In celebration of International Museum Day, you can visit the de Young and Legion of Honor museums for free all day today (Friday, May 17).

The de Young’s special exhibits will still cost you, however: Tickets to see Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis and Rembrandt’s Century will be $15.

The de Young is located in Golden Gate Park, at 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive. It’s open today from 9:30 AM – 8:45 PM.

The Legion of Honor is in Lincoln Park, at 34th Avenue and Clement Street. It’s open today from 9:30 AM-5:15 PM.

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Eve Batey is the editor and publisher of the San Francisco Appeal. She used to be the San Francisco Chronicle's Deputy Managing Editor for Online, and started at the Chronicle as their blogging and interactive editor. Before that, she was a co-founding writer and the lead editor of SFist. She's been in the city since 1997, presently living in the Outer Sunset with her husband, cat, and dog. You can reach Eve at eve@sfappeal.com.

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