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Archival
Center Museum
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When the late
James Francis Cardinal McIntyre inaugurated the archival program
for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, in 1962, he also endorsed the
notion of collecting materials associated with California's Catholic
heritage. A number of display cases were acquired and over the succeeding
years a rather sizable assortment of historical artifacts was assembled
and exhibited. On numerous occasions, the collection was moved around
the southland, from college to college, museum to museum.
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When
plans for the new Archival Center were being formulated, space was
provided for an Historical Museum with sixteen modern display areas.
During the course of each year, the various displays are changed or
otherwise updated. On Monday and Thursday afternoons, Las Damas Archivistas,
a docent group founded by Marie Walsh Harrington, opens the Historical
Museum to visitors. Since the first year of its operation, the collection
has achieved wide acclaim. |
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Among
the general categories on exhibit are the papal collection, exhibits
about Archbishop John J. Cantwell and Cardinals James Francis McIntyre,
Timothy Manning, Roger Mahony and Fray Junipero Serra, the California
hierarchy, religious Americana, the California missions, outstanding
works of Art, fore-edge paintings, religious objects, the button and
medallic collection, relics of the saints and numerous others. |
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An
outline of the holdings in the Historical Museum attached to the Archival
Center can be found in a book published in 1984 under the title California’s
Catholic Treasury. |
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