De Young Museum General Admission Ticket

Beautiful building and sculpture garden. I appreciated their commitment to reimagining art history with interesting exhibitions of indigenous and native American art and foregrounding women artists who have generally been marginalised and written out of the mainstream story. Ticket was probably a bit over priced. We spent 3 hours there with lunch. Free cloakroom. Cafe with limited dietary options for gluten free but I managed to get something to eat. Honestly their menu could be a lot better.

This exhibiiotn is exceptional in every way includuing the shebyu collar which was one of the highest honors in ancient Egypt.

The de Young is a standout among Bay Area museums, offering a thoughtfully curated collection even during renovations. Despite the collection not being exhaustive on our visit, it remains a highlight for anyone seeking a memorable museum experience. Its wonderful design, including a striking observation deck, and strong emphasis on non-European collections, makes the de Young unique. The Indigenous and Papua New Guinean displays in particular exemplify the museum’s commitment to diversity and artistic depth. Special exhibits add extra value, though the museum’s core collection is the main draw. During our visits to the Monet and Anime exhibits, it was a pleasant bonus that special exhibit tickets also included general admission. Admission is also free for Bay Area residents, making the experience even more accessible. The museum staff at the museum tends to be focused on the special exhibits, which are typically filled with tourists. While the outdoor dining area is beautiful, I recommend eating elsewhere due to the high cost of refreshments, such as nearly $10 for a bottle of water. That said, it is well worth a day trip if you can swing it and are in the area!

The museum is large and beautiful. Recommend getting tickets online. The staff is friendly and helpful. The visit is 2-3 hours to view all the exhibits. Currently Monet and Venice are featured. Weekend are crowded so if you can, visit during the week. The cafe offers a variety of food and beverages. Seating is available indoor and outdoor. The stores offer a good selection. The museum is across from the Museum of Industry and between three gardens.

San Francisco's de Young is a Must Visit Museum! We went to the de Young in November specifically to see the Art of Manga exhibit, but the permanent collection is also outstanding. In fact, even the exterior has a lot to offer, before you ever go into the museum, especially for kids who need to burn off some energy. As you walk toward the main entrance, look down. You'll see a crack on the ground in amongst the pavers. That's an art installation mimicking the actual crack in the Earth from San Francisco's 1906 earthquake. Kids can follow the crack, hiking up over boulders, back down, and snaking through the entire entrance plaza for a good ten minutes while the adults look on. Kids might also enjoy looking at the lily pond and seeing what they can spot. Plus, there's a sundial atop a turtle statue where they can practice telling time. Anyhow, inside the multi-story museum, you'll find a wonderful portrait gallery, a landscape gallery, and again for the youngsters, there's a painting they should try to find of a green half dragon-half human playing an organ that they might really like. And nearby, is an ornate wooden fireplace with dogs carved on either side. The Oceania exhibit has a bright orange seed pod worth seeing (this writer won't spoil what its purpose is). You'll also find some Wayne Theibaud and a Richard Mayhew painting with beautiful colors. And so, so much more on display. Plus, the cafe is very good, as is the exterior space with the giant safety pin statue, so you could make this a four hour visit, should you be so inclined. I have been here many times, I will go again and again, and I hope you do, too.

I visited the Monet/Venice exhibition which was outstanding. What I was concerned about was that too many people may have been admitted, ruining the experience however I was very impressed with the way that the staff handled the entry and exit process. Only a reasonable number of people were admitted at any time with timed tickets working very well. This meant that this hugely popular exhibition was enjoyable and was not ruined by admitting too many people. Great work!

Loved the Monet in Venice exhibit & especially appreciated that tickets were for timed entry so crowds weren't too large. We did have some trouble with the complimentary audio equipment though, and changed them out twice. The observation deck at top was incredible too. The Cafe, while super convenient, is very expensive but the outdoor seating is refreshing.

The de Young Museum has an excellent collection of art, but one of the highlights is the observation tower. The panoramic views over Golden Gate Park and the city are spectacular and absolutely worth the visit.

The ticket didn’t make it clear that I needed a ticket to get into the Manet exhibit. So I had to buy another ticket from the museum and didn’t use the Viator tickets actually, I’d like a refund.

Physically lovely museum I. A park surrounding. The exhibits were awesome of subject matter that I was unaware of. Was extremely well thought out and the entire explanation of manga turned into a fan. The shear volume of exhibits was nothing short of astonishing. It gave me appreciation of an art form that millions have enjoyed. I attach several photos I took. A have to see exhibit of manga, the visual arts

An interesting, compact collection in a great space. It's particularly strong on American art, with a very good collection of indigenous art.

The de Young Museum displays a wide range of art works ranging from American paintings and furniture to indigenous works and New Guinea artifacts. The San Francisco views from its Tower are impressive. The cafeteria is pleasant but the offerings are expensive.

We arrived promptly at opening and spent most of the day in a state of rapture. The museum’s current special exhibit is of Indigenous American art. There were numerous large gallery rooms filled with beautiful objects and ceremonial regalia. Not to be outdone, the permanent African and Oceania exhibits and a varied selection of U.S. painters of the 29th century were also sensational. What a terrific museum!

I was very impressed with this museum which is located in Golden Gate Park. It had several different exhibits from different eras and cultures. It was also not big on modern art which I'm not a big fan of. It does have some though. It was also fairly priced, very clean and had a very nice-looking cafe. You could also spend just an hour here or 5 hours depending on what you want to see, and it's very well mapped out for you. Finally, I was able to park for free a few blocks away and I highly recommend.

We enjoyed our visit. The African collection was a surprise. The extensive collection of early American art was anticipated. We enjoyed the Native American displays including the contemporary works.

Wonderful exhibits, great and helpful staff, will return someday. The restaurant and parking are rather pricey. Enjoy!

de Young Museum is excellent. The building itself is a work of art. Views from the observation floor are 360 degree of Surrounding area. You need to go or check out some of the photos we posted.

I don't think I'll ever go back. It was my first time at the museum, along with my children, niece, and nephew. I was so excited to take them and share artwork with them. Immediately staff were rude to us. I had no idea where to go, signage was limited and no one was standing at the podium before an exhibit, there was an employee just standing in the middle of the area so I went up to her and she made me feel like it was huge inconvenience to be asking her questions and as if I should already know what to do/where to go. Another member was rude when I tried handing her my phone to scan our exhibit tickets because we went to her instead of her coworker. I came up in a friendly, polite, smiling, happy manner and instead I was tread with impatience and shortness and this is how my children saw me get treated. This is their first experience of an art museum. So now there is this expectation that this is how all art museums are. That they will be treated this way and treated as unwanted. At one point an employee came up to me and my son and wanted to show us art work. I was so excited that here was finally someone who was excited to be there and show us history. Instead he pointed out how a little boy in this one painting was wearing a dress and then asked my son how he would like to be wearing a dress as if it was a shameful thing. I was absolutely appalled. What if my son did like wearing dresses? His first experience at a museum is being shamed for a piece of clothing article. I am so thankful that my niece who identifies as part of the LGBTQIA+ community was not in the room when that happened. I am a huge art lover, and I was so excited to share this experience with my children and niece and nephew, but instead was treated awfully and they all saw. I am ashamed, appalled, and heartbroken.

Great visit to the De Young. Super tower views of SF- really super. Paul McCartney exhibition is outstanding. Highly recommend a visit to the museum.

Absolutely worth the price especially when you consider it got us access to the Legion of Honor which we enjoyed way more than De Young, but that’s just personal taste about the collection. Both are worth visiting!

We went to the DeYoung to see the Paul McCartney photography exhibit and it didn't disappoint. It was interesting to see the candid photos of the Beatles and other people associated with the band. The exhibit was much larger than we expected which was a nice surprise.

Tuesday is free for general admission, which is when we went. The room of glass sculptures stood out the most to me but there were many other things displayed. They also have an observation deck which gives amazing views of the city, which was great for our first full day on the west coast!

On a pleasant April day in San Francisco,I spent one fine day enjoying the Deyoung Art Museum's very comprehensive collection of American Art.This review is dedicated to the De Young's collection of paintings relating to the natural beauty of the United States from the 19th Century until the present date. The following landscape paintings at the DeYoung Art Museum intrigued me;Gustav Grunewald's"Niagara River At Cataract",Thomas Cole's "Prometheous Bound"(combines Mythology with Transcendentialism),Frederick Church's"Twilight"(Hudson River School),Albert Bierstadt's"Spring in California",William Keith's "Broadside of Mount Tamalpais",William Haseltine's"Indian Rock,Naragansett,Rhode Island",Thomas Birch's"Narrows,New York Bay",Charles Burchfield's"Spring Flood",Edward Hopper's"Orleans,Cape Cod"(actully this is a townscape),Ernest Lawson's"Harlem River at Highbridge",and Richard Diebenkorn's"Berkeley",among others.. If and when you visit the DeYoung Art Museum,you will develop a greater appreciation of American Art.

We visited the museum to check out Paul McCartneys photos when the Beatles were just becoming famous in the USA. It was an interesting exhibit and really highlighted how far photography has come! We also went through some other parts of the museum which were also great.

This museum is world class. Not only the exhibits but the surrounding gardens and forest. It is located in a forest retreat that is memorable.

Huge. Diverse. Phenomenal. Can I complain that it is just too much? No, that is on me. If I lived there I would be a member. As it is, hard to imagine being in San Francisco and not going. Quite a but around corners, so pay attention. And don’t miss the store.

We visited the Palace of Honour and the tickets there gave us free admission to this museum. It is located near the Botanical garden and opposite the California institute of sciences. They have exhibits on two floors and a viewing tower. The exhibits vary from sculpture to, paintings, Native American artefacts and an outdoor sculpture garden. The parking is underground probably shared with the California Institute of sciences. They also have a cafeteria which we skipped due to lack of time. The exhibits are interesting and take some time for proper appreciation. We could spare only three hours. The viewing tower gives a good view of the city and the surrounding areas. There was a fashion display which was for a limited time. The only issue was that we got confused on the proper route to follow to cover all the exhibits. Otherwise it was a great place.

Whether to go to this museum really depends on the special exhibit. The regular works weren’t really interesting compared to what you can see in LA, New York, London or Paris. We were interested in the fashion special exhibit, which was small but interesting. I’m not sure if it was worth the admission price, but we didn’t regret the visit or time.

Great SF Museum. This museum has great special exhibitions. Every-time I come. This time it was the Fashion of San Francisco. Famous dress designers had beautiful assortments of dresses on display on mannequins. The rest of the galleries have art works and artifacts from all over. It’s in Golden Gate and will worth it. I am a member which is great to get in anytime. It’s easy to Uber to the location. It’s my fav besides Legion of Honor.

Fantastic museum. Just keep in mind that your ticket is most likely a base tkt and an special exhibits are extra. Worth every penny tho. And remember to go up to the tower.

Fantastic. Huge, Diverse, Lots of rotating exhibitions, lots of stuff you can easily miss. I'd be happy to do an eight hour visit here.

We didn't visit the museum but did visit the free observation deck and it is stunning, don't miss if you are passing, great view.

The de Young Museum in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park is ( in my opinion) a tourist attraction that you should put on your “ must visit” list. Whenever we plan a trip to San Francisco, we include a visit to this spectacular museum. Today in addition to paying for our general admission, we paid extra to see the Irving Penn exhibition, which was well worth the price! The museum has some very classy features including an observation deck with phenomenal views of the park and the city of San Francisco. They have a great cafe with delicious menus and all of their restrooms have fresh flowers, which adds wonderful fragrances while washing your hands!

Unfortunately, I was unable to go to my event because I was sick. That wasn't TripAdvisor's fault. The problem occurred when I tried to cancel my event. I was able to do that up to 24 hours before the event. However, because I had bought the tickets as a guest (I didn't realize that I had an account) TripAdvisor did not have a way for me to cancel. I tried going through the Museum but they did not recognize either of the confirmation numbers that were provided. If I had signed in prior to purchasing the tickets presumably, I would have been able to cancel through my account. I say presumably because there is no way for me to know whether that's true. However, regardless of how I made the purchase, I should have had some way to cancel. Not a whole lot of money but it ended up being wasted none the less. So, No, it was not a good experience.

Museum was great but Tuesday was a free day at the museum. First Tuesday of the month is free admission. We paid admission through this site and feel like we were taken advantage of so we paid for the museum of a free day no refund option.

I really enjoyed this museum. It had a well curated collection tips of art. The sculptures outside the cafe were amazing. Well worth $20

We were in SF for a short stay and put a visit to the De Young on the top of our priority list so we could see the Kehinde Wiley show. It was amazing. Outstanding, beautiful, moving and emotionally inspiring.

Ansel Adam exhibit absolutely stunning and the historical context very illuminating. Unfortunately it was the last day for this show.

I hate there because the security guard standing at lobby. When I wear backpack entering to admission desk. A black man is a security guard say something loud to my direction, I didn't aware he is talking to me. He said something again and looking at me, I knew this time he is talking to me but I didn't get what he is saying. Suddenly, he shout " off!" loudly, I was scared of him. I walk towards him, I tried to understand what he said. Finally, I get it I need to put down the backpack under my waist. I was tourist from Asian, my English is not as good as American. If I didn't get your meaning, you have to be patient or use body language to make your guests to understand but not shouting makes every people looking at me. Also, the word "OFF" is very impolite wording. Actually, at that time, there is lobby area, I didn't understand why need to put down the backpack under waist. The security guard should remind guest in front of each exhibits room, not lobby area. The security guard also not telling me there is a free storage to keep my backpack. Is it not your job? But I thanks the sweet lady sitting on admission desk telling me that.

The Kehinde Wiley exhibit was astonishing. I knew his portraits it not the sculpture or paintings of this scale. I told my SF family, who are very aware of SF museums and especially yours that if they only went to one more exhibit in all of 2023, this is the one to see. It was a revelation to me.

The ticket price was a great value. The Ansel Adams photos alone was an awesome exhibit. The flower arrangement exhibition with the art made the experience interesting.

Used free audio provided at bottom of stairs to exhibit.Highly recommend using these. I was going specifically for this exhibit, but did visit other galleries in the museum and easily filled the afternoon with the offerings. Highly recommend seeing the Wiley exhibit . Also enjoyed sculpture garden off café during lunch.

My parents and I stopped in for a few hours in July 2022 to view the Obama portraits and the featured Faith Ringgold exhibit "American People". What a wonderful time we had at the de Young Museum. The building itself is gorgeous and highlights the selected artwork on display. It was such a well curated experience with both the Obama portraits and Ringgold's exhibit. As an added bonus, we went to the observation deck and had a lovely view of San Francisco and the bay. The museum is definitely a must experience while visiting the bay area!

Exhibition was well done very crowded, you might want to get your tickets in advance as they do sell out. Worth adding the audio tour about 19 spots of information not well marked but just play through them.

The museum and its exhibits were amazing. We unfortunately could not get into the Ramses exhibit but still had a educationally good time.

I’m frankly baffled at the number of four and five star reviews of this museum. It’s fairly small and does not have many notable works. Compared to the art museums of New York, Chicago, London, Paris, Rome, or even Detroit, it’s abysmal. Perhaps my expectations were too high, but I was tremendously disappointed. There are also a number of empty exhibit rooms - not sure what’s going on there.

Actually, we saw the Ramses exhibit along with the rest of the museum and we were pleasantly surprised by both. The exhibit was great. We have seen quite a few Egyptian exhibits plus the regular collections at many museums, including the one at the University of Pennsylvania, a personal favorite for sentimental reasons. I went there. Some bias showing. Although the dedicated Turin museum in Italy is hands-down the best I have seen by a long shot. I had read reviews and heard its praises, but the real kicker is the absolute passion of Italians who have seen it, particularly citizens of the city. There is mind boggling pride that they have what is regarded as the second best Egyptian museum in the world after the one in Cairo. In fact, if I could remember half of what I have seen and read in the museums, let alone Imax movies, TV shows, articles, etc. I could be an amateur Egyptian historian. Alas, I cannot remember 1/50th. What I can say is that like the Romans, the more you learn about this remarkable civilization, the more impressed you are. Considering they pre-date the Romans by almost two millenia and lasted even longer than the Romans ( although if you include the Byzantine empire, not by much), you have to say that they are the most impressive civilization in the history of man ( the Chinese may contest that ). Getting back to the exhibit, they had some really great pieces and it was interestingly assembled and presented. We spent a lot more time than I ever anticipated we would. Indeed, I liked it so much, I took a quick run through to see it getting back to the start and coming back to the end, where my wife patiently waited. Heck, she needed the rest, anyway. For me, I thought the rest of the museum was a throwaway. I did not think they would have much of a collection and would never have considered seeing it without the Ramses exhibit. This is perhaps our fifth visit to SF and I never gave it a second thought before, including this time until I saw an ad or something about the exhibit and I said to my wife, “Let’s go.” Good thing. The museum itself is great. The collections are of a high caliber and interesting. Again, we spent far more time on that than I ever imagined and I could have spent more. A special shout-out to the restaurant has to be made. This is a particularly good example of the genre. Light and airy, with pleasant views of the outside almost park-like setting and the food was very, very good. My wife and I had very good beef short ribs with vegetables and two excellent desserts and drinks. I didn’t even mind the exorbitant $85 tab. Our taxi cab driver coming home said that for SF that was a tremendous bargain. Speaking of taxis, the ride from our hotel, the very good Hotel Zoe Fishermans Wharf, was like $35 with tip. Between the two taxi rides, tickets to the museum, lunch and various stuff purchased in the gift shop, it was a very expensive museum outing, probably the most expensive we have had. If you add on the jaunt through the Japanese garden with the obligatory magnet purchase and the ride on the ferris wheel and the even more obligatory $8 dipped cone purchase from a truck parked nearby, it was one of the more expensive days in our extensive travels. And even though I am frugal by nature, I didn’t mind. It was one of the most satisfying and fullest days of the trip. Perhaps the best. In conclusion, go to the de Young Museum and go now before the Ramses exhibit closes. It would be a shame to miss it. Before I go, one last shout-out to the modern, good looking, clean and large bathrooms. What a delight. I am an aficionado of bathrooms, weirdly enough, and appreciate a good one. And this was a very good one. And when you got to go, this is a good one to go to.

We bought tickets for Ramses the Great special exhibit; a very informative history spanning pre and post Ramses rule in ancient Egypt. The GA ticket is included in the price; but for GA access only, there are numerous rooms to visit with varieties of paintings, sculptures and artifacts from multiple historical periods and locations.

We enjoy all exhibits especially Ramesse as it reminded us being back in the Valley of the Kings. I would recommend this exhibit to others to see for themselves