As we prepare to welcome the public back to the Legion of Honor, some of our masterpieces of European painting have also returned to the museum. Frequent visitors sometimes notice that their favorite painting isn’t hanging right where they left it on their last visit. This is because the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco has an active artwork lending program; we loan works from our collection to other museums both nationally and internationally. We share our masterpieces widely, but they always return home to the Legion of Honor.
Read on to discover where Monet’s Water Lilies and other masterpieces of European painting have been since you saw them last, and collect some interesting facts to share with a friend the next time you visit the museum.
