Autry Western Heritage Museum, Charles A. Widom & Michael Heinrich, Architect 1987-89. The banded tower and tile roof suggest the Spanish Revival style in a post-modern sort of way. The Autry National Center was formed in 2003, in a merger of the Autry Museum of Western Heritage and the Southwest Museum of the American Indian and the Women of the West Museum. The center explores the diverse culturess of the American West with a collection of over 500,000 pieces of art and artifacts. The Autry Institute includes two research libraries: the Braun Research Library and the Autry Library. Exhibitions, public programs, K–12 educational services, and publications are designed to examine critical issues of society, offering insights into solutions and the contemporary human condition through the Western historical experience. Located at 4700 Western Heritage Way in Griffith Park.
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