The Palace of the Legion of Honor

34th Avenue & Clement Street, San Francisco, CA

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The real show here is the magnificent setting,the beautiful building, and the special exhibits--not the permanent collection. more on Yahoo! Travel

I took my sister to do a project at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor and since it was a free day, I went in with her. more on insiderpages.com

The Palace of the Legion of Honor is actually an art museum in Lincoln Park. more on igougo

The Legion of Honor is an architecturally stunning building set amid the natural beauty of Lincoln Park. more on TripAdvisor

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ok i agree with all the previous reviewers' comments about the second or third city status of the permanent collection, BUT the Monet in Normandy exhibition is so spectacular, you all should go see it now!!! After being blown away ... more on Yahoo! Travel

I really loved the setting for this building; beautiful location overlooking the Bay and ocean. And set in the Presidio, so the landscaping is really nice.
The building is a beautiful piece of architecture and I enjoyed ... more on Yahoo! Travel

The collection, mostly comprised of European art, was was impressive, but not really on par with museums in NYC and London.

Even if you don't go iuto the museuem, I highly recommend visiting the Palace of ... more on Yahoo! Travel

It's amazing how many visitors choose SFMOMA over the Legion, just because the former is downtown. Unless you really love making sense of very abstract, contemporary art -- skip SFMOMA and make the extra effort to come here instead!
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The collection of this museum is fine. As other reviewers have noted, masters from Fra Angelico, Rembrandt, and Rubens, to Monet, Degas, and Van Gogh are represented in the collection of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor.
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The Legion of Honor is located near the Lincoln Park golf course in the Richmond district of SF, away from the more tourist-y areas. There isn't much signage directing you to its location, but the mus ... more on TripAdvisor

During an otherwise superb trip to San Francisco, we had a very negative experience at the Legion of Honor. We biked there after biking the Golden Gate bridge. When we arrived, we could find no bike r ... more on TripAdvisor

I was planning another trip to SF and decided to read what other people had written about this wonderful museum. With all of the negative comments, I felt that I needed to add a few positive ones. Fir ... more on TripAdvisor

This museum showcases some truly amazing art work. And the location is awesome. After spending time inside the museum take a walk around the grounds and then along ... more on TripAdvisor

We weren't even planning on going to the Legion of Honor during our trip to SF, but received free admission when we went to see the King Tut exhibit at De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park. We decided ... more on TripAdvisor

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My high school class had a field trip to the California Palace of the Legion of Honor once and I have to say that it has a few beautiful works of art but they are kind of dry to me. Ive been to Paris with my dad before this when he ... more on insiderpages.com

California Palace of the Legion of Honor hosuses some of the finest artwork from the past. They have created some of the most historically decorated rooms made to resemble the past. They also have some of the legendary art works from ... more on insiderpages.com

I took my sister to do a project at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor and since it was a free day, I went in with her. They had a featured section of all the works of Picasso. It was absolutely amazing. I would out that ... more on insiderpages.com

I absolutely love the California Palace of the legion of Honor. The first time that I had to go to this museum was because of a school project and I have been hooked ever since. The location of the musuem is amazing with a beautiful ... more on insiderpages.com

The biggest attraction of this place is the setting and architecture of the museum itself . The building and the beautiful grounds are well worth a visit alone. The museum is on top of the ocean cliffs just south of the Golden Gate ... more on insiderpages.com