de Young Museum
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The de Young Museum is an art museum located in San Francisco, California, and is part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Founded in 1895, it is the older of the two museums within the institution. The de Young houses a significant collection of American paintings, spanning from colonial times to the present day.
Following damage from the San Francisco earthquake of 1989, the museum underwent a major renovation and reopened in 2005 with a new building designed by architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. The new structure features an innovative "rain-screen" facade of copper panels designed to mimic dappled light and develop a natural patina over time. The museum's layout encourages exploration, with galleries intersecting at various angles.12
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