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Mapping the Infinite: Cosmologies Across Cultures

Start
October 20
End
March 2, 2025
Organizer’s Site
lacma.org
Council District
City Council District 4
Event Series Dates
October 20 - March 2, 2025
Mapping the Infinite: Cosmologies Across Cultures presents a group of rare and visually stunning artworks from different cultures and time periods to explore the variety of human attempts to explain the universe’s origins, mechanics, and meaning. The exhibition illuminates this history of cosmologies around the globe from the Stone Age to the present, from Neolithic Europe to the present day, including Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, South and Southeast Asia, East Asia, the Islamic Middle East, Africa, the Indigenous Americas, Northern Europe, and the United States.
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036 United States
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