Art Gallery & Cultures

Los Angeles city has an amazing collection of Art Galleries and museums for Los Angeles travel, which are not limited only to the paintings. The art galleries alongside the museums form one of the greatest collections of paintings and other material objects in the United States of America. Though traditionally used to show art, the Los Angeles galleries are used to hold events like music concerts and poetry readings.

Some of the featured art galleries include Long Beach Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mid-City, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art, Downtown Los Angeles which was founded in 1950; The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Downtown Los Angeles which was founded in 1980; Museum of Latin American Art at Long Beach; Museum of Neon Art; Pasadena Museum of California Art; J. Paul Getty Center, Brentwood which showcases Ancient Greek, Roman and European Renaissance Art; Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena which displays 19th and early 20th century art and Santa Monica Museum of Art which showcases Contemporary art.

For the children, Los Angeles city provides California Science Center, which was formerly known as the Museum of Science, and Industry; Los Angeles Children's Museum and Museum of Jurassic Technology located at Culver City.

The city also has period museums such as Huntington Library situated at San Marino; Museum of the American west in Griffith Park; Museum of Tolerance; Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; George C. Page Museum located at La Brea Tar Pits; Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles; Southwest Museum and last but not the least J. Paul Getty Villa,Pacific Palisades, California, which features Getty's original house.

The two highly recommended family value museums are said to be the Long Beach museum of Art, which is located on Ocean Boulevard in the Bluff Park and the California Science Center, which is situated at Exposition Park, Los Angeles. It is the largest science center on the west coast and is run under the public private partnership of State and California Science Center foundation.