The Orange County Register | Jonathan Horwitz
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Since reopening in February after an expansion tripling its display space, the Hilbert Museum of California Art has also tripled the number of visitors to its two wings, quickly and quietly becoming one of Orange County’s destination art museums.
The museum, affiliated with Chapman University and located near the Old Towne Orange train station, has a 5,000-piece collection from which to draw, including a robust collection of California scene paintings and classics by Southern California painter and mosaicist Millard Sheets.
“It’s not an exaggeration to say that we can stage exhibitions for the next 30 years and never have to duplicate a show,” said museum founder and benefactor Mark Hilbert, a resident of Newport Coast. “We have more than 500 examples of American illustrations, 1,000 pieces of Disney and cinematic art and more than 1,000 print pieces.
“And now that we have 26 galleries in two different wings,” he added, “it’s safe to say that there will always be something new for California art lovers to see at the Hilbert Museum.”
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