The Crocker is undertaking an expansion that will triple its size and vastly improve the visitor experience, collection care and museum operations.
The New Crocker Will:
- Serve the needs of audiences of all ages and abilities
- Welcome visitors with a striking two-story atrium and event space, that will facilitate larger receptions, seating as many as 400 for a formal event inside and, with the courtyard, be capable of seating as many as 1,200
- Triple the size of the Museum
- Quadruple the size of temporary exhibition space, enabling “blockbuster” exhibitions to come to Sacramento
- Include a 7,000-square-foot courtyard and a café with indoor/outdoor seating
- Feature onsite collections care that includes safe and secure art storage not susceptible to flooding and a new conservation lab that will help ensure the proper care and restoration of the collection
- Provide a state-of-the-art auditorium able to seat nearly 300 for a full-range of cultural programs as well as other dedicated programming space
- Include an educational center that features three functional and flexible studio art spaces, a children’s participatory gallery, a teacher resource center, an expanded library and new student exhibition space
- Be a gracious gathering space for all
