Autry National Center
4700 Western Heritage Way,
Los Angeles, California
Established in 1988 by Gene Autry as the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum the Autry National Center is the home to 21,000 paintings, sculptures, costumes, textiles, firearms, tools, toys, musical instruments and other objects related to the American West.
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Photo courtesy of the Autry National Center
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Photo courtesy of the Autry National Center
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Photo courtesy of the Autry National Center
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Photo courtesy of the Autry National Center
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Bowers Museum
2002 N. Main St,
Santa Ana, California
The museum which bears the name of Charles Bowers, a late 1800s Orange County land developer, first opened its doors in 1936. It was closed in 1987 only to reopen in 1992 as a totally transformed and significantly larger facility.
Bowers' permanent collection includes over 100,000 objects from Africa, the South Pacific, and Asia. The collection also contains numerous Native American, Pre-Columbian artwork.
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Photo courtesy of Bowers Museum
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Photo courtesy of Bowers Museum
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Photo courtesy of Bowers Museum
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California Science Center
Exposition Park
Los Angeles, CA
Formerly known as the California Museum of Science and Industry, the Museum was remodeled in 1998 as the California Science Center. Currently it consists of the IMAX Theater, the Sketch Foundation Gallery - Air and Space Exhibits (formerly Aerospace Hall), designed by Frank Gehry, and the Science Center itself.
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Getty Center
Brentwood
Los Angeles, CA
The Getty Center is a $1.3 billion facility which opened in 1997 and is well known for its architecture, gardens and views overlooking Los Angeles. The center sits on top of a hill connected to a visitor's center which is accessible by a three-car cable tram. The center draws 1.3 million visitors annually.
The museum's collection includes pre-20th-century European paintings, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, and decorative arts; and 19th- and 20th-century American and European photographs.
Grammy Museum
800 W Olympic Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Opened in 2008 on the 50th anniversary of the Grammy Awards, the museum consists of four floors devotes to historical music artifacts, interactive instrument stations, recording booths and a 200-seat Clive Davis Theater.
The exhibits are renewed, with special features added on an ongoing basis. During our visit, we were able to view the Ringo Starr and Jenni Rivera exhibits.
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Special Exhibit dedicated to Ringo Starr of the Beatles
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Display dedicated to the late Jenni Rivera
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Display dedicated to the Beach Boys
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Display dedicated to the late Michael Jackson
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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd,
Los Angeles, CA 90007
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County opened in 1913 as the Museum of History, Science, and Art. It is the largest natural and historical museum in the western United States with nearly 35 million specimens and artifacts covering 4.5 billion years of history.
The museum's main building, with fitted marble walls and domed and colonnaded rotunda, is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Petersen Automotive Museum
6060 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
The Petersen Automotive Museum is one of the world's largest automotive museums and a nonprofit organization specializing in automobile history and related educational programs.
Founded in 1994 by magazine publisher Robert E. Petersen, and his wife Margie, the $40-million Petersen Automotive Museum is owned and operated by the Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation. The museum has about 150 vehicles on display in its main galleries. The remaining half of the collection is kept in a vault, located on the basement level of the building.
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