A Tour of the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University with Mark Hilbert

Recently, I had a unique opportunity to tour the spaciously reimagined new home of one of the world’s largest collections of California narrative art with art collector and philanthropist Mark Hilbert. Founded in 2016, the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University holds the distinction of being the only museum in the world committed to tracing the rich, iconic
history of the Golden State from the late 1800s to the present, through works by leading California artists and Hollywood studio artists and animators. Touring the museum before it opened, I learned that it will debut with nine new exhibitions featuring Millard Sheets, Mary Blair, Norman Rockwell and acclaimed Chicano artist Emigdio Vasquez as well as vintage
radios, Navajo weavings and examples of California modernism.
The expanded Hilbert Museum and nine new exhibitions will be open from 10 am to 5 pm Tuesdays through Saturdays starting February 23, 2024, and closed on Sundays and Mondays. Admission to the museum is free for everyone, continuing a promise that Mark and Janet Hilbert made when the original museum debuted in 2016 to keep their collection as accessible to the public as possible. Advance online reservations are recommended. For further information, please visit hilbertmuseum.org.
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Credits:
Tour Guide...................Mark Hilbert
Approved_HMCA_Rendering (Photo Credit Johnston Marklee)
Video Tour Filmed & Photographed by Emerson Little
Video Edited by Emerson Little
Background Music: "Magnolia" by Eric Tingstad
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Special Thank You to:
Mark Hilbert
Bob Ochsner
Seleena Mukbel
Mary Platt
&
everyone at the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University

[@oldcaliforniakid]

Love it! Thank you, Mark!

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*promosm* 😔