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The original de Young Museum opened to the community in 1921, which served as part of the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition. Named after the early San Francisco newspaper personality, M. H. de Young, this enlightening attraction is almost always called by the shortened “de Young” reference. To accommodate a growing art collection and repair damage sustained after the Loma Prieta earthquake, the fine arts museum underwent a rebuilding phase, where it reopened to the public in 2005.

Address: The de Young Museum is located at 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, which can be found within the Golden Gate Park.

Museum Phone: (415) 863-3330; Museum Hours: The museum is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday through Sunday and closes at 8:45 p.m. on Fridays.

Admission: The museum entry fee is as follows: (Adults; $10), (Seniors 65 and over; $7), and (College Students with ID; $6). There is free admission for children 13 and younger. There is also no fee charged for visiting the museum courtyard, cafe, store, sculpture garden or tower.

Café Hours: The museum café is open for business from Tuesday to Sunday, 9:30am to 4 pm; Café Phone: (415) 750-2614

Store Hours: The de Young Store hours is open on Tuesdays to Sundays, from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm.

Interesting Fact: The de Young Museum façade consists of 950,000 lbs of copper, 300,000 lbs of glass, as well as 7,200 distinguishingly designed copper panels with 1,500,000 embossings.

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