Value: $ 40
Two VIP guest
passes - each pass admits 2 people for general admission (4 total) to either the
Legion of Honor or de Young Museum. Children age 12 and under are admitted
free.
Comprising the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is the largest public arts institution in the City of San Francisco and one of the largest art museums in the United States. They have rendered over a century of public service in the arts, and it is their mission to extend and enhance that service well into this century. The Fine Arts Museums continue to serve as one of the premier public institutions in the western United States, existing to provide its community and region with high quality exhibitions, programs, education and outreach, and to care for San Francisco's esteemed art collection
According
to The Art Newspaper (April 2012), the de Young Museum is the most
visited art museum west of the Mississippi, the sixth-most-visited art museum in
North America, and the 35th-most visited in the world. Housed in a
state-of-the-art, accessible, and architecturally significant facility, it
provides valuable art experiences to generations of residents and
visitors.
The Legion of
Honor, San Francisco's most beautiful museum, displays an impressive collection
of 4,000 years of ancient and European art in an unforgettable setting
overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.
Built to
commemorate Californian soldiers who died in World War I, the Legion of Honor is
a beautiful Beaux-arts building located in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.
Overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Golden Gate Bridge and all of San Francisco, the
Legion is most noted for its breathtaking setting. Its collections include
Rodin's Thinker, which sits in the museum's Court of Honor, European
decorative arts and paintings, Ancient art, and one of the largest collections
of prints and drawings in the country.
VIP guest
passes expire on October 30, 2015. If desired, the value can be applied towards
the purchase of a special exhibition ticket.
Generously donated
by Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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