A San Francisco original is celebrating a big milestone this weekend. The Legion of Honor museum is turning 100 years old. On Saturday, a celebration was happening at the historic landmark at Land’s End.
It was time to party, cue the marching bands, or maybe you just want to ponder and think about art and the long history of San Francisco’s Legion of Honor.
“It’s a wonderful day, we’ve got thousands of people here- it’s the real spirit of San Francisco,” said Thomas Campbell, Director and CEO, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
The Legion of Honor at Land’s End is turning 100 years old and the celebration is huge with dozens of birthday cakes. This museum is home to one of the largest European art collections in California. A bridge between past and present which began in 1924, when the doors first opened.
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“It was true, the vision of the founder – Alma and Aldolph Spreckels – this museum was forged in the aftermath of the 1906 Earthquake and WWI, they had the vision to create this museum,” Campbell said.