What We Do
At the center of House Museum is belief in art’s ability to transform realities, both physical and ideological. We collaborate with multidisciplinary artists at three levels—community, applied, and integrated—in order to engage communities through time. At the highest level, integrated art becomes a permanent part of each historic landmark, generating transformative thought for years to come, while both community and applied art relate to opening events and temporary programs built around each historic site.
Focus Areas | Scope | Project Sites |
Site-Specific Artworks | We commission artists to create work for and from a historic site, responding to its architecture, history, and community — works are intended to become permanent parts of the site. | John Rowland Mansion, Jesse A. Tilge House, Palisades Fire Memorial |
Community-Engaged Research | We study historic places with the people connected to them, often including oral histories, archives, conservation assessments, design studies, and 3D documentation. | Kuindzhi Art Museum, Henry O. Tanner House, Palisades Fire Memorial, John Rowland Mansion, 122 Elfreths Aly, Panoramic View Playground, Chinese Cultural Community Center, 1801 Vine Street |
Public Programs | Free gatherings, tours, readings and panels that invite the public into our project sites. | Henry O. Tanner House, John Rowland Mansion, Palisades Fire Memorial, Blue World Gallery |
Site-Based Learning | Hands-on fieldwork that brings students onto active preservation sites to learn from artists, conservators, and educators. | Palisades Fire Memorial |
Advocacy and Outreach | We help raise the profile of under-recognized and endangered historic sites through storytelling, press and partnerships — bringing them to local, national, and international audiences. |
Scope of Work
Local and International Artist Engagement, Exhibition Design and Planning, Archival Processing, 3D Architecture Modeling, Spatial Analytics, Map Construction and Visualization, Neighborhood Engagement Initiatives / Community Outreach Programs, Public Presentations and Workshops, Public Relations and Media Strategy.
Blue World Gallery 3D Architecture for Kaja Silverman with Marcos Hering and Austin Mayer, AIA.
Impact
Through partnership with House Museum, geographically distant historic places become connected within a network of contemporary discourse. Neighborhood communities are invited into the social process of creating, while our team works to raise the profile of each historic site through media campaigns—on a local, national, and international level. The value inherent in local history is expanded and shared with new audiences, strengthening each place and regional identity.
Since 2022
10 projects across California, Pennsylvania, and Ukraine (3 physical, 2 digital, 5 design studies)
1 National Register site reopened to the public, with 11 commissioned artworks
55+ historic chimneys documented in Pacific Palisades; 6 salvaged for the Palisades Fire Memorial
10 artist poets participate in annual poetry program, The Giving Trees
7 students trained in site-based art learning
1 federal grant awarded through National Park Service
2 educational collaborations with UPenn Master of Urban Spatial Analytics and Palisades Charter High School
3 public talks: Save Our Sites, Association of Preservation Technology, Pacific Palisades Community Council
Measurements for 7 Juglans Californicas, to be planted in a circle, drawn by Milton Lau, AIA, House Museum |
David Horvitz, 1/7 Southern California Black Walnut Trees. |
Architectural model and planning of the Henry O. Tanner House with Marcos Hering and Austin Mayer, AIA.
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ב | House Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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"In my Father's house there are many dwelling places." John 14:2 |