Book of the Day > Todd Lerew's Specific Museums of Greater Los Angeles
Book of the Day > Specific Museums of Greater Los Angeles. Printed by Tiny Splendor Press. "There are over 600 museums in the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, yet when people speak generally of our local museums, there is a strong chance they are referring only to a handful of the largest and most well-known. These institutions are relevant and important, their reac is impressive, their funding secure... but what of the smaller museums, which rarely (if ever) receive meaningful exposure? Even among the more idiosyncratic institutions, there seems to be an accepted subset of those that frequently make the lists of Museums-You-Didn't-Know-Existed. Which are the places still being overlooked, and why should we care? In this book, I have focused on 25 of what I'm calling 'specific' museums throughout the Los Angeles region, with an eye towards geographic and thematic diversity and an emphasis on the under-appreciated. Many of them have missions so narrowly defined that they are not inclined to evolve in the course of their existence. A number of them represent the worlds people construct, and the countless ways one might choose to live or identify. All of them are, I think, completely fascinating and worthwhile." - Todd Lerew