The Latino Museum of History, Art, and Culture Collection

TLM opened its doors to Los Angeles and the world in the Fall of 1998. It was a long embryonic process to create the museum, initiating in 1986, with a feasibility study for a Latino history museum. In 1987, the museum was formally established as an American cultural institution in downtown LA, until 2012, when it lost its lease. Its mission and goal was to present exhibitions that celebrate the artistic contributions of Latinos in the United States and internationally. Its intention was to provide a rich diversity demonstration of the Latino/a experience and to collect significant examples of the artistic and cultural heritage of that community. This collection was donated by Denise Lugo, the director of the museum in 1995. (Ms. Lugo later became a professor of art history at California State University Channel Islands.) She presented such notable exhibitions at TLM as: "A Great American Leader – Cesar E. Chavez" (the first major art exhibition on this civil rights leader); "Dia de los Santos – Dia de los Muertos" (an exhibition of installations and three Guatemalan collections); "Veredas Argentinas – Argentine Pathways" (contemporary Argentine and Californian art); "La Patria Portatil" (Mexican cultural identity through calendar painting); "Young Quechua's Wisdom – Warma Yachay" (Quechua children of the Peruvian Andes); "Paul Sierra: A Cultural Corridor" (The work of a contemporary Chicano artist); and "Made in LA II" (youth graffiti murals). An on-line finding guide is available. REGARDING COPYRIGHT: SEE https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-fairuse.html OR https://ogc.harvard.edu/pages/copyright-and-fair-use IT IS INCUMBENT UPON THE RESEARCHER TO UNDERSTAND COPYRIGHT AND APPLY IT APPROPRIATELY. The Broome Library/Archives may not have copyright to certain items, and it is up to the researcher to clear copyright before reproducing such items, particularly, news articles, photographs, and artistic endeavors. The Broome Library/Archives cannot give copyright, when it does not have copyright. Researchers must also follow HIPPA. Please see the archivist for clarification. The images, documents, and oral histories posted here are for educational use only and are not to be duplicated, distributed, or reproduced, before receiving written approval from the CSUCI Archives and the owner/creator. With that approval, the Broome Library/Archives must be acknowledged as the source of the item. Please contact the archivist for approval and the correct citation with any reproduction request.