These Legion of Honor tickets and tours are self-guided: 3HR Golden Gate Bridge and Golden Gate Park GoCar Tour (From USD 179.44) San Francisco ALL DAY SPECIAL GoCar Tour (From USD 266.45) GoCar San Francisco Tour (From USD 70.69) See all Legion of Honor experiences on Tripadvisor © 2020 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Join a docent on a tour of the European art collection. I loved the painting and sculpture collection, which I definitely recommend. However, we parked at Legion of Honor and walked up to the building waiting for it to open. The store is excellent as well; it has unique finds and friendly staff. No reservations.Individual Giving Teachers The Legion of Honor had its genesis in the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915, but was conceived from the outset as a museum of fine art. Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo at the Legion of Honor"Short description is different from Wikidata"Urs Fischer: The Public and the Private"Vintage postcard: Rodin's "The Thinker" in the Court of Honor. Make a Gift National Register of Historic Places listings in San FranciscoHamon Observation Tower at the de Young MuseumThe museum contains a representative collection of European art, the largest portion of which is French. Tours begin in the Rotunda.Rent the Legion of Honor I gave her husband candles, a cake and some chilled champagne and had him waiting for us in this very spot, at the top of a great climb on our bikes through the Lands End area. The department is named for Moore and Hazel Achenbach, who gave the bulk of their collection to the city of San Francisco in 1948, and the remainder upon Moore Achenbach’s death in 1963. The Legion of Honor displays a collection spanning more than 6,000 years of ancient and European art and houses the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts. The Legion of Honor Clan legionofhonorclan.com PC, Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360, PS3 We Play Titanfall, Call of Duty, Battlefield, Grand Theft Auto, and More. Provoking thought and discussion, but doesn't necessarily work as a cheerful family vacation highlight. Spreckels. From altar pieces, to an Egyptian culture display, to oil on canvas, this museum has so much to offer. Prior to entering, I explored the inviting French neoclassical architecture.The California Palace of the Legion of Honor is a smaller version of the Palais de la Legion d'Honneur in Paris, and is not only a museum experience that takes you straight back to France, but is also a divine place to watch the sunset in San Francisco. The de Young museum grew out of the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894. Beautiful marble statues and hidden memorials are scattered throughout the grounds and I love the view from the pictured 'El Cid' statue (done by artist Anna Hyatt Huntington). Private tour just for your party. I also attended the "Degas, Impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade" exhibition, which was not worth it! The Court of Honor was pierced by a pyramidal skylight opening onto the new gallery space below, a quotation in miniature of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film ArchiveThe museum building occupies an elevated site in Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco – Legion of Honor pageGeorge Applegarth and Henri Guillaume (1924), The 316-seat James A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Theater, located downstairs off the Hall of Antiquities, is a venue for chamber music concerts by the "Reva and David Logan Collection of Illustrated Books"The Bowles Porcelain Gallery displays an array of porcelain and pottery from England and continental Europe with a strong emphasis on the eighteenth century. College Programs Segal's bronze work, painted white, is believed to have been inspired by Margaret Bourke-White's famous Life Magazine 1945 photograph of the liberation of Buchenwald. Luxury SUV, knowledgeable and courteous driver. Member Events Attraction Highlights. Author information Renée Dreyfus is Curator of Ancient Art at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. The tiny car takes you to city highlights such as the Presidio, Chinatown, Lombard Street, and Coit Tower....See all Legion of Honor experiences on TripadvisorSan Francisco MEGA PASS - Chose 3, 4 or 5 Tours & ActivitiesOpt for a more comfortable ride around San Francisco on this small-group tour by luxury minivan. Within, the Auguste Rodin collection is the third largest in the world (behind Paris and Philadelphia), but the exterior is well worth the wandering. A disconcerting reminder of one of the most significant genocides of the 20th century in such a beautiful spot was jarring and haunting. Adjacent to the gallery is the Ceramic Study Center. The Legion of Honor was the gift of Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, wife of the sugar magnate and thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder Adolph B.