Museums in Los Angeles

The Getty Center is a stunning hilltop museum complex designed by Richard Meier, housing European paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts, with beautifully landscaped gardens and sweeping views of LA and the Pacific.

The Getty Villa is a lovingly recreated ancient Roman villa in Malibu housing an extraordinary collection of Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities in one of the most beautiful museum settings in America.

LACMA is the largest art museum in the western US, famous for Chris Burden's 'Urban Light' — 202 restored vintage street lamps that have become LA's most Instagrammed artwork.

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County sits in Exposition Park and houses over 35 million specimens — from T. rex skeletons to gem vaults. Its Dinosaur Hall is one of the world's finest.

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opened in 2021 on Miracle Mile, dedicated to the art and science of moviemaking. Its Renzo Piano-designed sphere houses a 1,000-seat David Geffen Theater and immersive exhibitions spanning cinema history.

The Broad is Downtown LA's contemporary art museum housing 2,000 works from the Broad collection, with free general admission, Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirror Rooms, and works by icons like Basquiat, Warhol, and Koons.

The Museum of Jurassic Technology is a bewildering, darkly lit cabinet of curiosities in Culver City that blurs the line between real and fictional exhibits — a truly unique LA art experience.