The Leather Archives & Museum (LA&M), based in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, USA, has much information and details on the beginning of the leather subculture and BDSM community. The 10,000 sq. foot, two-story building houses: * Eight exhibition galleries; * A 1,425 sq. foot climate controlled archival storage space; * A 164 seat auditorium; * A 600 sq. foot reading library to house the research collections; * Various other spaces which serve as working space for staff, volunteers and researchers.