Art Museums
in Los Angeles

Museums are always a great place to go for a quick day trip in Los Angeles.

They are always air conditioned! Most LA museums also have restaurants for a quick snack.

Here are a few unique Los Angeles museums.

Unique Museums in Los Angeles

The Getty Villa in Malibu, CA

http://www.getty.edu/visit/events/villa.html
(310) 440-7300
1200 Getty Center Drive

The Getty Villa grandly overlooks the Pacific Ocean in Malibu.

The newly renovated museum focuses on ancient Greece, Rome and Etruria and is planted with Mediterranean flowers and shrubs and is based on a real Roman villa.

Natural History Museum
MINERAL SCIENCES EXHIBITS
The E. Hadley Stuart, Jr. Hall of Gems and Minerals

http://www.nhm.org/research/minsci/exhibits.htm
The 6,000 square-foot E. Hadley Stuart, Jr. Hall of Gems and Minerals was opened in May of 1978. Another 1,500 square-foot gallery titled Gemstones and their Origins was added in May of 1985. Together they comprise one of the finest exhibits of gems and minerals in the world. In 1989, Los Angeles magazine rated it as the finest permanent museum exhibition of any kind in the Los Angeles area.

Petersen Automotive Museum

www.petersen.org
6060 Wilshire Blvd. (at Fairfax,)
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 930-2277

California African-American Museum

www.caamuseum.org
600 State Drive
Exposition Park, Los Angels
(213) 744-7432

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

www.lacma.org/info/HoursDirections.aspx
5905 Wilshire Boulebard
Los Angeles, CA 90026
323-857-6000

Museum of Neon Art

www.neonmona.org/flash/index.html
136 West 4th Street,
Los Angeles, CA
213-489-9918

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