Home of the Future, 1925–1985: Designing Domestic Utopias
Home of the Future, 1925–1985: Designing Domestic Utopias
Between 1925 and 1985, Americans were offered an astonishing array of domestic utopias. Self-cleaning kitchens, plastic houses assembled in a day, push-button appliances, and desktop computers all shaped aspirations about how to live. Through architectural models, drawings, photographs, films, and objects ranging from sinks to television sets, Home of the Future traces how the American home of tomorrow was imagined, packaged, and sold—by whom, and for whom. While these visions promised abundance and technological transformation, the exhibition also asks who was excluded from that future, and who imagined radical alternatives.
This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
This exhibition is made possible with support from Getty.
Major support provided by Debbie and Mark Attanasio, Martha and Bruce Karsh, and the WHH Foundation.
Generous support provided by Debra and Leon Black, Sapna and Joe Dangaran, Suzanne and Ric Kayne, and Koni and Geoff Rich.
All exhibitions at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Exhibition Fund. Major annual support is provided by The David & Meredith Kaplan Foundation, the Blanchard Nesbitt Family, Louise and Brad Edgerton, Edgerton Foundation, Julie Jaffe, Stan and Ann Kroenke, Ezra and Lauren Perlman, The Michael Silver Family, and Marietta Wu and Thomas Yamamoto, with generous annual funding from Mary and Daniel James, Bert Levy Fund, Justin Lubliner, Alfred E. Mann Charities, and Kelsey Lee Offield.
A. Lawrence Kocher and Albert Frey, “The Home of the Future,” cutaway illustration of Aluminaire House by Logan U. Reavis, in Popular Mechanics, August 1931. Courtesy Popular Mechanics/Hearst Magazine Media, Inc.
- Sep 27, 2026–Mar 14, 2027
- Resnick Pavilion
This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
This exhibition is made possible with support from Getty.
Major support provided by Debbie and Mark Attanasio, Martha and Bruce Karsh, and the WHH Foundation.
Generous support provided by Debra and Leon Black, Sapna and Joe Dangaran, Suzanne and Ric Kayne, and Koni and Geoff Rich.
All exhibitions at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Exhibition Fund. Major annual support is provided by The David & Meredith Kaplan Foundation, the Blanchard Nesbitt Family, Louise and Brad Edgerton, Edgerton Foundation, Julie Jaffe, Stan and Ann Kroenke, Ezra and Lauren Perlman, The Michael Silver Family, and Marietta Wu and Thomas Yamamoto, with generous annual funding from Mary and Daniel James, Bert Levy Fund, Justin Lubliner, Alfred E. Mann Charities, and Kelsey Lee Offield.
A. Lawrence Kocher and Albert Frey, “The Home of the Future,” cutaway illustration of Aluminaire House by Logan U. Reavis, in Popular Mechanics, August 1931. Courtesy Popular Mechanics/Hearst Magazine Media, Inc.