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Exhibits

Current and Upcoming Exhibits

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

February 13, 2020 to April 19, 2020

Central Library, First Floor Galleries

The heart of Los Angeles’ Skid Row is comprised of roughly 50 city blocks (0.4 square miles) of the greater downtown area, generally...

Off the Clock: Art by LAPL Staff

February 03, 2020 to May 03, 2020

Central Library, and multiple locations

The Los Angeles Public Library, serving the largest population of any public library in the nation, possesses world-class collections...

Vintage Jewish Fashion Posters

September 30, 2019 to May 20, 2020

Northridge Branch Library, and multiple locations, see schedule below.

This exhibition, on loan from the collection of the Bernard H.

Over Our Heads: Los Angeles Goes From Stargazing to Moon Landing

July 15, 2019 to February 23, 2020

Central Library, History and Genealogy Department, Lower Level 4

For the 50th anniversary of the moon landing this year, we searched our photo archive to illuminate local contributors to the aerospace...

Past Exhibits

Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards	The Autograph Book of L.A.
GLOW: Michael Light’s Aerial Views of Los Angeles	Undesign the Redline
Jose Ramirez: En su propia tierra / In His Own Soil	Jose Ramirez: En su propia tierra / In His Own Soil
Senior Art Exhibit: Connect, Create, Contribute	On Assignment: Ansel Adams in Los Angeles
All Access: Behind the Scenes with NBA Photographer Andrew D. Bernstein	Satan’s Summer in the City of Angels: The Social Impact of the Night Stalker
Radical Kinship: Celebrating 30 Years of Homeboy Industries	21 Collections: Every Object Has a Story
My Name is Aram: William Saroyan, An Armenian Native Son	L.A. Baseball: From the Pacific Coast League to the Major Leagues
Aftermath Project: War is Only Half the Story	We Won't Go: The L.A. Resistance, Vietnam and the Draft
Robert Weingarten: Focus on Infinity	Take None/Give None: Gusmano Cesaretti Photographs The Chosen Few Motorcyle Club
For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights	The Industry in Our Backyard: Television Production in Los Angeles 1940s-1980s

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