From its official opening in 1885, the Crocker Art Museum (then known as the E.B. Crocker Gallery) has had a split personality. While the claim that it is “the first public art museum founded west of the Mississippi” isn’t inaccurate, it may be a bit misleading. Potential visitors might read that and, unless they are history buffs, delete it from their itineraries, believing that the paintings, sculptures and drawings at the Crocker are connected by cobwebs and must have been surgically removed from cave walls. However, the Crocker has long been a lure not only for modern art, but also, as its collection evolved during the 20th century,