Museums in Los Angeles
Getty Center
Above the Sepulveda Pass, the Center y looks more like a hospital or convention center than an art museum. But it's about the art, the peaceful grounds, airy exhibition spaces, and extensive collection all makes for a peaceful afternoon.
1200 Getty Center Dr; Tel: 310.440.7300
Museum of Tolerance
L.A museum focus on the dynamics of racism and prejudice in America and to continue to shed light on the history of the Holocaust a truly unique experience.
9786 West Pico Blvd, Tel: 310.553.9036.
California Science Center
Part of a larger Los Angeles museum complex near the USC campus in Exposition Park, the CSC is 245,000-square-feet of interactive fun for the whole family.
700 State Dr, Tel. 323.724.3623.
Huntington Library , Art Collections and Botanical Gardens
Tucked away in Pasadena, The library, art collections, but the gardens are the real attraction.
1151 Oxford Rd, San Marino, Tel: 626.405.2141
L.A. County George C. Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits
The stuffed, saber-tooth tiger whose flesh magically appears over its skeleton. The glass-encased Fossil Laboratory, of the tar pits themselves: gooey, bubbling, pools of black ooze which after capturing 40,000 year-old ancient mammals and birds, provides clues into the past. This is on of LA's best.
5801 Wilshire Blvd.; Tel: 323.857.6311.
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