▁front ▁of ▁the ▁building ▁are ▁also ▁original ▁to ▁the ▁site . ▁ ▁The ▁de ▁Young ’ s ▁Art ist ▁Studio ▁is ▁an ▁artist - in - res iden cy ▁program ▁to ▁encou rage ▁arts ▁community ▁eng agement ▁and ▁support ▁emer ging ▁artists ▁and ▁since ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Cultural ▁Enc oun ters ▁initi ative . ▁ ▁Col lections ▁The ▁de ▁Young ▁show cases ▁American ▁art ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁through ▁the ▁ 2 1 st ▁centuries , ▁international ▁contemporary ▁art , ▁text iles , ▁and ▁cost umes , ▁and ▁art ▁from ▁the ▁Amer icas , ▁the ▁Pacific ▁and ▁Africa . ▁ ▁American ▁The ▁American ▁art ▁collection ▁consists ▁of ▁over ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁paint ings , ▁ 8 0 0 ▁sculpt ures , ▁and ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁decor ative ▁arts ▁objects . ▁With ▁works ▁r anging ▁from ▁ 1 6 7 0 ▁to ▁the ▁present ▁day , ▁this ▁collection ▁represents ▁the ▁most ▁compreh ensive ▁museum ▁survey ▁of ▁American ▁art ▁in ▁the ▁American ▁West ▁and ▁is ▁among ▁the ▁top ▁ten ▁collections ▁nation ally ▁that ▁en comp ass ▁the ▁entire ▁history ▁of ▁non - ind igen ous ▁American ▁art . ▁Since ▁its ▁in ception ▁in ▁the ▁Fine ▁Arts ▁Building ▁at ▁the ▁California ▁Mid w inter ▁International ▁Ex position ▁of ▁ 1 8 9 4 ▁in ▁Golden ▁Gate ▁Park , ▁its ▁subsequent ▁institution al ization ▁in ▁the ▁M . ▁H . ▁de ▁Young ▁Memorial ▁Museum ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 4 , ▁and ▁its