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Crocker Art Museum

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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 Crocker nearly tripled in size when the Charles Gwathmey-designed expansion opened in October 2010.

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    Crocker Art Museum

    216 O Street
    Sacramento, CA 95814

    Phone: (916) 808-7000   |   Email   |   Official Website

    Admission:

    Adults $10
    Seniors (65+) & College Students $8
    Youth (Age 7-17) $5
    Children (Age 0-6) & Members Free
    *Free entry the 3rd Sun of every month sponsored by Bank of America's "Pay What You Wish Sunday" program

    Hours:

    Tues-Sun 10am-5pm
    *Open until 9pm every Thursday
    *Open Holiday Mondays 10am-5pm

  • Map

    Full map and directions

  • Parking Info

    The parking available around the Museum is managed by the City of Sacramento. On-street parking meters bordering the Museum and Crocker Park require quarters. A parking lot is available on Second Street and costs $3 per two hours. Parking for visitors with disabilities can be found in the parking lots and at meters located on 2nd Street.

  • Accessibility Services

    There is no accessibility service information available at this time.

  • • Current Events

      01/03/12- 02/07/12	Italic Calligraphy Crocker Art Museum Italic Calligraphy Presented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum January 3-February 7, 2012 This fine hand originated in the 15-17th century and is perhaps even more beautiful today. Italic calligraphy communicates elegance and simplicity and can be flourished or adapted to personal handwriting. Its enduring appeal will be explored in a six week class at the Crocker Art Museum. Students will use a convenient chisel fountain pen to learn the Italic shape, slant, size, and spacing. Demonstrations include tips on using a dip pen, flourishing, variations, recommended papers and...
      11/19/11- 02/12/12	The Art of Disegno: Italian Prints and Drawings from the Georgia Museum of Art Crocker Art Museum The Art of Disegno: Italian Prints and Drawings from the Georgia Museum of Art Presented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum November 19, 2011-February 12, 2012 Disegno, or the ideal expression of form through line, was central to Italian art for more than three centuries. In Italian art especially, drawing formed the basis for every form of visual expression in the 16th through 18th centuries, from printmaking to painting to sculpture. This exhibition, drawn from the collections of the Georgia Museum of Art and Giuliano Ceseri, explores the variety and beauty of Italian draughtsmanship through drawings and prints by artists such as Stefano...
      11/05/11- 02/12/12	Florence and the Baroque: Paintings from the Haukohl Family Collection Crocker Art Museum Florence and the Baroque: Paintings from the Haukohl Family Collection Presented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum November 5, 2011-February 12, 2012 In the 17th century, Florentine artists created a newly reformed Baroque style characterized by the portrayal of intense emotion, saturated color, and refined brushwork, which brought drama to mythologies, biblical subjects, and devotional works. This exhibition, drawn from the largest collection of Florentine Baroque painting in the United States, features works by key artists such as Jacopo da Empoli and Francesco Furini. The colorful exuberance of Giovanni Domenico Ferretti's Harlequin...

  • • Upcoming Events

      02/09/12	Thurs Til 9: Art Mix: Heart & Soul-idarity Crocker Art Museum Thurs Til 9: Art Mix: Heart & Soul-idarity Presented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum February 9, 2012 This month Art Mix blends art with Black History Month and Valentine's Day. Dance the night away with DJ Rock Bottom, featuring a special performance by Tina B. and the Sacramento Soul Line Dancers. Enjoy spoken word/poetry/music performances in the Jazz'n Love Lounge, hosted by Sol Collective. Take part in an Open Mic competition and offer up your best love song interpretation. Make African-art-inspired accessories with Betty Davis and Yvonne Warren, and explore works by African-American...
      02/11/12- 05/06/12	Edgar Payne: The Scenic Journey Crocker Art Museum Edgar Payne: The Scenic Journey Presented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum February 11-May 6, 2012 One of the most gifted of California's early plein-air artists, Edgar Payne utilized the brushwork and colors of Impressionism, yet his powerful landscape paintings departed from the genteel refinement of most Impressionist painters. Payne's works are imbued with an internal force and active dynamism achieved through majestic, vital landscape subjects. This exhibition of more than 80 signature paintings and drawings, as well as additional objects from the artist's studio, traces...
      03/03/12- 05/13/12	Fishing Lines: Etching and Engraving from the Gary Widman Collection Crocker Art Museum Fishing Lines: Etching and Engraving from the Gary Widman Collection Presented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum March 3-May 13, 2012 From anglers on Rembrandt's riverbanks to William Wegman's scaly creatures, fish and fishing have inspired artists for centuries. This exhibition of works from a private collection explores the subject in 60 etchings and engravings from the 16th century to the present. Angling lore, scientific study, and sometimes acid humor are brought together by a variety of printmakers. Through these images, the exhibition provides a fascinating history of etching and engraving.
      03/03/12- 05/13/12	Surveying Judy Chicago: 1970-2010 Crocker Art Museum Surveying Judy Chicago: 1970-2010 Presented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum March 3-May 13, 2012 A seminal figure in contemporary American art, artist and feminist Judy Chicago produces thought-provoking, passionate, and at times controversial work. Unrestrained by medium, her work traverses china and acrylic painting to cast glass, printmaking, and textiles. Her most famous project, The Dinner Party, 1974-79, catapulted her onto the international stage. Its initial display in San Francisco in 1979 drew enormous crowds and brought the power of women's voices to the forefront of...
      03/10/12- 04/29/12	Gong Yuebin: Site 2801 Crocker Art Museum Gong Yuebin: Site 2801 Presented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum March 10-April 29, 2012 Rife with physical hardship and persecution, Gong Yuebin's childhood in rural China continues to inform his artistic vision to this day. In Site 2801, viewers are asked to confront an incongruous and satirical juxtaposition of humanity's past and present. Two hundred terracotta warriors based on models of those commissioned by China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, are displayed rank by rank, having been "unearthed" in a site that not only includes historical warriors, but...
      03/17/12- 09/23/12	Red Hot and Blown: Contemporary Glass from the Crocker's Collection Crocker Art Museum Red Hot and Blown: Contemporary Glass from the Crocker's Collection Presented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum March 17-September 23, 2012 In 2012, more than 150 museums throughout the United States will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of America's studio-glass movement, which began in 1962 in Toledo, Ohio. Since that time, glass has emerged as a rich and diverse form of creative expression with vessels, sculptures, and everything in between being blown, cast, assembled, and even painted. The Crocker's exhibition includes all of these techniques, ranging from Marvin Lipofsky's blown sculptures from the 1960s to Dale...
      06/02/12- 10/21/12	Mel Ramos: 50 Years of Superheroes, Nudes, and Other Pop Delights Crocker Art Museum Mel Ramos: 50 Years of Superheroes, Nudes, and Other Pop Delights Presented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum June 2-October 21, 2012 A Sacramento native and Sacramento State alumnus, internationally acclaimed Mel Ramos (born 1935) is one of the city's most celebrated artists. This is the first survey of his work in his hometown and follows his recent solo exhibition at the Albertina in Vienna, Austria. This exhibition showcases each of the artist's creative phases, including his Abstract Expressionist early works, his comic-book heroes from the 1960s, and the commercially inspired nudes that made him famous. The latter,...

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• Current &
  Upcoming Events

  • Current Events

    01/03/12- 02/07/12	Italic Calligraphy Crocker Art Museum Italic Calligraphy Presented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum January 3-February 7, 2012 This fine hand originated in the 15-17th century and is perhaps even more beautiful today. Italic calligraphy communicates elegance and simplicity and can be flourished or adapted to personal handwriting. Its enduring appeal will be explored in a six week class at the Crocker Art Museum. Students will use a convenient chisel fountain pen to learn the Italic shape, slant, size, and spacing. Demonstrations include tips on using a dip pen, flourishing, variations, recommended papers and...
    11/19/11- 02/12/12	The Art of Disegno: Italian Prints and Drawings from the Georgia Museum of Art Crocker Art Museum The Art of Disegno: Italian Prints and Drawings from the Georgia Museum of Art Presented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum November 19, 2011-February 12, 2012 Disegno, or the ideal expression of form through line, was central to Italian art for more than three centuries. In Italian art especially, drawing formed the basis for every form of visual expression in the 16th through 18th centuries, from printmaking to painting to sculpture. This exhibition, drawn from the collections of the Georgia Museum of Art and Giuliano Ceseri, explores the variety and beauty of Italian draughtsmanship through drawings and prints by artists such as Stefano...
    11/05/11- 02/12/12	Florence and the Baroque: Paintings from the Haukohl Family Collection Crocker Art Museum Florence and the Baroque: Paintings from the Haukohl Family Collection Presented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum November 5, 2011-February 12, 2012 In the 17th century, Florentine artists created a newly reformed Baroque style characterized by the portrayal of intense emotion, saturated color, and refined brushwork, which brought drama to mythologies, biblical subjects, and devotional works. This exhibition, drawn from the largest collection of Florentine Baroque painting in the United States, features works by key artists such as Jacopo da Empoli and Francesco Furini. The colorful exuberance of Giovanni Domenico Ferretti's Harlequin...

  • Upcoming Events

    02/09/12	Thurs Til 9: Art Mix: Heart & Soul-idarity Crocker Art Museum Thurs Til 9: Art Mix: Heart & Soul-idarity Presented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum February 9, 2012 This month Art Mix blends art with Black History Month and Valentine's Day. Dance the night away with DJ Rock Bottom, featuring a special performance by Tina B. and the Sacramento Soul Line Dancers. Enjoy spoken word/poetry/music performances in the Jazz'n Love Lounge, hosted by Sol Collective. Take part in an Open Mic competition and offer up your best love song interpretation. Make African-art-inspired accessories with Betty Davis and Yvonne Warren, and explore works by African-American...
    02/11/12- 05/06/12	Edgar Payne: The Scenic Journey Crocker Art Museum Edgar Payne: The Scenic Journey Presented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum February 11-May 6, 2012 One of the most gifted of California's early plein-air artists, Edgar Payne utilized the brushwork and colors of Impressionism, yet his powerful landscape paintings departed from the genteel refinement of most Impressionist painters. Payne's works are imbued with an internal force and active dynamism achieved through majestic, vital landscape subjects. This exhibition of more than 80 signature paintings and drawings, as well as additional objects from the artist's studio, traces...
    03/03/12- 05/13/12	Fishing Lines: Etching and Engraving from the Gary Widman Collection Crocker Art Museum Fishing Lines: Etching and Engraving from the Gary Widman Collection Presented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum March 3-May 13, 2012 From anglers on Rembrandt's riverbanks to William Wegman's scaly creatures, fish and fishing have inspired artists for centuries. This exhibition of works from a private collection explores the subject in 60 etchings and engravings from the 16th century to the present. Angling lore, scientific study, and sometimes acid humor are brought together by a variety of printmakers. Through these images, the exhibition provides a fascinating history of etching and engraving.
    03/03/12- 05/13/12	Surveying Judy Chicago: 1970-2010 Crocker Art Museum Surveying Judy Chicago: 1970-2010 Presented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum March 3-May 13, 2012 A seminal figure in contemporary American art, artist and feminist Judy Chicago produces thought-provoking, passionate, and at times controversial work. Unrestrained by medium, her work traverses china and acrylic painting to cast glass, printmaking, and textiles. Her most famous project, The Dinner Party, 1974-79, catapulted her onto the international stage. Its initial display in San Francisco in 1979 drew enormous crowds and brought the power of women's voices to the forefront of...
    03/10/12- 04/29/12	Gong Yuebin: Site 2801 Crocker Art Museum Gong Yuebin: Site 2801 Presented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum March 10-April 29, 2012 Rife with physical hardship and persecution, Gong Yuebin's childhood in rural China continues to inform his artistic vision to this day. In Site 2801, viewers are asked to confront an incongruous and satirical juxtaposition of humanity's past and present. Two hundred terracotta warriors based on models of those commissioned by China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, are displayed rank by rank, having been "unearthed" in a site that not only includes historical warriors, but...
    03/17/12- 09/23/12	Red Hot and Blown: Contemporary Glass from the Crocker's Collection Crocker Art Museum Red Hot and Blown: Contemporary Glass from the Crocker's Collection Presented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum March 17-September 23, 2012 In 2012, more than 150 museums throughout the United States will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of America's studio-glass movement, which began in 1962 in Toledo, Ohio. Since that time, glass has emerged as a rich and diverse form of creative expression with vessels, sculptures, and everything in between being blown, cast, assembled, and even painted. The Crocker's exhibition includes all of these techniques, ranging from Marvin Lipofsky's blown sculptures from the 1960s to Dale...
    06/02/12- 10/21/12	Mel Ramos: 50 Years of Superheroes, Nudes, and Other Pop Delights Crocker Art Museum Mel Ramos: 50 Years of Superheroes, Nudes, and Other Pop Delights Presented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum June 2-October 21, 2012 A Sacramento native and Sacramento State alumnus, internationally acclaimed Mel Ramos (born 1935) is one of the city's most celebrated artists. This is the first survey of his work in his hometown and follows his recent solo exhibition at the Albertina in Vienna, Austria. This exhibition showcases each of the artist's creative phases, including his Abstract Expressionist early works, his comic-book heroes from the 1960s, and the commercially inspired nudes that made him famous. The latter,...

• Past
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  • Past Events

    02/02/12	Thurs Til 9: Film Frame: A Place Called Sacramento Crocker Art Museum
    01/26/12	Thurs Til 9: Open Art: Lecture: William Eiland on St. Sebastian Crocker Art Museum
    01/21/12	Open Docent Colloquium: Herbert Cole on African Art Crocker Art Museum
    01/19/12	Thurs Til 9: Playlist: Vivian Lee Quintet Crocker Art Museum
    01/17/12	20/20: William Breazeale on The Art of Disegno Crocker Art Museum
    01/17/12	Baby Loves Art Crocker Art Museum
    01/16/12	Holiday Monday: MLK Day - Lift Every Voice Crocker Art Museum
    01/15/12	Architecture Tour Crocker Art Museum
    01/15/12	Classical Concert: Musica Pacifica Crocker Art Museum
    01/14/12	Drop, Yak, Splat: A Museum Adventure for Families Crocker Art Museum
    01/12/12	Thurs Til 9: Art Mix: Baroque Bash Crocker Art Museum
    01/10/12	Art Service Group Evaluation Day Crocker Art Museum
    01/10/12	Homeschool Day: Opposites Attract Crocker Art Museum
    01/07/12- 01/28/12	Highlight Tours Crocker Art Museum
    01/05/12- 01/26/12	Art Appetizers Crocker Art Museum
    01/05/12	Thurs Til 9: Film Frame: Sunset Boulevard Crocker Art Museum
    01/04/12- 01/25/12	Wee Wednesday Crocker Art Museum
    01/03/12	Lunch & Learn Crocker Art Museum
    12/29/11	Thurs Til 9: Open Art: Holiday Film Series: The Nightmare Before Christmas Crocker Art Museum
    12/27/11- 12/29/11	Drop, Yak, Splat! Holiday Style Crocker Art Museum
    12/26/11	Kwanzaa Family Festival Crocker Art Museum
    12/22/11	Thurs Til 9: Open Art: Holiday Film Series: Miracle on 34th Street Crocker Art Museum
    12/22/11	Thurs Til 9: Open Art: Holiday Film Series: Satan vs. Santa Crocker Art Museum
    12/20/11	Baby Loves Art Crocker Art Museum
    12/18/11	Classical Concert: Bel Tempo Ringers Crocker Art Museum
    12/18/11	Architecture Tour Crocker Art Museum
    12/15/11	Thurs Til 9: Playlist: Autumn Sky Crocker Art Museum
    12/13/11	Homeschool Day: Building 'Bots Crocker Art Museum
    12/10/11	Drop, Yak, Splat: A Museum Adventure for Families Crocker Art Museum
    12/08/11	Thurs Til 9: Art Mix: Flow in Flux Crocker Art Museum
    12/08/11- 12/21/11	Art Appetizers Crocker Art Museum
    12/07/11- 12/28/11	Wee Wednesday Crocker Art Museum
    12/06/11	Lunch & Learn Crocker Art Museum
    12/04/11	Tour of the Month Crocker Art Museum
    12/04/11	Kids & Company Tour Crocker Art Museum
    12/03/11- 12/31/11	Highlight Tours Crocker Art Museum
    12/01/11	Thurs Til 9: Film Frame: Dreams Crocker Art Museum
    11/27/11	Classical Concert: Mu Phi Epsilon Presents Crocker Art Museum
    11/20/11	Architecture Tour Crocker Art Museum
    11/17/11	Thurs Til 9: Playlist: Art & Arias Crocker Art Museum
    11/16/11	Kingsley Art Club Lecture: Annabeth Rosen, Ceramics Professor Crocker Art Museum
    11/15/11	Baby Loves Art Crocker Art Museum
    11/15/11	Artist Workshop: How to Get Teaching Experience Crocker Art Museum
    11/12/11	Drop, Yak, Splat: A Museum Adventure for Families Crocker Art Museum
    11/12/11	Tour, Taste, Talk: A Taste of Italy Crocker Art Museum
    11/11/11	Girl Scout Sleepover Crocker Art Museum
    11/10/11- 11/12/11	Art Appetizers Crocker Art Museum
    11/10/11	Thurs Til 9: Art Mix: Funk Lab Crocker Art Museum
    11/08/11	20/20: Diana L. Daniels on Clayton Bailey Crocker Art Museum
    11/08/11	Art Service Group Evaluation Day Crocker Art Museum
    11/06/11	Kids & Company Tour Crocker Art Museum
    11/06/11	Tour + Performance: Baroque Art and Opera Crocker Art Museum
    11/06/11	Special Performance: Festival of New American Music: Zephyrus Duo Crocker Art Museum
    11/06/11	Tour of the Month: Landscapes Through the Ages Crocker Art Museum
    11/05/11- 11/26/11	Art Q & A Crocker Art Museum
    11/05/11	Lecture: Anthony Colantuono on Florence and the Baroque Crocker Art Museum
    11/03/11	Thurs Til 9: Film Frame: RoboCine Crocker Art Museum
    11/02/11- 11/30/11	Wee Wednesday Crocker Art Museum
    11/01/11- 01/08/12	Liquid Assets: Perspectives on Water Crocker Art Museum
    11/01/11	Lunch & Learn Crocker Art Museum
    10/27/11	Open Art: Monster Mashup Crocker Art Museum
    10/23/11	Classical Concert: Oni Buchanan, Piano Crocker Art Museum
    10/22/11- 01/15/12	Clayton Bailey's World of Wonders Crocker Art Museum
    10/22/11	Book Signing: Clayton Bailey Crocker Art Museum
    10/22/11	Artist Talk: Clayton Bailey Crocker Art Museum
    10/20/11	Playlist: Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet Crocker Art Museum
    10/19/11	Kingsley Art Club Lecture: Gregory Kondos, Landscape Artist Crocker Art Museum
    10/18/11	Baby Loves Art: Twinkle, Twinkle Crocker Art Museum
    10/16/11	Water: A Free Family Festival Crocker Art Museum
    10/16/11	Architecture Tour Crocker Art Museum
    10/16/11	Birdie's Museum Adventure Crocker Art Museum
    10/15/11	Tot Land Crocker Art Museum
    10/13/11	Art Mix: 125 + 1 Crocker Art Museum
    10/11/11	Art Service Group Evaluation Day Crocker Art Museum
    10/08/11	Drop, Yak, Splat: A Museum Adventure for Families Crocker Art Museum
    10/08/11	Icons in Conversation: Richard Mayhew Crocker Art Museum
    10/06/11	Film Frame: Best of the Sacramento International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Crocker Art Museum
    10/04/11	Lunch & Learn Crocker Art Museum
    10/02/11	Kids & Company Tour Crocker Art Museum
    10/02/11	Homeschool Day: Costumes in the Collection Crocker Art Museum
    09/25/11	Classical Concert: Carrie Hennessey, Soprano Crocker Art Museum
    09/24/11	Meet the Author: Deborah Davis Lecture Crocker Art Museum
    09/24/11	Book Signing: Deborah Davis Crocker Art Museum
    09/24/11	Lunch with the Author: Deborah Davis Crocker Art Museum
    09/22/11	Open Art: Licensing in the Digital Age Crocker Art Museum
    09/21/11	Kingsley Art Club Lecture: John Carswell, Crocker Registrar Crocker Art Museum
    09/20/11	Baby Loves Art: Autumn Landscapes Crocker Art Museum
    09/18/11	Architecture Tour Crocker Art Museum
    09/17/11	Art Service Group Evaluation Day Crocker Art Museum
    09/15/11	Lunch & Learn Crocker Art Museum
    09/15/11	Playlist: Little Charlie Caravan Crocker Art Museum
    09/13/11	Homeschool Day: Clay Date Crocker Art Museum
    09/10/11	Art Appetizer Crocker Art Museum
    09/10/11	Drop, Yak, Splat: A Museum Adventure for Families Crocker Art Museum
    09/08/11	Art Mix: Garden Party Crocker Art Museum
    09/07/11- 09/28/11	Wee Wednesday Crocker Art Museum
    09/05/11	Little Buckaroos Day Crocker Art Museum
    09/05/11	Holiday Monday: Labor Day Crocker Art Museum
    09/04/11	Tour of the Month: Culture Wars – 9/11 Remembered Crocker Art Museum
    09/04/11	Kids & Company Tour Crocker Art Museum

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