The Crocker Art Museum is home to one of the finest sampling of drawings by European masters, such as Carpaccio, Durer, and Fragonard, in the United States. The collection was purchased by Judge Edwin and Margaret Crocker during their European travels between 1866 and 1871. At around the same time, the couple commissioned the construction of the original Victorian-Italianate building that became the Crocker Art Museum. Its 2010 Charles Gwathmey expansion tripled the museum’s size and was featured on the front of this banner announcing its 10-10-10 opening.