San Francisco - de Young Museum (formerly M H de Young Memorial Museum)

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remaining from the exhibition. Over the next quarter of a century benefactions made possible the continuous, planned expansion of the museum, as a result of which more and more extensions were added until, in 1921, the old building in Egyptian style - of which two sphinxes are the only remaining sign - was finally replaced by more up-to-date premises.

It was at this time that the museum was given its present name, acknowledging the contribution of its founder and earliest benefactor. Today it has some 40 galleries and more than 200,000sq.ft/18,500sq.m of exhibition space. The inner court is named after the newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, proprietor of the "San Francisco Examiner", who was determined not to be outdone by his colleague M H de Young, proprietor of the "San Francisco Chronicle", when it came to endowing the museum.

Unlike the majority of American museums this one is not privately run; it depends entirely for its support on the city which, a few years ago, found itself obliged to charge for admission. The ticket includes same-day admission to the adjoining Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor.