Museum of Photographic Arts
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The Museum of Photographic Arts or MoPA is a museum in San Diego’s Balboa Park. MoPA opened in 1983, with Arthur Ollman its first Executive Director.
Over the years, MoPA has collected thousands of photographs that currently reside in the museum’s permanent collection, which includes photographs that span the history of photography including collections from film maker Lou Stoumen’s estate as well as the entire Nagasaki Journey: The Photographs of Yosuke Yamahata, August 10, 1945.
In March 2000, the museum re-opened to the public after a twelve-month renovation project. It expanded its gallery space and added a classroom, a theater, a print viewing room and a 20,000-volume library.
