
Norton Simon Museum
About Norton Simon Museum
The Norton Simon Museum is an art museum located in Pasadena, California, United States. It was previously known as the Pasadena Art Institute and the Pasadena Art Museum and displays numerous sculptures on its grounds.
The Norton Simon collections include European paintings, sculptures, and tapestries; Asian sculptures, paintings, and woodblock prints. Outside sculptures surround the museum, with notable Rodin sculptures near its entrance and other sculptures along Colorado Boulevard and in a landscape setting around a large pond. The museum contains the Norton Simon Theater which shows film programs daily, and hosts lectures, symposia, and dance and musical performances year-round. The museum is located on Colorado Boulevard along the route of the Tournament of Roses's Rose Parade, where its distinctive, brown tile exterior can be seen in the background of television broadcasts.
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- Founded
- 1942
- Opened
- 1969
- Architect
- Frank Gehry
Photos of Norton Simon Museum
01PasadenaTony Mariotti from Los Angeles, United States · CC BY 2.0
02Inside Norton Simon MuseumAlexis Doine · CC0
03InteriorJoe Mabel · CC BY-SA 4.0
04InteriorJoe Mabel · CC BY-SA 4.0
05Asian sculpture gallery - Norton Simon Museum - Pasadena, CADaderot · Public domain
06PointingThaddeus Zajdowicz · CC0
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