MetroLink to
Hilbert Museum, City of Orange
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Schedule:
8:00 AM LA-Union Station, Look around the historic building, have a coffee, etc. Buy the $10 Weekend Day Pass at the station or online.
8:40 AM Board Metrolink
10:00 AM Entrance area of the Hilbert
1:30 PM Lunch in the Orange Plaza area.
2:43 PM Early Departure Option return to LA-Union Station.
3:00 PM Free time to explore the plaza and antique shops or even visit the Huell Howser Archives at Chapman University.
6:20 PM Orange Train Station
6:41 PM Train Departs, Make sure to be on the correct train!
7:38 PM Arrive LA- Union Station
We are lucky to have Nick Macierz joining us. Nick retired after many years as a Collections Manager for the Autry Museum of the American West and is now working on a queer photography show for the Getty Museum on June 20, 2025. We look forward to having some of his insights as we stroll through the galleries.
Organizer: Russell Hammerl, biz4russ@yahoo.com (corrected email)
Museum Address: 167 N. Atchison Street, Orange, California Directions
(directly across the street from the train station in Orange)
Spaces: 20
The Hilbert “holds the distinction of being the only museum in the world committed to tracing the rich, iconic history of the Golden State.” Presented are works by leading California artists from the late 1800s to the present.
One of the highlights is the many pieces from the California Master, Millard Sheets, including the mosaic façade of the museum, “Going to the Beach.”
In the 1950s, “Sheets was commissioned by Howard F. Ahmanson to design Home Savings Bank branches throughout Southern California that would serve as community landmarks by expressing "community values" or presenting "a celebratory version of the community history.” To accomplish this goal, Sheets designed his branch buildings with exterior façades containing large mosaic works depicting local heritage. Besides 40 paintings by Sheets in the Hilbert collection his works are shown at major museums such as the Chicago Art Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum, the National Gallery, and the Los Angeles County Museum.
For those not taking the train other options are:
- Driving: Park in the Old Towne West parking structure for free at 130 N. Lemon Street, one block east of the museum. The Hilbert Museum also has a small onsite parking lot; spaces are marked with RESERVED HILBERT MUSEUM. Do not park at Streamliner Lounge.
The Old Sixth Street Bridge
