--- title: Big Lebowski House Acquired by LACMA description: LACMA acquires house from the Coen Brothers film The Big Lebowski owned by the NBA fan and investor James Goldstein canonical: https://time.com/4229116/big-lebowski-james-goldstein-lacma-house/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-18T16:57:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:13.700Z og:title: 'The Big Lebowski' House Is Now Part of a Museum og:description: Rihanna also had a birthday party there og:url: https://time.com/4229116/big-lebowski-james-goldstein-lacma-house/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt075bfc26eb6fcb4c/69887e2aa988ca55986b6a59/james-goldstein.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-US ARCHITECTURE MUSEUM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'The Big Lebowski' House Is Now Part of a Museum twitter:description: Rihanna also had a birthday party there twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt075bfc26eb6fcb4c/69887e2aa988ca55986b6a59/james-goldstein.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _The Big Lebowski_ House Is Now Part of a Museum  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Feb 18, 2016 4:57 PM UTC  James Goldstein during a tour of the John Lautner-designed home. James Goldstein during a tour of the John Lautner-designed home.David McNew—AFP/Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Feb 18, 2016 4:57 PM UTC A house featured in _The Big Lebowski_ has been donated to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the museum announced Wednesday. Known as the home of pornography producer Jackie Treehorn (played by Ben Gazzara) in the Coen Brothers’ 1998 cult classic film, it was designed by renowned architect John Lautner and has been owned by investor and NBA super-fan James Goldstein since 1972\. Rihanna also had a birthday there. The property’s most distinctive features are its glass walls and furniture made out of concrete. Other details of the $40 million gift, from [a news release](http://www.lacma.org/sites/default/files/James-Goldstein-House-Press-Release-2.17.16-FINAL.pdf): --- > “” --- The acquisition, which LACMA plans to use as an events space, is part of the museum’s larger goal to acquire “landmarks of Los Angeles residential architecture,” as the _Los Angeles Times_ [reported](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-lacma-lautner-house-20160217-column.html). > [](https://twitter.com/LACMA/status/700102567427084288) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4229116/big-lebowski-james-goldstein-lacma-house/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4229116/big-lebowski-james-goldstein-lacma-house/"},"headline":"The Big Lebowski House Is Now Part of a Museum","datePublished":"2016-02-18T16:57:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:13.700Z","description":"Rihanna also had a birthday party there","url":"https://time.com/4229116/big-lebowski-james-goldstein-lacma-house/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt075bfc26eb6fcb4c/69887e2aa988ca55986b6a59/james-goldstein.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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