Art, Design and Architecture Museum

Art, design, architecture museum in Santa Barbara, California
34°24′43″N 119°50′56″W / 34.4120°N 119.8488°W / 34.4120; -119.8488TypeArt, design, architecture museumWebsitemuseum.ucsb.edu

The Art, Design and Architecture Museum[1] (branded as AD&A Museum) is located on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California, United States.

Built in 1959, the museum was originally a gallery for art education at UC Santa Barbara.[2] Today the AD&A contains a fine art collection of over 8,500 works.

Collection

Other than the 8,500 original works the AD&A also possesses over 1,000,000 architectural drawings, historic photographs, writings, scrapbooks, and three-dimensional objects in the Architecture and Design Collection.[2]

The museum's digital collections were enhanced during the COVID-19 crisis so that audiences could continue to enjoy its resources while quarantine was in place.[3]

References

  1. ^ "University of California Humanities Research and Scholarship Opportunities" (PDF). University of California Office of the President. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  2. ^ a b UAM Website Archived July 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Grega, Josh (2020-04-28). "UCSB's Art, Design, & Architecture Museum enhancing online exhibits while gallery is closed due to coronavirus". Santa Barbara News-Press. Retrieved 2020-09-24.

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