White Glove Tours

Event Date: 

Saturday, April 14, 2012 - 7:45am

 

Past White Glove Tours provided guests with the opportunity to experience a variety of works from AD&A Museum’s collections led by:

  • Dr. Minou Schraven, Leiden University, The Netherlands, who discussed the Museum’s internationally important collection of Renaissance Medals and Plaquettes
  • Architect Jeff Shelton and craftsman/designer David Shelton who discussed archival drawings made by renowned architects George Washington Smith, Lutah Maria Riggs, R. M. Schindler, and Irving Gill.
  • Dr. Bruce Tiffney, UC Santa Barbara, Professor of Paleobiology, who led a lively tour through the Museum's Renaissance Cabinet and Collections discussing the fossils and plant specimens in the exhibition.
  • Dr. Sylvester Ogbechie, UC Santa Barbara, Professor of African Art History who explained the intricate design, construction and use of an African Engungun costume recently donated to AD&A Museum.