Where else can you go to see Ice Age creatures preserved by tar or Richard Nixon's book collection? Well, the La Brea Tar Pits and the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum barely launch LA's long list of cultural destinations. Science, history and other special interests are showcased in exhibits throughout the city, so after you've polished your tan at the beach, you can discover how minerals get their sheen or when the convertible was invented.
Los Angeles | History and Culture
- California African American Museum
- This museum is devoted to Afrocentric artwork. It is a large space and has plenty to offer its visitors from painting to sculpture to multimedia installations by African-American artists. The owners also feature artists from the past and historical exhibits.
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- California Science Center
- Created "to stimulate curiosity and inspire science learning in everyone", the California Science Center has certainly accomplished that mission, judging by the many awards it has received—three as recently as 2008.
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- Chinese American Museum
- The first museum in Southern California dedicated to documenting the Chinese American experience and history, the Chinese American Museum is housed within the oldest surviving Chinese building in LA, the Garnier Building.
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- Discovery Science Center
- The world of discovery inside this 59,000 square-foot science center is, unlike our spherical planet earth, shaped like a cube.
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- Heritage Square Museum
- The Heritage Square Museum has become the home of several of LA's historic and endangered buildings, including eight that have been moved to the site: the Hale House, the Octagon House, the...
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- Huntington Library
- Take millions of historically significant manuscripts and roomfuls of influential and acclaimed art from the 17th to 19th centuries, housed amidst 207 acres of some of the world's most unique plant life, and you have The Huntington Library.
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- Japanese American National Museum
- The Japanese American National Museum is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to sharing the experience of Americans of Japanese ancestry.
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- La Brea Tar Pits
- For 40,000 years, long before LA was anybody's idea of a good time, Rancho La Brea has been doing its gooey, sticky, oozing thing, spewing out asphalt that would trap and entomb any animal unlucky enough to saunter by.
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- Museum of Jurassic Technology
- A fascinating and curious collection of historic treasures and hearsay mysteries, the Museum of Jurassic Technology requires close your close attention: is it real or imagined? This Twilight...
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- Museum of Tolerance
- In a world that evolves and yet continues to promote, or to ignore, racism, the Museum of Tolerance explores racism and prejudice in modern society through a series of interactive exhibits, two...
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- Natural History Museum
- As the largest natural and historical museum in the Western United States and an active research center, NHM safeguards more than 35 million spectacular, diverse specimens and artifacts covering 4.5 billion years of history. This museum is truly a crown jewel of Los Angeles' museums.
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- Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
- Located in Yorba Linda California, the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum covers nine acres where visitors can get a glimpse of the infamous 37th president of the United States.
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- Ocean Institute of Dana Point
- For a fun, educational outing, don't miss a visit to the Ocean Institute of Dana Point. As a non-profit establishment, the people at Ocean Institute of Dana Point devote themselves to ocean conservation through education.
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- Petersen Automotive Museum
- LA's love affair with the car is chronicled in this fascinating museum, which explores the automobile and its impact on American life and culture, using Los Angeles as the prime example.
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