Crocker Art Museum, Art museum in Sacramento, United States
The Crocker Art Museum is a gallery in Sacramento, California, whose grey stone building has a projecting central section, a triangular pediment with dentil molding, and a balustraded balcony above a three-arch entrance reached by a wide staircase. A cylindrical tower clad in white square panels with a band of curved windows marks the 2010 addition.
Edwin B. Crocker and his wife Margaret assembled the collection during a stay in Europe from 1869 to 1871. Architect Seth Babson completed a gallery within their Sacramento home in 1872, and the family opened it to the public to fund the Sacramento Library. In 1885 Margaret donated the gallery and its contents to the city and the California Museum Association. The museum was renamed in 1978, and a Gwathmey Siegel & Associates addition opened on October 10, 2010.
The gallery carries the name of a family from California's Gold Rush era and houses works by artists who documented life in the American West. Visitors find paintings and objects that show how Sacramento transformed from a frontier town into a cultural center.
Visitors find four classrooms for workshops, a library, and a play area for young children inside the building. The facility also offers event spaces that can accommodate up to 1,200 people.
The ceramics collection ranks among the largest of its kind in the United States and focuses on Chinese tomb furnishings from several dynasties. Many of these objects date from the 3rd to the 8th century and offer insight into ancient burial practices.
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