A+D Museum
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The A+D Museum is a museum of architecture and design located in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District at 900 E 4th Street. Designer and educator Natasha Sandmeier serves as the museum's executive director and Camille Elston[1] is the managing director.[2]
History
[edit]A+D Museum was founded by Stephen Kanner and Bernard Zimmerman in 2001.[3][4] Kanner was inspired by a similar museum he had visited in Helsinki, Finland.[4]
The museum first opened its doors in January 2001 in the Bradbury Building, located at 304 South Broadway (3rd Street and Broadway) in downtown Los Angeles; a space donated by Ira Yellin. When the Bradbury building was sold in 2003 the museum moved to a temporary location on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. In 2006 it moved to 5900 Wilshire Boulevard; across the street from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In April 2010, the museum moved down the street to 6032 Wilshire Boulevard.[4] Displaced by the extension of the Metro Purple Line, A+D Museum returned to downtown Los Angeles to a former warehouse in the Arts District in the summer of 2015.
References
[edit]- ^ Bengtson-Lykoudis, Kirsten (2021-07-13). "What If? – Camille Elston Promotes Diversity in the Built Environment". Not Real Art World. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
- ^ "About". A+D Museum. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
- ^ Hill, David (July 6, 2009). "Outspoken California Architect, Bernard Zimmerman, Dies". Architectural Record. Archived from the original on June 11, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ^ a b c Nelson, Valerie J. (July 7, 2010). "Stephen Kanner dies at 54; architect co-founded L.A.'s Architecture and Design Museum". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
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