Art Museum
Crocker Art Museum
216 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Email: Email venue
Phone: (916) 808-1179
Fax: (916) 808-7372
Website: www.crockerartmuseum.org
Contact:
Lial Jones Director
Hours:
Tuesday-Wednesday, 10am-7pm; Thursday, 10am-9pm; Friday-Sunday, 10am-5pm.
Exhibitions
Super Bowls: The Art of Turned Wood
An Opening of the Field: Jess, Robert Duncan, and Their Circle
Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami
The Epic and the Intimate: French Drawings from the John D. Reilly Collection
Rob Barnard: Pottery As Pure Art
Description:
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.
Editorial
Report from Sacramento
by David M. Roth
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