Art, Design and Architecture Museum

The Art, Design and Architecture Museum^[1] (branded as AD&A Museum) is a museum of the University of California, Santa Barbara, located in Santa Barbara County, California, United States.^[2]

Art, Design and Architecture Museum

Art, Design, & Architecture Museum at UCSB
Established	1959
Location	University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
Coordinates	34.4120°N 119.8488°W / 34.4120; -119.8488
Type	Art, design, architecture museum
Website	museum.ucsb.edu

Built in 1959, the museum was originally a gallery for art education at UC Santa Barbara.^[3] Today the AD&A contains a fine art collection of over 8,500 works.

Collection

Other than the 8,500 original works the AD&A also possesses over 1,000,000 architectural drawings, historic photographs, writings, scrapbooks, and three-dimensional objects in the Architecture and Design Collection.^[3]

The museum's digital collections were enhanced during the COVID-19 crisis so that audiences could continue to enjoy its resources while quarantine was in place.^[4]