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The renovation and expansion project, called the NHM Commons, is set to debut in 2024. Both physically and conceptually, it's meant to better connect the museum to the community.
Not much can be found in the public landscape that documents the Zoot Suit riots set off by the discovery of the body of José Gallardo Diaź near Sleepy Lagoon. A proposed memorial at the site of the now-paved over lagoon invites a deep reflection on the tragedy at Sleepy Lagoon, its violent aftermath and the layers of history in Southeast Los Angeles's neighborhoods.
Islamic influence on Western architecture is charted in Diana Darke's "Stealing from the Saracens."
SPEAKERS at the Women in Science and Culture Celebration included (clockwise from upper left) artist Barbara Carrasco, seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones and museum president and geologist Dr. Lori Bettison-Varga. An inspirational and entertaining Zoom event was held last month to benefit the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) “Adventures in Nature” program. That popular program, for students through eighth grade, focuses on the E-STEAM fields (Environment, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics). The focus of the evening was women and girls, and the...