Cecile W.
12/11/2025
A great local and free admission, museum that can easily be combined with lunch at the Orange Circle. We had to pick a museum to tour and provide a paper on for an Art101 class at Coastline. We...
Hilbert Museum of California Art
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167 N Atchison St
Orange, CA 92866
The Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University, which opened in 2016, was established thanks to the generosity of Mark and Janet Hilbert, whose superlative collection focuses on the “California Scene” painting movement of roughly the 1920s through the 1970s and beyond. The Hilbert Collection – which includes oils, watercolors, sketches and lithographs of rural and urban scenes, coastal views, farms, ranches, freeways and landscapes of everyday life in the Golden State – is a significant repository of 20th-century representational art by California artists. The Collection also includes animation and movie art (many California fine artists were drawn to the state by work in the movie industry, including as animators, background painters, set and backdrop designers and poster artists) and works by noted American illustrators.
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Amanda O.
11/4/2025
A small museum of art that packs a punch! What a wonderful representation of Californian art through the ages, we thoroughly enjoyed our visit. Definitely worth a visit while in or around...
Travis P.
11/2/2025
How is this museum FREE?? Seriously one of the best museums I've been to--better than so many paid ones! I easily spent about an hour here exploring two buildings full of artwork. They even had...
Shannon Z.
11/22/2025
This museum is a great place to stroll around and it's FREE admission (you reserve a time slot online). There's a free small parking lot right at the entrance. It took us about 1.5 hours to get...
Jeremy S.
8/18/2025
I learned about this museum online and finally decided to make a visit. The North Wing was open, but the Sodaro South Wing is closed until August 23, 2025. The museum and nearby parking are free....
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