Art, Design and Architecture Museum

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Art, Design and Architecture Museum
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Art, Design, & Architecture Museum at UCSB
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Established1959
LocationUniversity of California, Santa Barbara,
Santa Barbara, California
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TypeArt, design, architecture museum
Websitemuseum.ucsb.edu

The Art, Design and Architecture Museum[1] (branded as AD&A Museum) is a museum of the University of California, Santa Barbara, located in Santa Barbara County, California, United States.[2]

Built in 1959, the museum was originally a gallery for art education at UC Santa Barbara.[3] Today the AD&A contains a fine art collection of over 8,500 works.

Collection

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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.[3]

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.[4]

References

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