De Saisset Museum
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The de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University opened in 1955, after Isabel de Saisset, the last member of a California pioneer family bequeathed her estate to the University of Santa Clara. The muse
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Portrait of Don Francisco Pérez Pacheco; oil on canvas by Leonardo Barbieri, 1852.
Mission Santa Clara de Asís
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Mission Santa Clara de Asís is a Spanish mission in the city of Santa Clara, California. The mission, which was the eighth in California, was founded on January 12, 1777, by the Franciscans. Named for
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…major renovation of its storage facilities and is open to the public free of charge. The 19,210-square-foot (1,785 m2) building is located in front of Mission Santa Clara de Asís and has been a part of the university campus since 1955. It is one of only two museums in the San Jose area accredited by the American Alliance of…
Mission Santa Clara de Asís, shown in 2008
Painting of Mission Santa Clara, 1849.
Mission Santa Clara de Asís, c. 1910
A view toward the altar of the exquisitely ornate Mission Santa Clara de Asís chapel, c. 1897