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ABOUT THE BOOK

The African American Miniature Museum. The Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology. The Historical Glass Museum. The Finnish Folk Art Museum. Pennypickle’s Workshop. The Museum of Jurassic Technology...


Also On View: Unique and Unexpected Museums of Greater Los Angeles celebrates LA’s most fascinating and under-appreciated collections, from the deeply culturally significant—such as the Garifuna Museum—to the highly specific and unusual, like the City of Los Angeles’s Streetlight Museum. There are more than 750 museums in the greater Los Angeles area, many of which may not be familiar to even the most seasoned explorers.

Also on View: Unique and Unexpected Museums of Greater Los Angeles

Todd Lerew, Ryan Schude (Photographer)

ABOUT THE CREATORS

Todd Lerew is Director of Special Projects for the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, curating eclectic exhibitions and programs in support of the Los Angeles Public Library. He is a composer of experimental music and inventor of acoustic instruments such as the Quartz Cantabile, which converts heat into sound. He was winner of the 2014 American Composers Forum National Composition Contest and has had his work performed across the US and Europe. He received the 2022 National Outstanding Eagle Scout Award, and has served as a volunteer fire lookout at Keller Peak in the San Bernardino National Forest since 2016. He holds a BFA from Hampshire College and an MFA from CalArts, and collects library cards, pictorial maps, and all-black postcards that claim to depict a certain location at night.


Ryan Schude is an editorial, advertising, and fine art photographer. Had it remained viable, he might still be working at the rollerblade magazine that shaped his formative years, but a pivot into commercial photography happily funded his personal projects for the past two decades. Often employing a staged narrative approach akin to theatrical tableaux, environmental portraiture remains integral to his work, connecting him with artists, educational institutions, and just about any character willing to engage in the process. He recently moved to a small town just outside of Los Angeles with his wife, Agatha, daughter Antonia, and mother-in-law, Jessie. Ryan teaches photography and media arts at the Ojai Valley School.


Calling Cypress College students and alumni to participate in a logo design contest that will reflect the mission and history of La Historia!

Extended Deadline to submit logos is November 22, 2024, 11:59 p.m.

2024 Los Angeles Archives Bazaar Exhibitors

Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences         

Angel City Press at the Los Angeles Public Library             

Angelus Matchcover Club            

Art Deco Society of Los Angeles 

ArtCenter College of Design, Archives & Special Collections           

Boyle Heights Community Partners         

Burbank Public Library

California Revealed

California Social Welfare Archives

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

CSU Dominguez Hills      

CSU Fullerton, Lawrence de Graaf Center for Oral and Public History

CSU Los Angeles, Special Collections and Archives

CSU Northridge, Special Collections and Archives

CSU Pomona CPPENV Archives

Center for Land Use Interpretation          

Center for the Study of Political Graphics

Claremont Colleges Library, Special Collections

Culver City Historical Society & Museum               

Eagle Rock Vally Historical Society            

Ebell of Los Angeles        

Friends of Greystone      

Friends of Rockhaven     

Getty Research Institute              

Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles Heritage Committee   

Glendale Coin Club / American Numismatic Association  

Glendale Library, Arts & Culture 

Hollywood Heritage

Home Movie Day Los Angeles    

LACMA Balch Art Research Library

La Historia Community Archive      

Living New Deal       

Long Beach Heritage Museum

Los Angeles Archivists Collective 

Los Angeles City Historical Society            

Los Angeles Contemporary Archive 

Los Angeles Maritime Museum  

Los Angeles Public Library           

Marc Wanamaker / Bison Archives

Marina del Rey Historical Society             

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Library & Archives             

NEDCC “Ready—Or Not” Cultural Heritage Emergency Preparedness Project  

Occidental College, Special Collections & College Archives         

PBS SoCal / Lost LA         

Petersen Automotive Museum, Library and Research Center         

Ruskin Art Club 

San Fernando Valley Historical Society    

Self Help Graphics & Art 

Shelley Gazin Photography

Silver Lake History Collective

Southern California Genealogical Society and Research Library    

UCLA Library Punk Archives

UCLA Library Special Collections 

USC Digital Library

USC Digital Repository

USC Libraries Special Collections

Velaslavasay Panorama

Venice Heritage Museum            

Visual Communications

Wende Museum             

Workman & Temple Family Homestead Museum             

Writers Guild Foundation

Zoellner Quarter Family Archive