{ crocker art museum + elephants }

 

We went for a drive to downtown Sacramento where I visited the Crocker Art Museum for the first time in my life.  It’s a little sad that I’ve never been there before, especially having lived in Sacrament my whole life.  But they recently renovated the museum with a whole new addition on the right side.  It’s like seeing past and future right on the same spot. 

There’s also a cute treasure located in Westfield mall in downtown.  A vacant store was used to house thousands upon thousands of elephants.  When we walked by, I didn’t notice the extremity of the place and just noticed how cute a sock elephant was dangling on the front door.  I then looked around and saw that everything in there was elephants related.  It was unreal. 

This was made possible by a Sacramento clown named Andy Swan.  He made this in tribute to his brother and partner who recently passed away.  He collected these elephants in hopes to obtain the Guinness Record of the most assorted elephants.  Swan’s story is really touching and I really recommend reading the article about him in the SacBee:

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/08/25/3860085/clown-pays-tribute-to-late-brother.html

 

The elephant collection was a real gift among visitors at the mall, including me.