The original de Young Museum building dating back to 1894 was replaced due to damage from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and opened to the public in 2005.

This photo was taken by a Kowa Super 66 medium format film camera with a Kowa 1:2.8/85mm lens and Zenza Bronica 67mm SY48•2C(Y2) filter using Rollei RPX 400 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.