Come and explore the outstanding collection of artworks at the Crocker Art Museum on a docent-led tour.

We will be carpooling from the South Davis Park and Ride (just east of Ikeda’s Market) at 10 a.m. for those who are interested. 

Upon arrival, members will collectively enjoy an educational “Crocker Talker” lecture on the history of the Crocker by a knowledgeable staff member. After the orientation, six docents with ten people per group, will visit the galleries - all touring at the same time in different areas of the museum. The tours are one hour. 

Members are invited to stay after the tour to continue browsing the galleries and to walk back to areas of interest prompted by the tour for another look. The Museum Store will be open with a unique selection of jewelry, vases, scarves, and sculptures made by some of the region’s finest artists, and books, games, and other fabulous finds for all ages. 

Since Majka, the café at the Crocker, will be out of business by February 1, a no-host lunch is planned. A list of restaurants in the area will be provided to each registrant. It is also possible there may be a food vendor inside or a food truck outside the Crocker by the date of our visit.

The Crocker Art Museum is the oldest museum in California. Its centerpiece is the gallery building, completed in 1872, with its original Victorian Italianate architecture. To the East of the gallery building is the ornate historic mansion of California Supreme Court Judge Edwin B. and Margaret E. Crocker, and to the West is the Teel Family Pavilion, a 125,000 square-foot modernist addition to the museum completed in 2010.

The museum holds an extensive collection of international ceramics, European art— 16th and 17th century Dutch, Flemish, and Italian-Baroque paintings, and California art from the Gold Rush to the present. Other significant collection areas include Native American, Asian, African and Oceanic art and 1,500 master drawings, one of the finest early collections in the United States.

Two new exhibitions will be opening in February at the time of our visit: Dr. Barry Ramer’s Collection of Street Photography called “The Roaming Eye,” and de la Torre Brothers mixed media glass sculptures exploring Latina culture on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border.

Cost: $12 for all attendees, whether members of the Crocker or not.

Registration Period: 12/15/24 through 2/13/25.