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The Museum is located at 411 W. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena on the corner of Orange Grove and Colorado Boulevard at the intersection of the Foothill (210) and Ventura (134) freeway. Click here to download map and directions to the Museum.
Norton Simon Museum. 411 West Colorado Boulevard Pasadena, California 91105. 626.449.6840 Map & Directions
Norton Simon Museum. 411 West Colorado Boulevard Pasadena, California 91105. 626.449.6840 Map & Directions
The Norton Simon Museum’s collection of European paintings and sculpture is among the most distinguished in North America. It spans the Renaissance to the 20th century and includes the finest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist pictures on the West Coast.
Tickets to the Norton Simon Museum. The Norton Simon Museum is delighted to welcome you to our galleries and garden. Advance tickets are recommended but not required. Members check-in at the membership desk (no reservations required). Tickets are released approximately one week prior to each one-month block.
Over a 30-year period, the industrialist Norton Simon (1907–1993) amassed an impressive group of European masterworks from the Renaissance to the 20th century, and a stellar collection of South and Southeast Asian art spanning 2,000 years.
The Norton Simon Museum′s Sculpture Garden is a delight for visitors of all ages. Its lush pond—decorated by several varieties of water lilies—its stately trees, colorful shrubs and flowers and its meandering paths provide a stunning setting for some of the Museum's most important sculpture.
Norton Simon’s accomplishments as an art collector equaled his extraordinary achievements in business. Over a period of about 30 years, he amassed what is widely regarded as one of the world's greatest private art collections.
Norton Simon Museum. 411 West Colorado Boulevard Pasadena, California 91105. 626.449.6840 Map & Directions
The history of the Norton Simon Museum begins with the Pasadena Art Institute. The Institute was founded in 1922 and incorporated two years later on August 14, 1924 as a privately endowed, nonprofit institution.