de Young Museum
Landmark1894–2002
466 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1894–2002: 331 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 135 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome. See the page about de Young Museum: what it is, who appears with it.
- Kind
- Landmark
- Records
- 466: 331 Board decisions, 135 facts from city reports
- Years
- 1894–2002
What the records say
The 60 most telling of its 466 records, in date order: the ones an editor picked first, then the highest scored. The one-line summaries were written by a language model from the printed page; open the page to check the wording.
| When | What the record says | Outcome | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925-12-21 | The Board adopted a resolution transferring the copper box from the old City Hall cornerstone to the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1929-04-08 | Supervisors appropriated $75,000 (≈ $1.5 million in 2026 dollars) from the budget for building improvements at the de Young Museum. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1929-07-22 | $50,000 (≈ $985,205 in 2026 dollars) was appropriated for building improvements at the de Young Museum. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1929-07-29 | Payment of $19,200 (≈ $378,319 in 2026 dollars) to Frank J. Reilly for the de Young Museum addition approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1930-07-15 | Payment of $9,113.64 (≈ $183,877 in 2026 dollars) to Frank J. Reilly for general construction of an addition to the de Young Museum. | claim | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1930-08-25 | Payment of $51,302.65 (≈ $1.0 million in 2026 dollars) to Frank J. Reilly, the final payment for the De Young Museum addition in Golden Gate Park approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1932-05-18 | Budget for the De Young Museum adopted at $67,500 (≈ $1.7 million in 2026 dollars), reduced from the Mayor's $75,000 (≈ $1.8 million in 2026 dollars) recommendation by amendment. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1933-05-01 | Director of the Palace of the Legion of Honor and de Young Museum exempted from residence requirements. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1939-07-05 | Finance Committee recommends renaming two de Young Museum job titles in the annual salary ordinance. | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1939-07-17 | Finance Committee's ordinance renaming two de Young Museum staff class titles awaits final passage. | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1941-11-17 | Board passed on second reading $1,120 (≈ $25,672 in 2026 dollars) to create a Curator of the Monastery post at the De Young Museum. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1941-12-01 | Board passed ordinance appropriating $1,120 (≈ $25,672 in 2026 dollars) to create a Monastery curator post at the De Young Museum. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1941-12-01 | Amendment to the De Young Museum salary schedule adds a Curator of the Monastery at $160 (≈ $3,667 in 2026 dollars) and removes an Installation Man post. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1943-05-20 | Proposed reclassification of watchmen to gallery attendants at the Legion of Honor and de Young Museum was disapproved. | other | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1943-06-07 | Board finally passed an emergency ordinance letting the de Young Museum and Legion of Honor sell surplus art at auction. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1943-10-11 | Proposed salary ordinance reclassifying de Young Museum operating engineer jobs; the vote is not printed here. | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1944-09-25 | Board finally passed a $9,750 (≈ $186,657 in 2026 dollars) emergency appropriation to rebuild a skylight at the de Young Museum. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1946-05-14 | de Young Museum budget adopted with a $27,500 (≈ $475,172 in 2026 dollars) capital expenditure after the Mayor cut $236,749 (≈ $4.1 million in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1946-12-16 | Board of Trustees of the de Young Museum may accept a $4,355 (≈ $75,250 in 2026 dollars) gift from Rose F. Magnin for a carved boiserie. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1947-05-15 | Supervisors refused, five to five, to cut the de Young Museum architectural services amount from $1,000 (≈ $15,109 in 2026 dollars) to $500 (≈ $7,555 in 2026 dollars). | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1948-01-05 | Proposed change to the salary ordinance reclassifying a senior museum technician position at the de Young Museum passed second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-01-15 | Anonymous donors' $1,250 (≈ $16,199 in 2026 dollars) gift accepted for the de Young Museum, to cover use taxes on a painting purchase. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-06-25 | Passed for second reading a $44,204 (≈ $572,850 in 2026 dollars) appropriation for proposed improvements to the de Young Museum, pending later allocation by the Board. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-07-09 | Board passed $44,204 (≈ $572,850 in 2026 dollars) for proposed improvements to the de Young Museum, with specific uses to be approved later. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-08-13 | Board adopted an adjustment of accounts to reflect the theft of a sound projector from the De Young Museum. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-12-03 | Final passage approved $49,431 (≈ $640,588 in 2026 dollars) for improvements and installations at the De Young Museum. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1952-11-03 | Board passed on second reading a $19,050 (≈ $242,215 in 2026 dollars) appropriation for new hardwood floors and a garden court at the de [name withheld]. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1953-12-21 | Ordinance appropriates $120,057 (≈ $1.5 million in 2026 dollars) to build a central wing extension at the de [name withheld]. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1954-03-22 | Appropriation of $1,583.56 (≈ $19,835 in 2026 dollars) for de [name withheld] exhibitions failed passage for second reading. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1960-03-07 | Board finally passed an ordinance calling a June 7, 1960 special election on a $2,725,000 (≈ $31.0 million in 2026 dollars) de [name withheld] bond issue. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1963-02-18 | City approves $2.73 million (≈ $30.1 million in 2026 dollars) in bonds for de [name withheld] | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1963-06-24 | [name withheld] museum wing expansion and art sale deal approved | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1966-01-10 | Board of Supervisors passed $47,414 (≈ $493,076 in 2026 dollars) for various departments, including police and the de [name withheld], and seventeen new positions. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1970-04-27 | [name withheld] museum director post created; old post removed | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1978-06-05 | De Young Museum gets new air-conditioning towers and a ramp | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1978-12-11 | Passed for second reading a salary ordinance reclassifying one position in the de [name withheld] Center of [name withheld] fund. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1978-12-18 | The de Young Museum fund's salary ordinance was amended to reflect one reclassified position; it passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1984-10-29 | Urging the Mayor to ask Fine Arts Museums trustees to reconsider closing the de Young Museum Art School was adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | de [name withheld] · finding: city's highest seismic risk; susceptible to collapse in another earthquake | finding | City report: M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum site selection study scanned page ↗ |
| 1993-05-03 | The Board adopted a loan agreement bringing the Teotihuacan exhibition from Mexico's national institute to the De Young Museum. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1997 | De Young Museum site option near Port area · finding: Port Commission key to approval; historic district may involve Landmarks Board | finding | City report: M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum site selection study scanned page ↗ |
| 1997 | New de Young Museum site, first alternative (unnamed on page) · finding: Good site to build on: well drained soil, direct truck access, open cut excavation, low water table | site | City report: M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum site selection study scanned page ↗ |
| 1997 | New de Young Museum site, second alternative (unnamed on page) · finding: Fair site to build on: contaminated soil, thin layer of bay mud, downtown restrictions on deliveries and noise | site | City report: M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum site selection study scanned page ↗ |
| 1997 | New de Young Museum site, third alternative (unnamed on page) · finding: Difficult site to build on: contaminated soil, thick layer of bay mud, downtown restrictions on deliveries and noise, cross lot bracing, high water table | site | City report: M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum site selection study scanned page ↗ |
| 1997 | New de Young Museum · other: Major earthquake MMI VII-VIII goal: no loss in collection value | project | City report: M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum site selection study scanned page ↗ |
| 1997 | New de Young Museum · other: Great earthquake MMI IX+ goal: loss of less than 1% of collection value on display | project | City report: M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum site selection study scanned page ↗ |
| 1997 | New de Young Museum · other: Moderate earthquake MMI VI goal: no loss in collection value | project | City report: M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum site selection study scanned page ↗ |
| 1997 | New De Young Museum site restudy · finding: With rail station, up to six months for asbestos abatement, demolition, and removal of contaminated soil; without rail station, up to eight months | finding | City report: M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum site selection study scanned page ↗ |
| 1997 | De Young Museum current site · acquired: no cost of acquisition | finding | City report: M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum site selection study scanned page ↗ |
| 1997 | New De Young Museum site restudy · finding: Redevelopment could gain jurisdiction; otherwise city-owned land needs standard approvals | finding | City report: M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum site selection study scanned page ↗ |
| 1997-05-16 | New de Young Museum site · finding: Horizontal ground motion accelerations expected at site in major earthquake range 0.35-0.6g | finding | City report: M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum site selection study scanned page ↗ |
| 1997-05-16 | New de Young Museum site restudy · finding: No constraints other than possible height limits affect construction of above-ground structures; mid-rise may be needed due to small site footprint | finding | City report: M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum site selection study scanned page ↗ |
| 1998-02-09 | New de Young Museum said to need $89.9M (≈ $185.8 million in 2026 dollars) in bonds | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1998-06-02 | $89.9M (≈ $185.8 million in 2026 dollars) de [name withheld] bond proposed for the June election | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2000-04-10 | Board thanked donors who raised money for new de Young museum. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2001-08-20 | Vote to uphold de Young museum environmental report voted down | rejected | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2001-08-20 | Motion to uphold the Planning Commission's certification of the de [name withheld] environmental report failed. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2001-08-20 | Board approved a motion disapproving the Planning Commission's certification of the de [name withheld] environmental report at 75 Tea Garden Drive. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2002-01-14 | Board affirmed Planning Commission certification of the final environmental impact report for the new de [name withheld] at 75 Tea Garden Drive. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2002-01-14 | Environmental impact report for the new de [name withheld] at 75 Tea Garden Drive was affirmed, passing 10 to 1. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
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