Museums

The best art, history, culture and science museums in L.A.

A complete guide to the Broad

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.

Best off-the-beaten path museums

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...

The 29 best art museums in America

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

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...

Getty Villa

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....

Hammer Museum

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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    Museums in L.A.

    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...

    Natural History Museum

    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...

    MOCA Grand Ave

    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...

    Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

    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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