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The Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, formerly the Stanford University Museum of Art, and commonly known as the Cantor Arts Center, is an art museum on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California. The museum, which opened in 1894, consists of over 130,000 square feet of space, including sculpture gardens. The Cantor Center houses one of the largest collections of Auguste Rodin sculptures, with 199 works by Rodin, most in bronze but also other media;〔 many sculptures are on display in the B. Gerald Cantor Rodin Sculpture Garden.〔 ==History== The Leland Stanford Jr. Museum opened in 1894, one of the few founded by a private family with a general art collection. By 1905 the museum would be known for its collection of Asian art. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake would level two wings of the building; destroying the Roman, Egyptian and Asian galleries. Three-quarters of the building were damaged beyond repair. The earthquake, coupled with the death of co-founder Jane Stanford, affected the museum's budget. The museum failed to have its own endowment outside of the University, and faculty and administration failed to express interest in saving the museum to focus on academic concerns post-earthquake. The building would fall into heavy disrepair and curatorial duties would eventually stop. Eventually the museum's space would be used by natural science departments, before eventually closing in 1945. The museum's collection was inventoried and works of less interest and "aesthetic merit" were deaccessioned. While many works of less interest were released, a number of the original works from the Stanford family collection were deaccessioned due to the aesthetic taste of the 1950s. In May 1951, 2,000 visitors were welcomed into the museum for a two-day trial visit. This allowed the museum to examine its role within the community in order to help it decide if it should re-open due to community interest. In 1953 the Committee for Art at Stanford was founded, with intentions of raising funds and developing members to re-open the museum. The museum would work for the next 24 years to expand and conserve its collection, develop programming, educational services and publications. In 1985, professor Albert Elsen worked with art collector B. Gerald Cantor, and other donors, to open the B. Gerald Cantor Rodin Sculpture Garden. The museum would again be victim to another earthquake, the Loma Prieta. Severe damage caused the museum to close in 1989. Stanford hired Thomas K. Seligman in 1991 to direct the rebuilding of the museum. Seligman would lead in redefining the museum as an arts center, stress the institution's opportunity to educate Stanford's students, school children and the wider public. The museum reopened in 1999 as the Iris & Gerald Cantor Center for the Visual Arts and in July 2005 the museum had its one millionth visitor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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