Benton Museum of Art

The Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, known colloquially as the Benton, is an art museum at Pomona College in Claremont, California. It was completed in 2020, replacing the Montgomery Art Gallery, which had been home to the Pomona College Museum of Art since 1958.

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Type: Museum
Description: art museum at Pomona College in Claremont, California
Also known as: “Benton”, “Benton Museum”, “Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College”, “Gladys K. Montgomery Art Center”, “Gladys K. Montgomery Art Gallery”, “Montgomery Art Center”, “Montgomery Art Gallery”, “Montgomery Gallery”, “PCMA”, “Pomona College art museum”, “Pomona College Museum of Art”, “the Benton”, and “The Benton”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Claremont station and Marston Quadrangle.

Claremont station

Railway station

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Claremont station is a passenger rail and bus station in Claremont, California, United States. It is served by Metrolink's San Bernardino Line which runs from Los Angeles Union Station to San Bernardino–Downtown. Claremont station is situated 860 feet southwest of Benton Museum of Art.

Marston Quadrangle

Park

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Pomona College is a private college in Claremont, California, United States. It was established in 1887 by a group of Congregationalists who wanted to recreate a "college of the New England type" in Southern California. Marston Quadrangle is situated 880 feet northeast of Benton Museum of Art.

Helen Goodwin Renwick House

College building

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Helen Goodwin Renwick House is a college building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Claremont and Montclair.

Claremont

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Claremont is a college town about 30 miles east of Downtown Los Angeles in the eastern San Gabriel Valley of Southern California. It is known for the trees lining its streets and as the home of the elite Claremont Colleges, which together have given it the nickname "City of Trees and PhDs".

Montclair

Town

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Montclair is a city in the Pomona Valley, in southwestern San Bernardino County, California, 30 miles east of Los Angeles. The population was 37,865 in the 2020 United States census. Montclair is situated 2 miles southeast of Benton Museum of Art.