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Recreation and Cultural Services Michael Govan President and Chief Operating Officer (Appointed 7/1/06) Fiscal Year 2006-2007 Budget Gross Total Less Intrafund $20,366,000 Transfer $0 Net Total $20,366,000 Revenue $150,000 Net County Cost $20,216,000 Positions 42.0 Self Portrait with Charlie, 2005 David Hockney Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907 Gustav Klimt 52 Museum of Art County of Los Angeles Annual Report 2006-2007 The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is the premier encyclopedic art museum in the Western United States, serving 1 million visitors each year through the collection, conservation, exhibition, and interpretation of significant works of art. The museum’s permanent collection includes approximately 100,000 works representing the best of human creativity from ancient times to the present and from a broad range of cultures. The museum also organizes a variety of exhibitions of the works by the foremost artists in the world. Classes, tours, lectures, symposia, film, and music programs are offered as part of the museum’s community engagement efforts for an ever-growing constituency. Special exhibitions, art-making classes, and after-school and weekend programs are designed specifically for children and their families. Major Accomplishments 2005-2006 Recruited and selected a new director skilled in arts administration, collection building, and international exhibition organizing. Raised an additional $20 million for Transformation: The LACMA Campaign. Initiated Phase 1 of capital improvements with demolition of parking garage and start of construction. Began renovations of Ahmanson Building and deinstallation of select galleries. Organized and presented to the public a wide variety of exhibitions, including Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne and Pissarro 1865-1885; Lee Mullican: An Abundant Harvest of Sun; Ettore Sottsass, Designer; Consider This … ;LACMA at 40; Glass: Material Matters; Five Paintings by Gustav Klimt; David Hockney Portraits. Added prestigious works to the permanent collection, including increased holdings in contemporary art, European Old Masters, and Asian art. Increased adult membership to 85,000 members, ranking it third of all art museum membership programs in the country. Increased children’s membership program Arts for NexGen LACMA to 60,000 members, including every region in the County. When compared to adult membership programs, it ranks as fifth largest membership in the country. Honored as one of “The 10 Best Art Museums For Kids” by Child Magazine. Major Objectives 2006-2007 Prepare for opening Phase I of Transforming LACMA, including the Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA, new parking garage and grand entrance in 2008. Finalize Phase II of the museum’s master plan, which will feature increased special exhibitions space that is light filled and flexible and a renovation of LACMA West, which will include retail and food service activities to accompany children’s programming and gallery installation. Recruit additional trustees and restructure board to better serve the museum’s goals. Commission and acquire works of art that capture the attention of the public and demonstrate the encyclopedic nature of LACMA. Work with artists on gallery installations, LACMA West and entry pavilion programs. Identify and schedule noteworthy exhibitions in collaboration with other institutions and increase awareness of international institutions of LACMA as an exciting venue partner for exhibitions. Identify and pursue historic and institution-defining acquisitions, particularly Pre- Columbian art, African art, and costumes and textiles. Begin developing international programmatic initiatives, particularly with Mexico, India and China. Develop a new installation strategy for viewing art that maximizes LACMA’s Western United States location and emphasizes the development of art and cultures from a Pacific Rim point of view.
County of Los Angeles Annual Report 2006-2007 Museum of Natural History The Natural History Museum The Natural History Museum mission is to inspire wonder, discovery and responsibility for the natural and cultural worlds. Through its public programs, exhibits, research and collections care, the museum enhances understanding of, and stewardship for, the living earth. There are three museums operated by the Natural History Museum Family of Museums. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM). NHM is the crown jewel of Los Angeles’ science, environment and cultural museums. The museum was the first cultural institution to open its doors in Los Angeles in 1913, and today is a national leader in collections research, educational programs and exhibitions. It houses the second largest natural history collection in the United States, with more than 33 million spectacular and diverse artifacts. Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits (Page). The Page, located in Hancock Park, is home to the world’s only active urban excavation site of Ice Age fossils. In the nearly 100 years that the tar pits have been excavated, more than 4 million animal and plant fossils have been found and identified. Today, Pit 91 reopens for excavation each summer, giving the public a unique opportunity to observe paleontological field work. William S. Hart Museum (Hart). The 22-room mansion belonging to late cowboy film star William S. Hart is located north of Los Angeles in Newhall. It features the actor’s personal and movie effects as well as his extensive collection of Native American artifacts and Western American art. The 265-acre estate’s grounds house Heritage Junction, with the 1887 Saugus Train Depot and other historic buildings. Major Accomplishments 2005-2006 Opened Sonic Scenery: Music for Collections, which provided visitors an opportunity to find new meaning and relevance in the museum’s collections through the perspective of music. Began the seismic retrofitting and renovation of the historic 1913 building. Produced First Fridays, a discussion and evening performance series that elaborates on the issues raised by the museum mission and its collections. Hosted the international exhibition The Mysterious Bog People, in which 230,000 visitors explored rarely-displayed artifacts from the bogs of Northwestern Europe. Exported the Conversations concept, a unique collaboration between museum curators and artists, to the Naturalis, the national natural history museum of the Netherlands located in the city of Leiden. Opened the Dinosaur Institute, which conducts national and international research on dinosaurs and other ancient animals, and undertakes an aggressive field program aimed to substantially increase the museum’s dinosaur holdings. Organized and participated in research expeditions to more than 25 countries, resulting in scholarship, publication of books and articles, and the acquisition of priceless collections. Reached 202,844 school children through the museum’s school visits program, and 28,000 children and teachers through off-site educational programs. Major Objectives 2006-2007 Complete seismic retrofit and renovation of the historic 1913 building, with necessary gallery and collections relocations, while still maintaining programming schedules. Institute “Weekends at NHM” programming, which will offer unique ways for visitors to experience the permanent collections, from curator talks and tours to music and film. Continue gallery and special exhibition planning to ensure compelling museum visits for generations to come. Celebrate the museum’s biennial gala, which highlights the museum’s 94-year history and its mission to inspire wonder, discovery and responsibility for the natural and cultural worlds. Recreation and Cultural Services Jane G. Pisano President and Director (Appointed 11/01/01) Fiscal Year 2006-2007 Budget Gross Total Less Intrafund $13,280,000 Transfer $0 Net Total $13,280,000 Revenue $0 Net County Cost $13,280,000 Positions 36.0 More than 10,000 bug fans enjoy annual weekend Bug Fair at Natural History Museum. Exterior shot of the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits. 53 Photo by Catherine Cummings Photo by Ryan Miller
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