Sunnylands Center .26 Gardens Sunnylands

sunnylands visitor center, 2012.

prior death in 2009, lenore annenberg identified 15 acres (0.061 km) adjacent sunnylands location visitor center. frederick fisher & partners designed 17,000-square-foot (1,600 m) building, open public on regular basis , offers educational , historic information annenbergs, sunnylands, , various sunnylands collections. 9 acres of desert gardens surround sunnylands center. designed landscape architect james burnett, gardens include more 53,000 individual plants.

after ambassador walter annenberg s death in 2002 , wife s death in march 2009, ownership transferred annenberg foundation trust @ sunnylands. both annenbergs interred on property.

the annenbergs collection of impressionist paintings donated metropolitan museum of art in new york upon walter annenberg’s death. digital reproductions created metropolitan museum hang in historic house. of annenbergs collection of modern sculpture, including works rodin, giacometti, arp, , agam remained on estate part of sunnylands collection. collection includes works pablo picasso, andrew wyeth, , romare bearden, important works of chinese porcelain, meissen vases, chinese cloisonné objects , furniture, tang dynasty funerary sculpture, flora danica china, steuben glass, , english silver-gilt objects.

several sculptures, including white marble copy of auguste rodin s eternal spring , giacometti s bust of diego on stele iii, on permanent display @ sunnylands center. center features rotating exhibition related art or history of property. limited, guided public tours of house , estate grounds began on march 1, 2012.