Western Museum Group (WMG) - Pacific Asia Museum

WMG Benefits
Presentation of your museum
membership card entitles you to the
following privileges while visiting any
of the museums in the Western
Museum Group:
• Unlimited free admission during
regular business hours
• Admission to special exhibitions
and members-only previews
• Member discounts on purchases in
museum gift and book shops
• Member discounts on lectures and
concerts
*There are a few exceptions to the
privileges listed above noted with an
asterisk.
Most museums are closed on major
holidays. Please call ahead for tour
times and exhibition information.
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Western Museum Group
• Bellevue Arts Museum
• Carnegie Art Museum
• Fresno Art Museum
• Fresno Metropolitan Museum
• Long Beach Museum of Art
• Missoula Art Museum
• Museum of Contemporary Art
San Diego
• Museum of Craft & Folk Art
• Museum of Photographic Arts
• National Steinbeck Center
• Orange County Museum of Art
• Pacific Asia Museum
• Phoenix Art Museum
• San Jose Museum of Art
• San Jose Museum of Quilts and
Textiles
• Santa Barbara Museum of Art
• Seymour Marine Discovery
Center
• The Contemporary Museum
• The Museum of Art & History
• Tucson Museum of Art
• UCR/California Museum of
Photography
• University Art Museum, Santa
Barbara
Bellevue Arts Museum
510 Bellevue Way NE
Bellevue, WA 98004
(425) 519-0770 www.bellevueart.org
The premier showcase for craft, featuring
temporary and traveling exhibitions of
contemporary Northwest, American and
international craft and design. Children’s
programs, docent tours, lectures and the annual
Bellevue Arts & Crafts Fair the last weekend in July.
Carnegie Art Museum
424 South C Street
Oxnard, CA 93030
(805) 385-8157 www.vcnet.com/carnart
Open Thurs-Sat 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sun 1-5 p.m.
A beautiful example of the neo-classic style popular at
the turn of the century, the Carnegie shows major art
exhibitions as well as art by regional artists. The
permanent collection focuses on California painters from
1920 to the present. A variety of lectures and art
classes for all age groups are available.
Fresno Art Museum
2233 N. First Street
Fresno, CA 93703
(559) 441-4221 www.fresnoartmuseum.org
Open Tues-Sun 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., until 8 p.m. Thursday
An innovative showplace for contemporary and modern
art with up to thirty separate exhibitions each year.
Highlights include a sculpture garden, works on paper,
pre-Columbian ceramics and French post-Impressionist
graphics. Enjoy artist interpreters, lectures, films, and
“ChildSpace,” a hands-on interactive gallery for children
and adults.
Fresno Metropolitan Museum
1555 Van Ness Avenue (main facility)
933 Van Ness Avenue (temporary space)
Fresno, CA 93721
(559) 441-1444 www.fresnomet.org
Open Tues-Sun 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., until 8 p.m. Thursday
Permanent exhibition includes hands-on science and art
gallery. Major traveling and temporary exhibitions
regularly featured. Education programs, lectures and
films available. The Museum is undergoing a major
interior renovation through early 2007. During the
renovation the museum operates a temporary space
and has scheduled a number of off-site events,
programs and exhibitions throughout the community.
Long Beach Museum of Art
2300 East Ocean Boulevard
Long Beach, CA 90803
(562) 439-2119 www.lbma.org
Open Tues-Sun 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., until 8 p.m. Thursday
The permanent collection spans over 100 years of
American and European art. The collection’s strengths lie
in the early 20 th century European Modernists, post-war
painting and sculpture from California, and an
internationally renowned video collection spanning twenty
years of artists.
Missoula Art Museum
335 N. Pattee Street
Missoula, MT 59802
(406) 728-0447 www.missoulaartmuseum.org
Open Tues-Fri, 11am-6pm; Thursdays until 7pm; Sat,
10am-3pm; closed on Sunday and Monday.
The Missoula Art Museum’s recent remodel and
expansion of the historic Carnegie Library offers a
spectacular attraction in the heart of the historic
downtown: a fully accessible, public museum that
boasts over 6,000 square feet of exhibition spaces, a
library, education center, and an inviting information
lounge. MAM’s exhibits diverse and thoughtprovoking
contemporary art from local and
international artists. MAM hosts a diverse array of art
classes, film screenings, literary readings, music
events, artist lectures, exhibition tours, and social
receptions.
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
La Jolla: 700 Prospect Street
La Jolla, CA 92037
Downtown San Diego: 1001 and 1100 Kettner Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92101
(858) 454-3541 www.mcasd.org
Open Thurs-Tues 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., open until 7 p.m.
Thurs at MCASD La Jolla (effective Jan. 2007, MCASD
Downtown will be open Sat-Tues 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., open
until 9 p.m. Thurs and Fri)
One museum with two distinct locations, featuring a
collection of post-1950 works that includes painting,
sculpture, mixed media, installation, photography and
video. Activities include lectures, education and family
programs, films and performing arts.

Museum of Craft & Folk Art
Landmark Building A
Fort Mason Center
San Francisco, CA 94123 www.mocfa.org
Open Tues-Sun 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., open early Saturdays
at 10 a.m.
The Craft and Folk Art Museum’s widely acclaimed
exhibitions alternate between contemporary craft,
American folk art, and traditional ethnic art, representing
the diversity of richness of the cultural landscape in the
San Francisco Bay area. Located in the historic fort
along with many other museums, the Museum offers
educational lectures, programs, and workshops.
Museum of Photographic Arts
1649 El Prado
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 238-7559 mopa.org
Open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., open until 9 p.m.
Thursdays
MoPA presents six to eight exhibitions annually that are
dedicated to human expression through the full
spectrum of photography and related arts. Exhibitions
from around the world present the best photographic
works from the art form’s inception to the present.
National Steinbeck Center
One Main Street
Salinas, CA 93901
(831) 796-3833 www.steinbeck.org
Open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Steinbeck Center presents the life of John
Steinbeck, his writings, his characters and Steinbeck
Country in an informative, educational and entertaining
manner. You will experience Steinbeck’s work and
philosophy first-hand through interactive exhibits,
priceless artifacts, seminars, classes, plays and films.
Orange County Museum of Art
850 San Clemente Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660
(949) 759-1122 www.ocma.net
Open Tues-Sun 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., open until 8 p.m. on
Thursdays
The Museum’s permanent collection, comprised of over
6,200 pieces, focuses on the art of the 20 th century with a
particular emphasis on the art of California. Exhibitions
broaden in scope to include 20 th century art from around
the world. Education programs for adults and children,
workshops, lectures, films, concerts and festivals
complement the exhibition schedule.
Pacific Asia Museum
46 North Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101
(626) 449-2742 www.pacificasiamuseum.org
Open Wed-Sun 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., open until 8 pm.
Fridays
Housed in a historic Chinese Imperial-style building, the
museum’s collection includes Chinese, Japanese, and
Southeast Asian ceramics, South Pacific and Buddhist
sculpture, paintings, textiles and woodblock prints from
Asia and the Pacific Rim. The Museum also offers
lectures and classes.
Phoenix Art Museum
1625 N. Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004
(602) 257-2124 www.phxart.org
Open Wed-Sun 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday 10a.m. to
9p.m.
With 215,000 square feet, Phoenix Art Museum is the
largest visual arts museum in the Southwest. Over 17,000
works make up the Museum’s collection, emphasizing
American, Asian, European, modern and contemporary,
Latin American, and Western American art and fashion
design. Not to be missed are the Thorne Miniature Rooms
and the interactive children’s space, PhxArtKids.
A bilingual (English/Spanish) audioguide for the collection
is available.
San Jose Museum of Art
110 South Market Street
San Jose, CA 95113
(408) 271-6840 www.sjmusart.org
Open Tues-Sun 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
SJMA presents a full range of exhibitions with a focus on
contemporary art, including sculpture, installations,
photography, video and new media. Located in the heart
of downtown San Jose, you will find a place that is both
stimulating and relaxing, a place to jumpstart your
creativity or calm your dot-com day. You will also find
literary readings, lectures, tours, and children’s activities at
the South Bay’s premier art museum.
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
520 South First Street
San Jose, CA 95113
408-971-0323 www.sjquiltmuseum.org
Open Tues – Sun 10a.m. to 5 p.m.
The San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles provides a
serious venue for the textile arts in every form, both
contemporary and traditional. Founded in 1977, it is
the oldest museum of its kind in the United States.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
1130 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 963-4364 www.sbma.net
Open Tues-Sun 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, one of Southern
California’s finest art museums, features nationally
recognized collections and special exhibitions of
international importance including antiquities: 19 th
century French, British, and American art with works by
Monet, Matisse and Hopper; 20 th century and
contemporary European, North American and Latin
American art including works by Kandinsky, David
Hockney, Milton Avery, and Gunther Gerzso; Asian art;
photography, and works on paper by such artists as
Degas, Picasso, and Miro. Museum visitors will also
enjoy the interactive children’s gallery.
Seymour Marine Discovery Center
End of Delaware Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95060 http://seymourcenter.ucsc.edu
Open Tues-Sat 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sun Noon-5 p.m.
Visit a working marine laboratory. Exhibit halls,
aquarium, touch tanks, tours to marine mammal
research overlook, the Ocean Discovery Shop, and
unsurpassed vistas of the Monterey Bay National
Marine Sanctuary are among the experiences at the
Center.
The Contemporary Museum
2411 Makiki Heights Drive
Honolulu, HI 96822
(808) 526-1322 www.tcmhi.org
Open Tues-Sat 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sun Noon-4 p.m.
Located in an estate setting on 3.5 acres located in
scenic Makiki Heights includes sculpture gardens,
reflecting pool, and a panoramic view of Diamond Head.
Five galleries present changing exhibitions of works in
all media by artists of local, national and international
reputation. Major highlight of the permanent collection
is David Hockney’s three-dimensional installation.
The Museum of Art & History
705 Front Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
(831) 429-1964 www.santacruzmah.org
Open Tues-Sun 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Located in the heart of downtown Santa Cruz, the
Museum is dedicated to educating and showcasing both
art and history of the region to the community through
the use of multiple exhibition galleries. Changing
exhibitions throughout the year explore a wide range of
medium, focus and discipline.
Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block
140 N. Main Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85701
(520) 624-2333 www.tucsonmuseumofart.org
Open Tues-Sat 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sun Noon-4 p.m.
The Tucson Museum of Art blends the traditional with
the inventive to create compelling and beautiful
exhibitions. Whether it’s paintings of American West,
folk art of the Americas, or intriguing contemporary art,
there is always something new and interesting at the
museum. Located in historic downtown, the museum
also features five distinctive houses built between 1850
and 1907 that provide visitors with a unique look into
Tucson’s past.
UCR/California Museum of Photography
3824 Main Street (Pedestrian Mall)
Riverside, CA 92501
(909) 787-4787 or (909) 784-FOTO www.cmp.ucr.edu
Open Tues-Sat Noon-5 p.m.
UCR/CMP, a facility of the University of California,
Riverside, is located in downtown Riverside’s historic
Mission Inn district. The Museum presents a diverse
range of exhibitions that address visual culture as fine
art, social commentary and history. Collections include
the Keystone-Mast collection of 350,000 stereographic
images and works by such noted photographers as
Ansel Adams. Special features include a walk-in
Camera Obscura; the Internet Gallery; and Digital
Studio, a working laboratory with access to new imaging
technologies.
University Art Museum
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
(805) 893-2951 www.uam.ucsb.edu
Open Wed-Sat Noon-5 p.m.
The Museum has become internationally renowned for
the quality of its exhibition and publication program as
well as for its permanent collection, particularly its
Architectural Drawing Collection and the Morgenroth
Collection of Renaissance Medals and Plaquettes. In
addition, the collection is strong in works on paper,
contemporary art and ethnographic objects.