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Crocker Art Museum

Sacramento
The Crocker Art Museum is the oldest art museum in the Western United States, located in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1885, the museum holds one of the premier collections of Californian art. The collection includes American works dating from the Gold Rush to the present, European paintings and master drawings, one of the largest international ceramics collections in the U.S., and collections of Asian, African, and Oceanic art. The Crocker Art Museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.

On view

Past exhibitions (12)

Modern Women | Modern Vision: Photography from the Bank of America Collection

2 Oct 2022 — 31 Dec 2022

Women as subjects and image-makers in photography

Another World: The Transcendental Painting Group

28 Aug 2022 — 20 Nov 2022

Abstraction as spiritual vision from a pioneering American collective.

Black Artists On Art: Past, Present, And Future

10 Aug 2022 — 22 Oct 2022

A sweeping survey of Black artistic voices across time.

Twinka Thiebaud and the Art of the Pose

18 Jun 2022 — 10 Sep 2022

A 2022 exhibition at the Crocker Art Museum exploring the life and legacy of Twinka Thiebaud as muse, model, and artist in her own right.

Wayne Thiebaud: A Celebration, 1920–2021

28 May 2022 — 6 Aug 2022

A joyful survey of Thiebaud's iconic American vision.

Belonging: The 2022 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Annual

20 Feb 2022 — 7 May 2022

Contemporary ceramics exploring identity and belonging

The Candy Store: Funk, Nut, and Other Art with a Kick

30 Jan 2022 — 1 May 2022

Funky, bold art with personality and visual punch

Stephen de Staebler: Masks and Monumental Figures

21 Nov 2021 — 3 Apr 2022

Expressive clay and bronze figures by Stephen de Staebler

Monet to Matisse: Masterworks of French Impressionism from the Dixon Gallery and Gardens

3 Oct 2021 — 9 Jan 2022

French Impressionist masterworks from the Dixon Collection

Hands and Earth: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics

12 Sep 2021 — 24 Apr 2022

Contemporary Japanese ceramics at the Crocker Art Museum

Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection

6 Jun 2021 — 12 Sep 2021

Masterworks of glass and design from the Driehaus Collection.

The Edge of Elegance: Porcelains by Elsa Rady

21 Mar 2021 — 1 Nov 2021

Elsa Rady's porcelains push ceramic form to its limits.