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Exhibits

Current and Upcoming Exhibits

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Past Exhibits

Layered Lands: Synchronous Stories of Greater Los Angeles, May 4 - August 4, 2024
Layered Lands: Synchronous Stories of Greater Los Angeles
East Los Streetscapers: Hacia al Norte. Exhibition on view May 4, 2024
East Los Streetscapers: Hacia al Norte
On the set of "The Woman Racket" at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Sir Jagjit Singh of India (in the center with moustache) is surrounded by a group of young starlets and chorus girls, including Sally Starr (standing, fourth from left), Ann Dvorak (standing, fifth from left), and Blanche Sweet (standing, third from right).
MGM at 100: the Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Grandest Studio
Traffic jam at 7th Street and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, circa 1915.
Los Angeles: City of Cars
photo of Anne Frank
Anne Frank - A History for Today
Library Bookmobile, circa 1950.
LAPL150—Our Story is Yours: A Los Angeles Public Library Sesquicentennial Celebration
Local Girl Scout Juniors and Cadettes demonstrate the Girl Scout Sign, circa 1964.
On My Honor… A Century of Girl Scouts in Los Angeles
From (l.-r.): Jackie Robinson, George Crowe, Joe Black, Sam Jethroe, Roy Campanella and Bill Bruton were dynamic Negro Leagues and Major League players.
Barrier Breakers: From Jackie to Pumpsie, 1947-1959
left to right: interdisciplinary visual artist River Tikwi Garza, and photographer Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin
Creators in Residence
A black and white photograph with a man in overcoat and wide-brimmed hat facing away from the camera, looking down at the Los Angeles River with industrial tanks in the background.
It Really is a River: Documenting an Iconic Urban Waterway
Shades of L.A. – A Los Angeles Family Album
Something in Common exhibit at Central Library's Getty Gallery.
Something in Common
Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey Poster featuring anthropomorphic animals. An elephant ticket taker, clown pig, and chimpanzee attendees.
Print Shop for the Big Top: the Majestic Poster Press Collection
Detail. Historical and Recreational Map of Los Angeles
Jo Mora: Mapmaker of the American West
photo of Los Angeles Venice canals dream up by Abbot Kinney, 1922
Discovery, Disaster, and Dreams: Bridging LA's Water History
black and white photo of 5 very engaged regular attendees at the Turnabout Theatre in the 1940s
Life on a String: The Yale Puppeteers and the Turnabout Theatre
Woman on the street huddled under tarp next to wheel chair with a fire burning
Rough Sleeping: Female Homelessness in L.A. - Photographs by Francine Orr
Staff Art Exhibit logo
Off the Clock: Art by LAPL Staff
1993 Winner: Kathleen Atkins Wilson, Introduction page from The Origin of Life on Earth, 1992, Print
Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards
Berlin women and child 1911
Vintage Jewish Fashion Posters
Logo for the exhibit featuring text that reads The Autograph Book of L.A.
The Autograph Book of L.A.
Man with plaster scale model of moon
Over Our Heads: Los Angeles Goes From Stargazing to Moon Landing
Aerial shot of Los Angeles at night
GLOW: Michael Light’s Aerial Views of Los Angeles
Two people using interactive display with text reading Undesign the Redline, Interactive Exhibit
Undesign the Redline
Jose Ramirez, Strike Music Teacher, 2019, técnica mixta sobre lienzo, cortesía del artista
Jose Ramirez: En su propia tierra / In His Own Soil
José Ramirez, Strike Music Teacher, 2019, mixed media on canvas, courtesy of the artist
Jose Ramirez: En su propia tierra / In His Own Soil
Piano Lesson by Helene Jukoff
Senior Art Exhibit: Connect, Create, Contribute
View of the Lockheed Corporation aircraft plant in Burbank
On Assignment: Ansel Adams in Los Angeles
Kobe Bryant in locker room
All Access: Behind the Scenes with NBA Photographer Andrew D. Bernstein
Sheriff’s Deputy Bill Phelton with light at night in front of police car
Satan’s Summer in the City of Angels: The Social Impact of the Night Stalker
Father Gregory Boyle hugs a former gang member in this poster created by Shepard Fairy
Radical Kinship: Celebrating 30 Years of Homeboy Industries
Straw Horse - Morgyn Owens-Celli, American Museum of Straw Art
21 Collections: Every Object Has a Story
William Saroyan with Typewriter. Courtesy of Varoujan Der Simonian.
My Name is Aram: William Saroyan, An Armenian Native Son
Dodger pitcher Fernando Valenzuela waves to his adoring fans at the height of “Fernandomania” in 1981
L.A. Baseball: From the Pacific Coast League to the Major Leagues
Peace & Love: Resist the Draft Leaflet detail
We Won't Go: The L.A. Resistance, Vietnam and the Draft
Aftermath: War is only half the story
Aftermath Project: War is Only Half the Story
6:30 A.M. 08/14/03 #77
Robert Weingarten: Focus on Infinity
Take None/ Give None exhibit logo
Take None/Give None: Gusmano Cesaretti Photographs The Chosen Few Motorcyle Club
Solidarity March, Memphis, March 28, 1968
For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights
Writer and co-creator Tom Patchett, left, and voice actor Paul Fusco, right, are confronted with last-minute script changes from star ALF.
The Industry in Our Backyard: Television Production in Los Angeles 1940s-1980s
Chuy Hernández (right) shares a slow dance with Olegario Martinez at the Lincoln Heights Senior Center’s popular weekly dance.
Going Gray in LA: Stories of Aging Along Broadway
Tlacolulokos, Smile Now, Cry Later, 2017
Visualizing Language: Oaxaca in L.A.
The Cinerama Dome (1963) shown at the time of its opening. The geodesic dome, built as a prototype Cinerama, a widescreen projection process, was threatened with demolition in 1998.
L.A. Landmarks: Lost and Almost Lost
Pintando: The Colors of Education
Pintando: The Colors of Education
Visitors can pose with a pair of painted wings in the exhibit and share their photos on social media: #ShowUsYourWings
City of Angels: Portraits
New Chinatown
Signs of Life: Los Angeles is the City of Neon
America's Shakespeare - The Bard Goes West
HERSTORY
HERSTORY
North Hollywood's Pioneers proudly display their costumes as they prepare to descend upon their annual picnic.
Service, Society and Social Change: Post – War Clubs from the Valley Times Newspaper
#TMHealthLA Photography Exhibit
The book cover of State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda, written by Museum curators Steven Luckert and Susan Bachrach. The cover image is from a poster for the 1933 film S.A. Mann Brand.–Kunstbibliothek Berlin/BPK, Berlin/Art Resource, New York
State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda
Firsts, Seconds and Thirds: African American Leaders in Los Angeles During the 1960s and 70s from the Rolland Curtis Collection
Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 and the March on Washington, 1963
Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 and the March on Washington, 1963
The First with the Latest! Aggie Underwood, the Los Angeles Herald, and the Sordid Crimes of a City
To Live and Dine in L.A.
Vintage poster: Girl, symbolizing Near East, clinging to woman with sword and U.S. flag, symbolizing America
They Shall Not Perish: The Story of Near East Relief
BH Postcard
Bunker Hill in the Rear-View Mirror: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of an Urban Neighborhood
African American Military Portraits From the American Civil War
From Pop to the Pit: LAPL Photo Collection Celebrates the Los Angeles Music Scene, 1978-1989
Defining Their Identity - The Changing Roles of Woman in the Post-War Era as Documented by the Valley Times Newspaper
Ticket Concourse, Union Station, 2013.
No Further West: The Story of Los Angeles Union Station
All Rise! Hollywood & The Herald go to Court
Songs in the Key of L.A.
Martin Luther King Jr. and Governor Edmund G. Brown during a Freedom Rally at the Los Angeles Sports Arena June 18, 1961.
King, the Kennedys, & Los Angeles
Treasures of Los Angeles
Stanley Kubrick - A Life in Film
How We Worked, How We Played: Herman Schultheis and Los Angeles in the 1930s"
Edited for Publication: Photographic Manipulations in the Los Angeles Herald Examiner
The Old Spanish & Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County Title Insurance and Trust Company Gerald Eddy, cartographer, 1937
As the City Grew: Historical Maps of Los Angeles
Unknown, Francisco [Pancho] Villa and Staff (Pancho Villa y su personal), 1911. Getty Research Institute (89.R.46)
A Nation Emerges: The Mexican Revolution Revealed
The Fine Art of Film Posters: Selections from the Los Angeles Public Library Collection
Legacies of the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles
From Hula Hoops to Hanoi: L.A. Concerns 1954-1965
Far and Wide: The Golden Age of Travel Posters
California In the 20s
Inside/Out: Downtown Los Angeles
Local News: Tabloid Photographs from the Los Angeles Herald Express
Los Angeles at Work 1920 - 1939

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