Editing Pasadena, California (section)

===Museums and galleries===
[[File:Pasadena History Museum.jpg|thumb|left|[[Pasadena Museum of History]]]]
Pasadena is home to a number of art museums and public galleries, including the [[Norton Simon Museum]]. The museum's collections include European paintings, sculpture, and tapestry; sculpture from [[South Asia|Southern Asia]]; and an extensive [[sculpture garden]]. The museum also has the [[contemporary art]] collection of its predecessor, the Pasadena Museum of Art, which focused on [[Modern art|modern]] and contemporary art before being taken over by Simon in the early 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/ |title=Norton Simon Museum - About the Collection |publisher=Nortonsimon.org |access-date=April 9, 2023 |archive-date=March 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323084052/https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Preserving and sharing the rich history and culture of Pasadena and its adjacent communities is the [[Pasadena Museum of History]]. Located on a campus of {{convert|2|acre|m2}}, it has gardens, a history center, the Finnish Folk Art Museum, the Curtin House, and the Fenyes Mansion, a 1906 [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux Arts]]-style architectural residence and a Pasadena Cultural Heritage Landmark.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of PMH |url=http://pasadenahistory.org/history-of-pasadena-museum-of-history/ |website=Pasadena Museum of History |date=December 7, 2012 |access-date=February 1, 2017 |archive-date=February 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219210632/http://pasadenahistory.org/history-of-pasadena-museum-of-history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Pacific Asia Museum, with a garden courtyard in its center, features art from the many countries and cultures of Asia. The nearby [[Pasadena Museum of California Art]] (recently closed) hosts changing exhibitions of work by historical and contemporary California artists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pmcaonline.org/ |title=PMCA.org Welcome |publisher=Pmcaonline.org |access-date=January 8, 2012 |archive-date=January 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106031857/http://www.pmcaonline.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Armory Center for the Arts]] has an extensive exhibition program as well as serving as a center for art education for all ages.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.armoryarts.org/ |title=Armory Center for the Arts web site |publisher=Armoryarts.org |access-date=January 8, 2012 }}</ref> Art Center College of Design offers exhibitions at its Williamson Gallery, as well as frequent displays of student work.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artcenter.edu/williamson/ |title=Alyce De Roulet Williamson Gallery |publisher=Artcenter.edu |access-date=January 8, 2012 }}</ref> Pasadena City College has an art gallery that shows work of professionals as part of their annual artist-in-residence program, as well as exhibiting work by students and faculty.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pasadena.edu/artgallery |title=Pasadena City College Art Gallery |publisher=Pasadena.edu |access-date=January 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231115918/http://www.pasadena.edu/artgallery/ |archive-date=December 31, 2011 }}</ref>

The [[The Huntington Library|Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens]], with painting and sculpture galleries, is adjacent to Pasadena in the city of [[San Marino, California|San Marino]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huntington.org/ |title=The Huntington Library |publisher=Huntington.org |access-date=August 4, 2010 |archive-date=July 3, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703173816/http://www.huntington.org/ArtDiv/HEHArtHome.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The innovative [[Kidspace Children's Museum]] is located in [[Brookside Park/Arroyo Terrace, Pasadena, California|Brookside Park]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kidspacemuseum.org/site/PageServer?pagename=vs_gettinghere |title=Getting Here, Kidspace Children's Museum |publisher=Kidspacemuseum.org |access-date=January 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210024831/http://www.kidspacemuseum.org/site/PageServer?pagename=vs_gettinghere |archive-date=December 10, 2011 }}</ref>