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Triton Museum
Open Daily, 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

	Museum Open Daily! - Do you have relatives visiting or are you looking for something to do on a Monday? Visit the Triton! The Triton Museum is one of a very few museums in Silicon Valley open on Mondays. The Triton is open daily, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursdays until 9 p.m. Closed holidays. Admission and parking are free. Rotating exhibits highlight the museum’s permanent collection of 19th and 20th Century American art.

Two New Shows Through Dec. 30 Two shows at the Triton Museum of Art will continue through end of the year, including Bob Nugent paintings and drawings about the Amazon River Basin, and Ken Matsumoto’s stone, steel, glass and sometimes brick sculptures that render the conception of the passage of time through the iconographic metaphors of archeology.
Warburton Permanent Collection on Display at Triton The Austen D. Warburton Collection of American Indian Art and Artifacts opened to the public on February 19, 1999. The collection is housed on a permanent basis in the S. H. Cowell wing of the museum, and features over 150 artifacts and art objects of the tribes of California, the Southwest and the Pacific Northwest. An education station is being developed to enrich the exhibition with study objects, hands-on activities and interactive media. The Austen D. Warburton Collection of American Indian Art and Artifacts presents selected objects that illustrate the spirituality, traditions and daily activities of Native Americans. Included in the collection are functional items like tools, pottery, stoneware, sifters, canteens, and baskets; and items for celebrating and sustaining life, baby carriers, articles of adornment, effigy pots, and musical instruments. The collection serves as an aesthetic record of the modes of adaptation and transition experienced by Native Americans from the ninth through twentieth centuries. The collection honors the memory of Austen D. Warburton (1917-1995). A lawyer, civic leader and art patron, Warburton was a generous supporter of the Triton Museum of Art and served on the Santa Clara City Council. He collected Native American art and artifacts and participated in the excavation of several pre-Columbian sites in California and the Southwest. Warburton wrote extensively about Native Americans, their rich culture and the importance they placed on customs, heritage and tradition. The Triton Museum of Art is located at 1505 Warburton Avenue in Santa Clara, California. For more information, call (408) 247-3754. Visit the Triton's website for upcoming show information.

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