Cantor Arts Center, University art museum in Stanford, United States.
The Cantor Arts Center is an art museum on Stanford University's campus with spacious indoor galleries and outdoor exhibition spaces. The collection includes works from different periods and cultures, such as sculptures, paintings, photographs, and prints.
The Leland Stanford Jr. Museum opened in 1894, founded by Leland and Jane Stanford alongside the university. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake destroyed three-quarters of the building, and the museum closed in 1945. It reopened in 1954, then the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake forced another closure. A $36.8 million seismic rebuild reopened it in 1999 as the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center.
The center displays works from many cultures and time periods, from African objects to contemporary photography. The exhibitions show how artists from different traditions see and represent the world.
The museum is free and open to the public. The Rodin Sculpture Garden opened in 1985 and was renovated during the 1995–1999 rebuilding; the Anderson Collection, in a separate building next door, is also free. Allow time for both indoor galleries and the outdoor sculpture areas.
The museum holds an exceptional collection of works by a French sculptor, one of the largest such collections in the world. This assembly is a special reason for art lovers to visit.
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