2024-05-13T09:17:03-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150414967/eames-institute-unveils-new-eames-archives-space-in-the-bay-area Josh Niland 2024-02-01T18:24:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/40/40ffa07ccda8bd359e8fd0f360444ce8.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The nearly two-year-old <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150188017/eames-institute" target="_blank">Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity</a> has shared news of its arrival in a new permanent home in the San Francisco Bay Area that will consolidate its archival collection under one roof for the first time. </p> <p>The new location helps the Institute engage with the collection, which had until now been warehoused at the <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/325/eames-office" target="_blank">Eames Office</a> global headquarters in Venice, California. The new Eames Archives will now be housed and exhibited in a gallery space located in Richmond, California, about 15 minutes north of Oakland.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9c/9cc39f3c009f884022dd3c4970596bf6.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9c/9cc39f3c009f884022dd3c4970596bf6.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Ray &amp; Charles Eames. Image courtesy Eames Office</figcaption></figure><p>Plans had been originally to have the archive located at the Eames Institute&rsquo;s ranch complex in nearby Sonoma County. Now, the nonprofit's first public space includes a Gallery, Collections Center, and Archives Study Center for its more than 40,000 artifacts overseen by dedicated on-site preservation specialists. A small gift shop bookends the experience. The Eames Institute says this is all vital to making it...</p>