On July 1st, The Southwest Museum closed. The Autry National Center, which owns it, claims the future of the museum is secure, while Friends of the Southwest Museum is concerned about the lack of a concrete plan and whether or not relocating parts of the museum to Griffith Park is necessarily the best scenario. The lack of a tangible plan as well as a claimed scarcity of public input has fueled suspicion by the Coalition as to the owner’s true motive. The Mayor’s Human Resources Office has been sponsoring a series of community forums to encourage public input regarding the future of the Southwest Museum. The most recent one was held on June 29th in Highland Park. (Information about the next one, to be in Exposition Park, follows this article.)
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Public Forum on the Southwest Museum by Ross Plesset
Public Forum on the Southwest Museum