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Crocker Art Museum

Thu, 06/05/2008 - 23:36 — lefever
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Crocker Art Museum

The longest continuously operating art museum in the West, the Crocker Art Museum was founded in 1885 and remains the leading art institution for the California Capital Region and Central Valley. The Museum, which is housed in one of the finest examples of Victorian Italianate architecture in the United States, offers a diverse spectrum of special exhibitions, events and programs to augment its collections of California, European and Asian artworks, and International Ceramics.

The mission of the Museum is to promote an awareness of and enthusiasm for human experience through art. The Museum fulfills its mission by offering a variety of education programs for Youth & Family, Schools & Teachers and the Public.

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Crocker Art Museum
216 O Street
Sacramento, CA, 95814
United States
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Average vote based on 1 review.4 stars
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4 stars
Addition coming soon

I visited in the fall of 2008, and found their collections and the building to be really wonderful. Their collection of California related art was especially impressive, and in many cases breathtaking. What bothered me most was their use of space: they had a visiting exhibit that they were not able to contain to one gallery, and it was spread out through multiple wings of the museum. It was incongruous, and I felt it interrupted the other galleries in the museum.
However! They're currently in the middle of a large renovation, with a massive building addition being constructed right now. I would love to go back once it's done to see how they've managed the transition, and what new pieces of are display. I can only imagine wonderful things!


by clklill on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 17:04

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