Custom Gallery Elements for LACMA’s Building for the Permanent Collection

FAIN: CHA-284442-22

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA 90036-4504)
Michael Govan (Project Director: May 2021 to present)

Purchase and installation of preservation and exhibition equipment for the newly constructed David Geffen galleries at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, including custom casework and light-blocking curtains.

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) respectfully requests a National Endowment for the Humanities Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant of $500,000 to support the purchase of custom-made casework and custom-designed curtains, two central components for presenting artwork in LACMA’s new building for the permanent collection, the David Geffen Galleries. The final component of a decades-long plan to expand and improve the museum’s campus, the new building replaces four ailing buildings built in 1965 and 1987 and will offer visitors innovative ways to experience LACMA’s global art collection and explore our common humanity. Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Peter Zumthor, the new building totals 347,500 square feet, including 110,000 square feet of gallery space, a theater, an education center, a restaurant, cafes, and covered plazas for outdoor programming. It is scheduled to open to the public in 2024.