The nearly two-year-old Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity 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.

The new location helps the Institute engage with the collection, which had until now been warehoused at the Eames Office 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.

Plans had been originally to have the archive located at the Eames Institute’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 its collections more directly sharable to fans and scholars.

Among the objects on display to the public is the Airplane Stabilizer concept created for the U.S. Navy using the plywood molding method that was first invented for use as a combat field splint by Charles following his own bout with a broken femur.

Other pieces include the couple’s first Plywood Sculpture design, the Molded Plywood Seat from 1942, and Artist Saul Steinberg’s mock diploma for the former that was created as a farce (and printed in gibberish) in 1950.

“It’s such a pleasure to expand the reach of the Eames Institute and further share the Collection with even more people,” Llisa Demetrios, chief curator and granddaughter of Ray and Charles Eames, said. “The Eames Archives is so special to me because it holds the things my grandparents loved and cherished — it’s an absolute joy to finally be able to share these pieces in this way.”

The Brooklyn-based consultancy Standard Issue also collaborated with the Institute on the exhibition display for the Eames Archive.

Reservations can now be made for public tours that will commence on February 14. Research visits from other institutions, students, and nonprofits will also be facilitated upon request.