Museum of Neon Art

Museum of Neon Art
Established	1981
Location	216 S. Brand Blvd. ; Glendale, California
Coordinates	34°08′37.5″N 118°15′17″W / 34.143750°N 118.25472°W
Type	Art museum
Director	Kim Koga
Website	www.neonmona.org

The Museum of Neon Art (MONA) is a museum that exists to encourage learning and curiosity through the preservation, collection, and interpretation of neon art. The museum is devoted to art that incorporates neon lighting has had several locations since its foundation. This includes the preservation of old neon signs as well as display of original fine art and kinetic art. It closed its downtown LA location in 2011, and later reopened in Glendale, California in 2016.^[1] The collection includes neon signs from the Brown Derby and Grauman's Chinese Theatre.^[2]

The museum was founded in 1981 by Lili Lakich^[3] and Richard Jenkins.^[4]

References

^ Ahn, Abe (February 3, 2016). "The Museum of Neon Art Switches Back on in LA". Hyperallergic. Hyperallergic. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
^ Cooper, Arnie (September 3, 2008). "Neon Museum Casts Its Otherworldly Glow". The Wall Street Journal. p. D9.
^ Lawrence O'Toole (February 4, 1990). "Where Neon Art Comes of Age". The New York Times.
^ Lewis, Louise (February 17 – March 31, 2001). "Sirens and Other Neon Seductions". Catalog essay, Art Galleries, California State University, Northridge.

External links

"Welcome to MONA". Museum of Neon Art. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
"Museum of Neon Art". Flickr.com. Contributed photographs ("group pool") related to the museum.

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[1] Ahn, Abe (February 3, 2016). "The Museum of Neon Art Switches Back on in LA". Hyperallergic. Hyperallergic. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

[Cooper-2] Cooper, Arnie (September 3, 2008). "Neon Museum Casts Its Otherworldly Glow". The Wall Street Journal. p. D9.

[OTooleNYT-3] Lawrence O'Toole (February 4, 1990). "Where Neon Art Comes of Age". The New York Times.

[SirensLewis-4] Lewis, Louise (February 17 – March 31, 2001). "Sirens and Other Neon Seductions". Catalog essay, Art Galleries, California State University, Northridge.

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