Museum of Photographic Arts

Museum of Photographic Arts
Museum of Photographic Arts, Balboa Park, San Diego.

The Museum of Photographic Arts or MoPA is a museum in San Diego’s Balboa Park. First founded in 1974, MoPA opened in 1983.[1][2] MoPA is one of three museums in the US dedicated exclusively to the collection and preservation of photography, with a mission to inspire, educate and engage the broadest possible audience through the presentation, collection, and preservation of photography, film and video.[3]

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History

Arthur Ollman was the Museum of Photographic Arts's first Executive Director. Deborah Klochko is the current (2010) Executive Director. In March 2000, the museum re-opened to the public after a twelve-month renovation project.[2] It expanded its gallery space and added a classroom, a theater, a print viewing room and a 20,000-volume library.[3]

Collection

Over the years, MoPA has collected thousands of photographs that currently reside in the museum’s permanent collection, which includes photographs that span the history of photography.[4] It includes collections from film maker Lou Stoumen’s estate as well as the entire Nagasaki Journey: The Photographs of Yosuke Yamahata, August 10, 1945.

See also

  • Index: Photography museums in the United States

References

  • Showley, Roger M. (1999). Balboa Park: A Millennium History. Heritage Media Corp.. ISBN 1-88648-340-x. 

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