April 2009
Crews begin installation of Exterior Panels

November 26, 2008
Topping-Off Ceremony

November 2008
Campaign reaches $90 million milestone

October 2008
Expansion goes vertical as crews install 1,400 tons of steel to form the frame of the New Crocker

April 23, 2008
AT&T Donates Two Contemporary Paintings to be Featured in the New Building

October 2007
Herold Wing Demolished

July 26, 2007
Official Groundbreaking

July 9, 2007
Second street closes

June 2007
More than $80 million has been pledged to the project

May 2007
Preservation work on the existing structures begin

August 2006
Sacramento County Board of Supervisors allocates $2.5 million to expansion project

April 2006
City Council approves the proposal to sell or develop Lot X to benefit the Crocker expansion

February 2006
Sacramento City Council allocates $10 million in bond funds for the expansion project

December 2005
More than $61 million has been pledged to the project

June 2005
Fiscal year 05-06 ends with $30 million pledged to the project

December 2005
Crocker supporters create a near-capacity crowd at the City Council meeting to encourage the City Council to support the expansion through bond allocation

November 2005
Design Review Preservation Board approves design

June 2005
Demolition of Herold Wing is considered due to fundraising success and increased costs to retrofit existing structure

January 2005
Environmental impact report is completed

November 2004
The schematic design is approved by Museum Co-Trustees and Sacramento City Council and work on construction drawings begin

September 2003
Sacramento City Council approves $2 million in tax increment funds for the expansion

January 2003
Initial design concepts are presented

2002
The Crocker is awarded $4 million in Prop 40 funds for preservation and expansion

April 2002
Gwathmey Siegel is retained to create concept designs for the expansion

October 2001
The master plan created by Gwathmey Siegel is approved by Museum Co-Trustees and Sacramento City Council

September 2001
Four donations, totaling $16 million, are announced, which enable design work to progress

January 2001
Gwathmey Siegel begins the collaborative process of master planning

November 2000
Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects is chosen from three finalists to perform master planning for the expansion project

June 2000
Architectural selection committee is formed

1997-1999
CAMA Board considers expansion project

1989
Mansion Wing is restored with contemporary gallery interiors and connected to Art Gallery Building

1979
Master planning is undertaken and needs defined for: a loading dock, auditorium, café and dedicated galleries for drawings collection

1973
Crocker Annex (presently the Mansion Wing) condemned and closed to the public; Crocker park is acquired

1969
Herold Wing is constructed

1911
Mansion Wing is acquired

May 1885
Margaret Crocker presents the Art Gallery Building and the collection to the City of Sacramento

1875
Judge E. B. dies

1872
Art Gallery Building is constructed

1869
Crocker family begins tour of Europe to amass art collection