Things to do / Travel Guide
Address:411 W Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, California
Tel:
(626) 449-6840
The Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena contains some of the world's finest and prestigious collections of art, housed in a unique building since 1969, and boasting a truly beautiful garden as inspired by Monet's Giveny. The collection reflects the extraordinary vision and effort of its founder Norton Simon, and stands as a tribute to Human Civilizations, the visual arts, and the nobility of the individual.
The collection spans 2000 years of Western and Asian art and includes paintings, sculpture, paper works, and photos. These works are accompanied by stunning pieces from India and Southeast Asia. The museum is also rich in works from Italy, Spain, France and the Netherlands from the 17-18th Century and its 19th Century collections holds works from the Barbizon School, the Nabis, Impressionists and Post- Impressionists.
An extensive print collection including rare Rembrandt and Goya etchings as well as Picasso graphics are showcased at the Norton Simon Museum of Art and The Galka E. Scheyer Collection by the Blue Four artists: Feininger, Jawlensky, Kandinsky and Klee are also on display.
Stop by the museum's Garden Café for lunch or a snack. The café offers salads, sandwiches, baked goods and beverages. The Norton Simon Museum of Art store has an extensive collection of American, Asian and European art books, as well as a variety of posters, prints and stationery goods representing images from the museum's collection.
To reach the Norton Simon Museum of Art from the 210 Foothill Freeway heading west, take the 134 Ventura Freeway west and exit at Orange Grove Boulevard heading left. Make another left at the next light onto Colorado Boulevard and you'll see the museum on your left.
From Norton Simon Museum of Art:
The Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena holds one of the world's finest and most prestigious collections of art. Reflecting the extraordinary effort and vision of its founder, it stands as a tribute to Human Civilizations, the visual arts, and the nobility of individual accomplishment.