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705 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

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Back in the mid-1980s, the Santa Cruz Historical Society and the Art Museum of Santa Cruz County came together to build a museum for art and history at the site of the former county jail.

Though it took a long time, and was delayed by the 1989 earthquake, the McPherson Center for the Arts, which houses the Museum of Art and History, and the adjoining Abbot Square, have transformed downtown Santa Cruz.

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