Opening Weekend - Saturday, 11:45 PM

The controversial new de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park re-opened the weekend of October 15. The museum was open for free for 36 hours straight. I worked the graveyard shift from Midnight Saturday night to 8AM Sunday morning with my friend Coni.** We naively thought we would go in a little early & tour the museum before our shift started. We had no idea what was going on, but as we drew closer we began to wonder if we could even get into the garage. The congestion was unbelievable. After fighting our way through traffic and parking the car, we weren't allowed to enter where we were told. This is the scene that greeted us at at the front of the museum 11:45 pm as we struggled to get to our posts.

**we are volunteers