Cantor Arts Center
Cantor Arts Center is an art museum on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California, United States. The museum first opened in 1894 and consists of over 130,000 sq ft of exhibition space, including sculpture gardens.Photo: David.Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Building
- Description: art museum in Stanford, California
- Also known as: “Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University”, “Cantor Center for Visual Arts”, “Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts”, and “Leland Stanford Junior Museum”
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hoover Institution and Arizona Cactus Garden.
Hoover Institution
College
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The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, commonly known as the Hoover Institution, is an American public policy think tank which promotes personal and economic liberty, free enterprise, and limited government. Hoover Institution is situated 2,300 feet southeast of Cantor Arts Center.
Arizona Cactus Garden
Garden
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The Arizona Cactus Garden, or, officially, Arizona Garden, also known as the Cactus Garden, is a small botanical garden specializing in cactus and succulents. Arizona Cactus Garden is situated 1,200 feet north of Cantor Arts Center.
Oval
Grassland
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The Oval is an oval-shaped sunken lawn on the Stanford University campus in Stanford, California, United States. It has had flower plantings in the shape of the letter "S", for Stanford. Oval is situated 1,000 feet south of Cantor Arts Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stanford and Palo Alto.
Stanford
Hamlet
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Stanford is a census-designated place in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is the home of Stanford University, after which it was named.
Palo Alto
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Palo Alto is a bustling suburb in Santa Clara County south of the city of San Francisco. It is adjacent to Stanford University and home to hundreds of Silicon Valley technology companies, ranging from VMware and Hewlett-Packard to tiny startups operating in garages.
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley lies in the South Bay and the southern Peninsula of the San Francisco Bay Area. Once best known for its prune orchards, the area underwent explosive growth with the creation of the high-tech industry in the 1960s.
Cantor Arts Center
- Categories: sculpture garden, art museum, and arts center
- Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Japanese—“Cantor Arts Center” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Centre d’Arts Cantor de la Universitat Stanford”
- Chinese: “康托艺术中心”
- Chinese: “康托藝術中心”
- Chinese: “艾芮絲與B.傑拉德康托視覺藝術中心”
- Chinese: “艾芮絲與B.杰拉德康托視覺藝術中心”
- Dutch: “Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مركز Iris & B. Gerald Cantor للفنون البصريه”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مركز Iris”
- French: “Cantor Arts Center”
- French: “Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts”
- German: “Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts”
- German: “Stanford Museum”
- Hebrew: “אמנות חזותית”
- Igbo: “Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University”
- Igbo: “Cantor Arts Center”
- Igbo: “Cantor Center for Visual Arts”
- Igbo: “Ebe Nkà Mmụta Cantor”
- Igbo: “Iris &B.Gerald cantor center for v”
- Igbo: “Leland Stanford junior museum”
- Japanese: “アイリス&B・ジェラルド・カンター視覚芸術センター”
- Japanese: “スタンフォード大学美術館”
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