they had some great modern art.
but if thats what your looking for, better luck at SFMOMA.

great facility. try going on a week day.
its less crowded.

San Francisco clearly went all-out on this building, spending hundreds of millions of dollars to construct a palace of an art museum. Unfortunately, the contents of the museum don't live up to the exterior.

The galleries are sparsely hung, largely empty, and contain mostly mediocre painting and sculpture (lots of second-rate regional pieces, few masterpieces). For a city with the economic might of San Francisco, pretty disappointing.

The disdain for kids in this place is palatable. Seems like this fancy art museum in SF has brought out the worst types of people - wealthy snobs that hate kids - and the employees there for the most part like being around such wealthy snobs instead of kids learning about art. The facility is great though. Even the programs marketed toward kids at the de Young are run by kid hating snobs.

To begin with I went to the de Young with two friends and a one year old. I found it difficult to keep up with my friends and surrendered to the "we'll go our own way and somehow meet up later" routine. My daughter was a handful, but people were nothing but nice to she and I. It was tough to find a place to sit down and sneak a ...

When I read reviews saying that the collections of the de Young Museum are noteworthy, I ask myself: What collections are these? How did I miss them? The architecture of the new museum is very nice, but the collection is somewhat anemic when compared with other U.S. museums (those in NY, Chicago, Washington, LA, etc.).

I went here with family and friends over the 2005 Xmas holidays, and received mostly complaints for the effort. The problems were two-fold; one, a very different musuem environment, and two, visitor-organizational difficulties. From the very first this building challenges you as an odd coppery box. Galleries are mostly on the second floor and ...

The de Young has a lot to offer. I particularly enjoy the landscaped gardens: The Sculpture Garden and the Children's Garden. the whole of the structure on all sides has been landscaped with thoughtful plantings and hardscape.. integrating it even further into the setting of Golden Gate Park. I'm impressed with how these creative ...

The hype about the new de Young is true. The architecture is amazing and world-class, the art display is awesome and overwhelming (you may need more than 1 visit to appreciate all of it), the view from the tower is amazing ...

Short version: Employees are rude to people with families. Not kid friendly.

I went to the museum on opening weekend with my wife and daughter. I had my daughter in a carrier to keep her out of trouble. When we were inside I wsa politely informed by someone that carriers were not permitted and that I should check it. I told him I would ...