Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
San Francisco · founded 1972
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF), comprising the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, is the largest public arts institution in the city of San Francisco. FAMSF's combined attendance was 1,158,264 visitors in 2022, making it the fifth most attended art institution in the United States. In 2024, the two combined museums were ranked 15th in The Washington Post's list of the best art museums in the U.S.
- Visitors a year
- 1.5MVisitors a year
- Founded
- 1972Founded
What to see
The Eiffel Tower
Georges Seurat, 1889.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Prometheus Bound
Thomas Cole, 1847.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
St. John the Baptist
El Greco, 1600.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Madame Clémentine Valensi Stora
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1870.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
California Spring
Albert Bierstadt, 1875.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Ironworkers’ Noontime
Thomas Pollock Anshutz, 1880.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on www.famsf.org before you travel.
Getting there
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On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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