 The museum's courtyard, viewed from College Avenue | |
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Former names | Gladys K. Montgomery Art Center/Gallery (until 2001)[1] Pomona College Museum of Art (until 2020) |
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| Established | 1958 |
| Location | 211 N. College Ave., Claremont, California, United States |
| Coordinates | 34°5′46.2″N 117°42′55.1″W / 34.096167°N 117.715306°W |
| Type | Art museum |
| Collection size | 18,783 items |
| Visitors | 18,000 per year[2] |
| Director | Victoria Sancho Lobis[3][4] |
| Architects | Machado Silvetti, Gensler |
| Owner | Pomona College |
| Public transit access | Claremont  |
| Website | pomona |
The Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, known colloquially as the Benton, is an art museum at Pomona College in Claremont, California. It was completed in 2020, replacing the Montgomery Art Gallery, which had been home to the Pomona College Museum of Art (PCMA) since 1958. It houses a collection of approximately 19,000 items,[5] including Italian Renaissance panel paintings, indigenous American art and artifacts, and American and European prints, drawings, and photographs. The museum is free to the public.
- ^ "2001". Pomona College Timeline. Pomona College. Archived from the original on January 4, 2021. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- ^ "Museum's Mission". Pomona College. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- ^ Kendall, Mark (January 2, 2020). "Victoria Sancho Lobis Named Director of New Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College". Pomona College. Archived from the original on August 7, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- ^ "Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College Names Victoria Sancho Lobis Director". Artforum. January 2, 2020. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- ^ "Annual Report (FY 2023)". Benton Museum of Art. 2023. Archived from the original on September 23, 2023. Retrieved February 1, 2024.