly regarded collection of American paintings features more than 1,000 works dating from colonial to contemporary times. Disrepair and earthquake damage forced the museum to close in 2000 for a sweeping renovation. On October 15, 2005, with a new building designed by Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and ...(100 of 240 words)

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