Los Angeles Region

See also the Academy Film Archive and Academy Museum

The UCLA film and television archive offers a variety of information on both contemporary and historical media. Most archives materials must be viewed on site, and require an appointment.

DanceMapLA is an attempt to map dance in its many forms in Los Angeles and make the community more visible.

Pacific Standard Time is an unprecedented collaboration of arts institutions across Southern California, each presenting thematically linked exhibitions and programs designed to celebrate the region's vibrant cultural history.

According to the creator of this site, it documents public art works, sculptures and sculptural works, some landscape-based public art, mosaics, and murals, in the LA area. It does not document temporary or performance-based public art, and does not claim to be comprehensive.

The Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC) is a non-profit community arts center based in Venice, California. SPARC hosts exhibitions, sponsors workshops and murals, and lobbies for the preservation of Los Angeles area murals and other works of public art.

A step-by-step guide for searching government resources related to property.

The LA Public Library visual collections include both local history collections and other historical collections. Most collections can be searched, and some images are available online.

LAPL maintains a variety of indexes and directories to materials. Most are related to aspects of Los Angeles and California history, but not all. The eclectic mix ranges from images and art to autographs, government documents, fiction, plays, songs, and more.

Index to adult fiction which takes place in California. Index can be searched by author, title, locale, decade in which the story takes place, and/or major characters.

Indexes information about people, places, and events that have had a significant impact on life in Southern California. Most newspapers, magazines, and books cited here can be found in the Central Library.

List of menus from Los Angeles, other cities, steamships, airlines, and banquets. Images of the actual menus are being added to the records.

La Fiesta de Los Angeles was an annual multi-day event celebrating Los Angeles and Southern California's cultural heritage. The first celebration was held in April 1894.