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21 essential museums to visit in Los Angeles
Don’t leave L.A.—whether you’re a resident or a tourist—without seeing these truly great L.A. attractions.
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The best art, history, culture and science museums in L.A.
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A complete guide to the Broad
Make the most of your visit with some tips to know before you arrive, our favorite works of art, things to do nearby and more.
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Best off-the-beaten path museums
Looking for something different to do? From car culture to Cold War propaganda, our offbeat Los Angeles museum guide reveals the city's best lesser-known...
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The best kids museums in Los Angeles
There are kids museums all around the city just for little Angelenos.
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The 29 best art museums in America
These are the best museums in the country for feasting your eyes on the finest paintings, sculptures, photography, installations and other visual art forms.
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Getty Center
Los Angeles's hilltop acropolis was conceived as a home for the hitherto disparate entities of the J. Paul Getty Trust, but that's the only straightforward...
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Getty Villa
In 1974, oil magnate J Paul Getty opened a museum of his holdings in a faux villa in Malibu, based on the remains of the Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum....
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Hammer Museum
Industrialist Armand Hammer founded this museum, primarily to house his own collection. Now, under the ownership of UCLA, the Hammer stages fascinating themed...
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La Brea Tar Pits and Museum
Back in 1875, a group of amateur paleontologists discovered animal remains in the pits at Rancho La Brea, which bubbled with asphalt from a petroleum lake...
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Natural History Museum
The NHM's original Beaux Arts structure was the first museum building in Los Angeles, opening with Exposition Park itself back in 1913. Its massive collection...
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MOCA Grand Ave
The main branch of LA's Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) houses thousands of artworks crafted from 1940 until now. Spend half an hour or an entire...
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Recommended: See Top 10 works at LACMA While LACMA's collections have long been the most impressive in the city, the 20-acre complex of buildings in which...
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Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
The bequest of entrepreneur Henry E Huntington is now one of the most enjoyable attractions in the Los Angeles region. It's also not a destination that you...
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