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Exhibits

Current and Upcoming Exhibits

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

November 08, 2019 to January 26, 2020

Central Library, Getty Gallery

This exhibit was organized by the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature in Abilene, Texas. Named for Mrs.

Vintage Jewish Fashion Posters

September 30, 2019 to May 20, 2020

Palms - Rancho Park Branch Library, and multiple locations, see schedule below.

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

The Autograph Book of L.A.

September 26, 2019 to January 19, 2020

Central Library, First Floor Galleries

The Autograph Book of L.A. brings to life the Los Angeles Public Library’s unique and historic Autograph Collection in a...

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

July 15, 2019 to February 02, 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...

View of the Lockheed Corporation aircraft plant in Burbank

On Assignment: Ansel Adams in Los Angeles

April 25, 2019 to January 26, 2020

Central Library, Annenberg Gallery

During the waning weeks of 1940, war waged overseas and it was becoming apparent that the United States’ days of neutrality were...

Past Exhibits

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	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	We Won't Go: The L.A. Resistance, Vietnam and the Draft
Aftermath Project: War is Only Half the Story	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	Going Gray in LA: Stories of Aging Along Broadway
Visualizing Language: Oaxaca in L.A.	L.A. Landmarks: Lost and Almost Lost

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