San Francisco - Palace of the Legion of Honor

 
No other museum outside France has so comprehensive a collection of French art as the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. Today it forms part of the museum's collection of European art from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century.

The Neo-Classical building, delightfully situated on a hill in Lincoln Park in the northwest of the city, is a copy of the Palais de la Legion d'Honneur in Paris.

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It was a gift from the German American Adolph B. Spreckels to his wife Alma, nee Bretteville.

Although the original intention was that the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, opened in 1924, should be devoted exclusively to French art, in the course of time it became endowed with works by artists of other nationalities. When, in 1972, it was decreed, as a cost-saving measure, that the California Palace of the Legion of Honor should be combined with the de Young Museum - both being the responsibility of the city - the non-French works were transferred to the de Young Museum which in turn handed over its French objets d'art to the California Palace.
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Address: Palace of the Legion of Honor, 100 34th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94121-1677, United States
Phone: 1 (415) 863-3330, Fax: 1 (415) 750-7678
Hours:
9:30am-5:15pm; Closed: Mon
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November ), Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Tips: Admission is free on first Tuesday of each month. Admission includes admittance to M.H. de Young Memorial Museum on the same day.
Facilities: Restaurant or food service
Transit: Bus: 2, 38.

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