Museum Associates

Facility enhancementin fiscal 2023-2024, lacma continued work towards a major, new museum building. Most of these costs were capitalized and are not reflected on this line. This category of expense also reflects financing and depreciation expense representing amortization of the capitalized costs of constructing the museum's physical facilities, an activity that is one of the core reasons museum associates was founded.

Public and protective services and engagementit is a museum goal to continuously expand and serve audiences of all ages, ethnicities, and socio-economic backgrounds by creating welcoming environments and programs. This is accomplished through a variety of means, including on-site staff and contractors protecting art and providing service to the public, special events, promotional campaigns, campus way-finding media, and the museum magazine.

The museum collects works of art in all media, from every historical period, and from every corner of the globe to enhance its permanent collection. Expenses reflect funds paid by the museum for the acquisition of art works, but do not reflect the value of in-kind gifts of art. The museum offers many educational outreach programs in local schools and on-site for children and teens as well as classes and other programs and interpretive materials for college students and adults.