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Don't miss a living-artwork outdoors: the garden, conceived by noted Southern California landscape designer Nancy Goslee Power.

Head down to the bottom floor to see temporary exhibits and phenomenal Southeast Asian and Indian sculptures and artifacts, where pieces like a Ban Chiang black ware vessel date back to well before 1000 BC. The tranquil pond was inspired by Monet's. Head down to the bottom floor to see temporary exhibits and phenomenal Southeast Asian and Indian sculptures and artifacts, where pieces like a Ban Chiang black ware vessel date back to well before 1000 BC. The events that led up to the ruling in favour of the Norton Simon Museum after it was sued by the heir of Dutch dealer Jacques Goudstikker over ownership. Over a 30-year period, industrialist Norton Simon (19071993) amassed an astonishing collection of European art from the Renaissance to the 20th century and a stellar collection of South and Southeast Asian art spanning 2,000 years.

Today the Norton Simon Museum is richest in works by Rembrandt, Picasso, and, most of all, Degas. The Norton Simon Museum is known around the world as one of the most remarkable private art collections ever assembled. His collection grew to include works by Old Masters and impressionists, modern works from Europe, and Indian and Southeast Asian art. It all began in the 1950s when Norton Simon (Hunt-Wesson Foods, McCalls Corporation, and Canada Dry) started collecting works by Degas, Renoir, Gauguin, and Cézanne. Hours: The Museum is open Thursday through Monday, 12 p.m. For general Museum information, please call (626) 449-6840 or visit. As seen in the New Year's Day Tournament of Roses Parade, this low-profile brown building is one of the finest midsize museums anywhere, with a collection that spans more than 2,000 years of Western and Asian art. At the Norton Simon Museum, Talbot supervises the Museum’s curatorial, collections and conservation staff, as well as the library.