man showing landscape painting to a group of children

Teaching Artist at de Young Museum, California Spring by Albert Bierstadt. Courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Education

We foster connections, expand knowledge, create community, and bring new perspectives to our artworks.

We offer a wide range of programs and educational opportunities, partnering with community groups, schools, city organizations, and advisory committees to engage multiple voices and diverse audiences in the Bay Area and beyond.

Teen and college programs

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Family looking at a map in the Hamon Tower at the de Young museum

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is grateful to those donors who generously supported de Youngsters Day Out and our education programs between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Free Saturdays are generously underwritten by Diane B. Wilsey.

Presenting Support

Major Support
Koret Foundation*
Jason Moment and Honora Kerr
Specified General Fund for the Museum Grant Program under the California Cultural and Historical Endowment*

Significant Support
Adobe
Joseph G. Bradley Charitable Foundation
William Randolph Hearst Foundation*
The Diana Dollar Knowles Foundation
Vance Wall Foundation
Zenni.com

Generous Support
Bank of America
Global Brain Health Institute
Henderson Family Foundation

Additional support is provided by the Elizabeth E. Bettelheim Family Foundation in memory of Paula Jennings, William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation*, Max Boyer Glynn and David Glynn, CORA Foundation*, Gretchen B. Kimball, The Joseph and Mercedes McMicking Foundation*, E.A. Michelson Philanthropy*, Deborah and Kenneth Novack, Parida Saennam and Austin Ligon, and Daphne and Stuart Wells.

*denotes a multi-year commitment

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