Tours

Curator Walkthrough: Home of the Future

  • Date:
  • Time: 4 PM – 5 PM
  • Location: Resnick Pavilion
  • Price: Free, RSVP required

How did the designers of the past imagine the world of tomorrow? Explore the exhibition Home of the Future, 1925–1985: Designing Domestic Utopias with curators Grace Converse and Margaret Hanson and discover the stories behind groundbreaking visions that imagined, packaged, and predicted the way we live today, from self-cleaning kitchens and plastic houses assembled in a day to push-button appliances and desktop computers.

This program is part of Third Weekends at LACMA, a monthly line-up of free and ticketed programs inspired by our collection and special exhibitions.

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<p>A. Lawrence Kocher and Albert Frey (architects) and Logan U. Reavis (illustrator), “The Home of the Future” cutaway illustration of Aluminaire House, in <em>Popular Mechanics</em>, August 1931; house built 1931, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Art Research Library, Popular Mechanics/Hearst Magazine Media, Inc.</p>

A. Lawrence Kocher and Albert Frey (architects) and Logan U. Reavis (illustrator), “The Home of the Future” cutaway illustration of Aluminaire House, in Popular Mechanics, August 1931; house built 1931, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Art Research Library, Popular Mechanics/Hearst Magazine Media, Inc.

Home of the Future, 1925–1985: Designing Domestic Utopias was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.


This exhibition is made possible with support from Getty.



Major support provided by Debbie and Mark Attanasio, the David Bohnett Foundation, Martha and Bruce Karsh, and the WHH Foundation. 



Generous support provided by Debra and Leon Black, Sapna and Joe Dangaran, Suzanne and Ric Kayne, and Koni and Geoff Rich.

All exhibitions at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Exhibition Fund. Major annual support is provided by The David & Meredith Kaplan Foundation, the Blanchard Nesbitt Family, Louise and Brad Edgerton, Edgerton Foundation, Julie Jaffe, Stan and Ann Kroenke, Ezra and Lauren Perlman, The Michael Silver Family, and Marietta Wu and Thomas Yamamoto, with generous annual funding from Mary and Daniel James, Bert Levy Fund, Alfred E. Mann Charities, and Kelsey Lee Offield.

All education and outreach programs organized by LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Education Fund. 

Major support is provided 

Generous additional support is provided by the Judy and Bernard Briskin Family Foundation, Capital Group, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Arts Education, Alfred E. Mann Charities, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Gloria Ricci Lothrop, Flora L. Thornton Foundation, U.S. Bank, and The Yabuki Family Foundation.