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Exhibits

Current and Upcoming Exhibits

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

Ongoing

Central Library, First Floor Galleries

Tracing the growth of Los Angeles, the nation's second largest city, is the topic of the new exhibit, "As the City Grew: Historical...

How We Worked, How We Played: Herman Schultheis and Los Angeles in the 1930s"

Ongoing

Central Library, History & Genealogy Department, LL4

A new, Depression Era photo exhibit, "How We Worked, How We Played: Herman Schultheis and Los Angeles in the 1930s," debuts this...

Stanley Kubrick - A Life in Film

On Display Through June 29th, 2013.

Central Library, Art Department Atrium

The exhibit STANLEY KUBRICK – A LIFE IN FILM displays a small collection of poster and still-photography images from the director's...

Treasures of Los Angeles

Ongoing

Central Library, Annenberg Gallery

The Annenberg Gallery displays some of the extraordinary materials collected by the Los Angeles Public Library since its founding in...

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