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Article: San Francisco Museum to be Rebuilt.(M.H. de Young Memorial Museum)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- April 1, 2001
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The M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Franciso's oldest public museum, closed its doors for good, sort of, on Dec. 31. The museum will soon be torn down and a new facility, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, will rise in its place. The current complex of eight buildings, located in Golden Gate Park, was constructed between 1919 and 1965. After the buildings suffered earthquake damage in 1989, the museum could not make satisfactory repairs. Exterior steel braces were installed in 1994 as a temporary, and inadequate, measure. Because of the damage, the museum could not obtain insurance for loaned works. As a result, all traveling exhibitions for the past few years have been ...