After philanthropist Aline Barnsdall bought this cute little hill during World War I, she engaged Frank Lloyd Wright to build her a group of buildings at...
4800 Hollywood Boulevard
The centre of Santa Monica's art scene is Bergamot Station, a former trolley stop that's now home to 30-plus galleries. If you head here on a Saturday...
2525 Michigan AvenueSince being saved from oblivion by the city, which took it over in 1998 after financial troubles, LA's only public showcase devoted to functional and...
5814 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles's acropolis occupies the top of a hill on land once destined to be the site of a co-operative housing development. The complex was conceived as...
1200 Getty Center Drive
Though only true connoisseurs will reckon it worth the drive down in itself, the Long Beach Museum of Art nonetheless keeps its locals entertained with a...
2300 E Ocean Boulevard
While LACMA's collections have long been the most impressive in the city, the 20-acre complex of buildings in which they've been housed has been quite the...
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Constructed in 1922 by radical Austrian architect Rudolf Schindler, this landmark is a dazzling combination of concrete walls, redwood partitions, rooftop...
Schindler HouseThe city's premier showcase for post-war art, MoCA started life in a humongous bus barn on the edge of Little Tokyo. It's now the Geffen Contemporary, its...
MOCA, 250 S Grand AvenueThe city's premier showcase for post-war art, MoCA started life in a humongous bus barn on the edge of Little Tokyo. It's now the Geffen Contemporary, its...
Geffen Contemporary, 152 N Central AvenueMoLAA might be located on land that once housed the Balboa Amusement Producing Company, the most productive silent film studio of its day, but history is...
628 Alamitos AvenueRecently relocated to the edge of Skid Row, the Museum of Neon Art mixes displays of fabulous vintage neon signs (soda-pop signs, restaurant displays and...
136 W 4th Street
The Norton Simon's Gehry-helmed makeover in the late 1990s raised the museum's profile. But it also helped it expand the range of its collection, giving it...
411 W Colorado BoulevardAn open-air staircase beautified by moody lightplay from an oculus above it creates a striking entrance into this three-storey facility. The museum is...
497 E Colorado Boulevard
Designed by Bertram Goodhue, completed in 1926 and renamed after the city's former mayor in 2001, LA's main library is worth a look even if you've no...
630 W 5th Street
The West Side's art scene continues to offer plenty of interesting shows, with new galleries cropping up at regular intervals. However, this contemporary...
Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Avenue