San Jose Museum of Art
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The San Jose Museum of Art is a museum in Downtown San Jose, California, USA, founded in 1969 as the "Civic Art Gallery".
The oldest part of the Museum was originally built as the San Jose post office in 1892, and then served as the city's library from 1937 to 1969. In 1972 the building was named a California Historical Landmark (#854), and in 1973 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The "New Wing", comprising the majority of the current exhibition space, opened in 1991.
The permanent collection focuses on 20th- and 21st-century art, with a focus on US West Coast artists and a growing emphasis on art of the Pacific Rim. The collection includes more than 2,000 works in a variety of media, including sculpture, paintings, prints, digital media, photographs, and drawings by artists such as Robert Arneson, Milton Avery, Gregory Barsamian, Joan Brown, Deborah Butterfield, Jim Campbell, Enrique Chagoya, Dale Chihuly, Ron Davis, Jay DeFeo, Roy DeForest, Tony Delap, Richard Diebenkorn, Jim Dine, Rupert Garcia, Philip Guston, Oliver Jackson, Hung Liu, Michael McMillen, Manuel Neri, Long Nguyen, Manuel Ocampo, Nathan Oliveira, Deborah Oropallo, Alan Rath, Raymond Saunders, Richard Shaw, Wayne Thiebaud, Bill Viola, and William Wiley.
[edit] Exhibitions
Many of the changing exhibitions at the San Jose Museum of Art focus on the West Cost and California. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, a great many exhibitions are centered on the intersection of art and technology. Exhibitions and individual installations typically remain on view between 4 to 6 months.
Public tours are available for visitors at 12:30 PM and 2:30 PM, and also by appointment. Guided school tours tied to classroom curriculum are also available by appointment.
