Every Museum of Greater Los Angeles

Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles Specialist/Unique Museum

Skid Row History Museum & Archive, LA Poverty Department (LAPD)

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250 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012

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Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles

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Featured in the book, Also On View: Unique and Unexpected Museums of Greater Los Angeles!
  • The museum gallery doubles as an event and performance/workshop space, with the archive occupying the rear loft.
  • Lorraine Morland and Keith "Prime Minister Footie" Johnson strike a pose.
  • LA Poverty Department performers and staff. Back row from left: Franny Alfaro, Scott Clapson, Zachary Rutland, Iron Donato, associate director Henriëtte Brouwers, Tom Grode, Asher Davis, founding director John Malpede. Middle row: Ruben Garcia, Leyla Martinez, Lorraine Morland, Lee Maupin, Stephanie Bell, Rixt Bilker. Front row: Keith “Prime Minister Footie” Johnson, Emily Benoff.

Photos by Ryan Schude