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Museum of Jurassic Technology is a tongue firmly in cheek exhibit of biological specimens, curiosities, writings and art from the Lower Jurassic (period? region?) ... or maybe it's on the level. You be the judge. The site lets you examine a few exhibits, such as the Cameroon Stink Ant and a horn purportedly removed from the head of a 17th century woman.
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) provides one of the nation's finest collections of post-1940 art and offers over 20 special exhibits a year.
Paley Center for the Media, The - this museum fills a long open hole in LA's museum landscape. The western sister of a branch in New York, it offers many exhibitions, screenings, listenings, and lectures.
Autry National Center provides one of the world's largest collections devoted to Western History and Art (despite its Hollywood namesake). Not just a cowboy museum ... the collection focuses on eight communities ... African, Asian, Mexican, Mormon, Canadian, European and of course Native American. In addition to Remingtons and Russells, you'll find folk art, artifacts, costumes and props from the Western cinema and a Children's Discovery Gallery.
ArtScene has information on hundreds of art museums and galleries throughout Southern California. You can find out who and what's showing, see sample artworks and view maps.
Index | City Guides / Directories |
 | Regional |
City of Los Angeles Museums
LAMWeb
Los Angeles Times The Guide: Art & Museums
Museumlink's Museum of Museums, U.S. Museums By State: California
MuseumsLA.org
Southern California Museums & Historical Sites
Where Los Angeles Museums
Regional
Anaheim/Orange County Arts & Culture
Long Beach Museums
Pasadena Convention & Visitors Bureau Museums & Attractions
Riverside Area Museums
Riverside County Museums
San Bernardino County Museum Branches
29 Palms Inn Guide to the Galleries, Museums & Murals Around Town, Twentynine Palms
Where Orange County Museums
Indexand Catalina Island Museum, Avalon
Coachella Valley Museum & Cultural Center, Indio
Fullerton Museum Center
International Banana Club Museum, Hesperia
Muzeo, Anaheim
Ontario Museum of History and Art
Riverside Municipal Museum
San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands
Ventura County Museum of History and Art, Ventura
Index | Art Centers / Organizations |
| Art Galleries |
| Arts in General |
| College |
| Design |
| Directories |
| Photography |
| Public Art |
| University |
Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro
and Angels Gate Cultural Center Gate Gallery, San Pedro
Barnsdall Art Park Exhibitions, Hollywood
and Barnsdall Art Park Exhibitions, Hollywood
Bell Family Gallery, Mid-City LA
Beverly Hills Municipal Gallery (BHMG)
Associates of Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale
and Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale
and Brand Library Art Gallery, Glendale
Brea Art Gallery
Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard
and Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard
Chaffey Community Art Association Museum of Art (CCAA), Rancho Cucamonga
Claremont Museum of Art
Conejo Valley Art Museum, Thousand Oaks, June
Downey Museum of Art
and Downey Museum of Art
Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock
Finegood Art Gallery, West Hills
Forest Lawn Museum Exhibits and Educational Series, Glendale
J. Paul Getty Museum, Brentwood - official
and My First Impressions of the Getty Center, Brentwood
and Artscene's J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu
Getty Villa, The, Malibu
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino
Irvine Museum, The
and Irvine Museum, The
La Habra Art Association & Gallery
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach
and Artscene's Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach
Lancaster Museum & Art Gallery
Long Beach Museum of Art
and Long Beach Museum of Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Mid-City LA
Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona
and Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Downtown LA
and Artscene's Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Downtown LA
Museum of Neon Art (MONA), Downtown LA
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA), Santa Ana
and Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach
Palm Springs Art Museum
and Palm Springs Art Museum
and Palm Springs Art Museum
Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA)
Gallery at REDCAT, Downtown LA
Riverside Art Museum
Santa Monica Museum of Art
and Santa Monica Museum of Art
Santa Paula Art Museum - proposed
Torrance Art Gallery
UCLA Hammer Museum, Westwood
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Beverly Hills
Design
Architecture and Design Museum, Mid-City LA
Museum of California Design, West LA
Photography
Annenberg Space for Photography, Century City
UCR/California Museum of Photography - UC Riverside
College/University
Antelope Valley College (AVC) Art Gallery, Lancaster
Cal State University, Dominguez Hills University Art Gallery, Carson - CSUDH
Cal State Fullerton Grand Central Art Center (GCAC), Santa Ana
Cal State Fullerton Art Gallery
Cal State Long Beach University Art Gallery
and Cal State Long Beach, University Art Museum
Cal State University, Northridge (CSUN) Art Galleries
and Cal State Northridge (CSUN) Art Galleries
and Artscene's Cal State Northridge Art Gallery
Cal State San Bernardino University Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum
and Cal State San Bernardino University Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum
Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk
and Cerritos College Fine Arts Gallery, Norwalk
Chapman University Guggenheim Gallery, Orange
El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance
and El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance
Irvine Valley College Art Gallery, Irvine
Kellogg University Art Gallery, W. Keith and Janet - Cal State Pomona
Laband Art Gallery, Westchester - Loyola Marymount University
and Laband Gallery, Westchester - Loyola Marymount University
Lindhurst Fine Arts Gallery, Helen, South LA - USC
Long Beach City College Art Gallery
Los Angeles Harbor College Art Gallery, Wilmington
Luckman Gallery, East LA - Cal State L.A.
and Luckman Fine Arts Gallery, East LA - Cal State L.A.
Mount St. Mary's College, Jose Drudis-Biada Gallery, Brentwood
and Mount St. Mary's College, Jose Drudis-Biada Gallery, Brentwood
Mt. San Jacinto College's Fine Art Gallery
and Mount San Antonio College Art Gallery, Walnut
Murphy Sculpture Garden, Franklin D., Westwood - UCLA
Orange Coast College Fine Art Gallery, Costa Mesa
Otis College of Art and Design Ben Maltz Gallery, Westchester
Pepperdine University Frederick Weissman Museum of Art, Malibu
and Pepperdine University Frederick Weissman Museum, Malibu
Pomona College Museum of Art Montgomery Art Center, Claremont
and Artscene's Montgomery Gallery, Claremont - Pomona College
Riverside Community College Art Gallery & Exhibitions
and Riverside College Art Gallery
Roski Master of Fine Arts Gallery, Gayle and Ed, South LA - USC
Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo
and Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo
San Bernardino Valley College Art Gallery, San Bernardino
Santa Ana College Art Galleries
and Santa Ana College Art Gallery
Santa Monica College Art Gallery
SUA (Soka University of America) Founders Hall Art Gallery, Aliso Viejo
Sweeney Art Gallery - UC Riverside
Titan Student Union, Fullerton - Cal State University, Fullerton (CSUF)
University of Judaism, Platt Gallery, Brentwood
USC Fisher Museum of Art, South LA
Ventura College Art Galleries
Vincent Price Art Museum, Monterey Park - East Los Angeles College
Whittier College Greenleaf Gallery
and Whittier College, Greenleaf Gallery
Wignall Museum/Gallery, Rancho Cucamonga - Chaffey College
Williamson Gallery, Pasadena - Art Center College of Design
Williamson Gallery, Ruth Chandler, Claremont - Scripps College
Directories
ArtScene
Marilyn's Sketchbook Guide to the Art Museums of Los Angeles
Index Bowers Kidseum, Santa Ana
Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert (CDMOD), Rancho Mirage
Children's Museum at La Habra
Childrens Museum of Los Angeles, Van Nuys
Fingerprints Youth Museum, Hemet
Gull Wings Children's Museum, Oxnard
Imagination Workshop Temecula Children's Museum
Kidspace Children's Museum, Pasadena
Zimmer Children's Museum, Mid-City LA
Index | Dolls / Miniatures |
Angels Attic, Santa Monica - dollhouses, miniatures, dolls, toys
Bunny Museum, The, Pasadena
Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), Mid-City LA
and Craft and Folk Art Museum, Mid-City LA
Edward-Dean Museum of Decorative Arts, Cherry Valley - furniture, decorative arts
Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village, Simi Valley
and Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village, Simi Valley
Historical Glass Museum Foundation (HGMF), Redlands
and Historical Glass Museum, Redlands
Index | African-American |
| Asian |
| Jewish |
| Latin American |
| Native American |
Bowers Museum, Santa Ana
California Heritage Museum, Santa Monica - folk art
Casa Romantica Cultural Center, San Clemente
Fender Center for Performing Arts, Corona
Fowler Museum at UCLA, Westwood
and Artscene's Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Westwood - UCLA
Hollywood Bowl Museum
International Printing Museum, Carson
Martial Arts History Museum, Santa Clarita
Muckenthaler Cultural Center, The, Fullerton - Dedicated to the study, exhibition and collection of multicultural arts and the staging of the performing arts. Art gallery, classes, lectures, facility rentals and more.
and Muckenthaler Cultural Center, The, Fullerton
and Muckenthaler Cultural Center, The, Fullerton
American Museum of Theatrical Design, Joseph Musil's (Salon of the Theatres), Santa Ana
Victoria Gardens Cultural Center, Rancho Cucamonga
African-American
African-American Resouces in General
Alkebu-Lan Cultural Center, Pasadena
California African American Museum (CAAM), South LA
Oran Z Pan African Black Facts & Wax Museum, South LA
Asian
Cultural Centers
Chinese American Museum (CAM), Downtown LA
George J. Doizaki Gallery, Downtown LA - Japanese
Japanese American National Museum, Downtown LA
Korean-American Museum, Mid-City LA
Orange County Agricultural and Nikkei Heritage Museum at the Fullerton Arboretum
Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena
Jewish
Holocaust Memorials/Monuments
Jewish Resources
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, Mid-City LA
Skirball Cultural Center & Museum, Brentwood
Latin American/Latino/Hispanic
Cultural Centers
Latino Art Museum (LAM), Pomona
Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA), Long Beach
The Latino Museum (TLM), East LA
Native American/Indian
Cultural Centers
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum, Palm Springs - Cahuilla tribe
Antelope Valley Indian Museum, Lancaster
and Antelope Valley Indian Museum, Lancaster - from California Parks Department
Sherman Indian Museum, Riverside
Southwest Museum of the American Indian at the Autry National Center, Northeast LA
and Southwest Museum, Northeast LA
Index | Film |
| Radio |
| Television |
Hollywood Entertainment Museum
Hollywood Wax Museum
Seeing-Stars: Movieland Wax Museum, Buena Park
Museum of Jurassic Technology, Culver City
Paley Center for the Media, The, Beverly Hills - formerly Paley Center for the Media, The
Index | Anthropology |
| Buildings / Sites |
| Historical Information |
| Historical Societies |
| Lighthouses |
| Missions |
| Native American |
| Presidential Libraries |
American Military Museum, South El Monte
Autry National Center, Griffith Park
Burke Heritage Park/Alhambra Historical Museum
Big Bear Valley Historical (Eleanor Abbott) Museum, Big Bear Lake
Brea Museum & Heritage Center
Cooper Regional History Museum, Upland
Costa Mesa Historical Society Library and Museum
County of Los Angeles Fire Museum, Bellflower
and Los Angeles County Fire Museum, Bellflower
Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum, Ruth and Charles
Hemet Museum
Heritage Center of San Clemente
Long Beach Heritage Museum
Los Angeles Police Historical Society Museum & Community Education Center, Northeast LA
Monorvia Historical Museum
Museum of Tolerance, West LA
and Museum of Tolerance Multimedia Learning Center, Mid-City LA
Newport Sports Museum/Newport Sports Collection Foundation, Newport Beach
Ojai Valley Museum
Pasadena Historical Museum
Redlands Historical Museum
Redondo Beach Historical Museum
Temecula Museum, Temecula
Wells Fargo History Museum, Downtown LA
and Wells Fargo History Museum, Downtown LA
Whittier Museum
Anthropology
CSUSB Anthropology Museum, San Bernardino
Index | Animal Welfare Organizations |
| Aquariums |
| Bird Watching |
| Environmental Organizations |
| Gardens |
| Interpretive Centers |
| Parks |
| Whale Watching |
| Wildlife Preserves |
| Zoos |
Teaching Museum at California State University, Fullerton - anthropology
Channel Islands National Park Visitor Centers, Ventura
Environmental Nature Center, Newport Beach
Hi-Desert Nature Museum, Yucca Valley
Mousley Museum of Natural History, Yucaipa
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, South LA
and LA Natural History Museum, South LA
Orange County Natural History Museum, Laguna Niguel
Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, Mid-City LA
and La Brea Tar Pits, Mid-City LA
Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology (WFVZ), Camarillo - birds, eggs
Whittier Narrows Nature Center, South El Monte
World Museum of Natural History, Riverside - La Sierra University
Index | Observatories |
| Planetariums |
Discovery Center for Science and Technology, The, Westlake Village
Discovery Science Center, Santa Ana
Entomology Research Museum - UC Riverside
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service: Western Region: California
Index | Air |
| Automotive |
| Maritime |
| Modeling Organziations |
| Motorcycles |
| Rail |
| Sea |
| Space |
| Transit Information |
Air/Space/Airplanes/Aviation
Flying Organizations
Model Airplane Groups
Airplane Museums in California - directory
Air Museum Planes of Fame, Chino - one of the first air museums on the west coast - has over 140 aircraft, 30+ air flyable
Aviation Museum of Santa Paula
March Field Air Museum, Riverside
and March Field Museum, Riverside
Museum of Flying, Santa Monica - closed
Palm Springs Air Museum
and Palm Springs Air Museum
Tomorrow's Aeronautical Museum, Compton
Western Museum of Flight, Torrance
Automotive
Car Clubs
Classic Car Parts/Service
Model Car Groups
Astor Classics Event Center, Anaheim
Automotive Road of Dreams Museum, Costa Mesa
California Route 66 Museum, Victorville
Joe's Garage, Tustin
Marconi Automotive Museum, Tustin
Murphy Automobile Museum, Oxnard
Nethercutt Collection, Sylmar
and Nethercutt Collection and Museum, The, Sylmar
and Nethercutt Collection and Museum of San Sylmar
NHRA Motorsports Museum, Pomona
and Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, Pomona
Petersen Automotive Museum, Mid-City LA
Riverside International Automotive Museum (RIAM)
Toyota USA Automobile Museum, Torrance
Motorcycles
Early Years of Motocross Museum, Villa Park
The Shop Vintage Museum, Ventura
Trains/Railroad
Historical Information
Historical Societies
Model Railroading Groups
Information Train Station - Live Steam Clubs & Organizations - directory
Live Steam Clubs of Southern California - directory
Los Angeles Area Steam - directory
National Model Railroad Association's Directory of World Wide Rail Sites, Tourist Sites: California
Rail Museums California - directory
Carolwood Pacific Historical Society, Thousand Oaks - Walt Disney's personal train setup
Fillmore & Western Railway Company - Fillmore to Santa Paula
Griffith Park Railroads
Heritage Park Railroad Exhibit
Irvine Park Railroad
Joshua Tree & Southern (JT&S) Railroad Museum
Lomita Railroad Museum
Los Angeles Live Steamers, Griffith Park - trains
Mogul 1629 Locomotive, Newhall
Orange County Model Engineers (OCME), Costa Mesa
Orange Empire Railway Museum, Perris
Pacific Railroad Museum in the San Dimas Station
Riverside Live Steamers
Santa Susana Depot, Simi Valley
Travel Town Museum, Griffith Park
and Travel Town Museum Foundation, Griffith Park
Sea/Maritime
Aquariums
Cruises
Lighthouses
Model Boating Groups
Maritime Museums California - directory
Los Angeles Maritime Museum, San Pedro
and Los Angeles Maritime Museum (formerly the Municipal Ferry Building), San Pedro
and Los Angeles Maritime Museum (formerly the Municipal Ferry Building), Wilmington
Newport Harbor Nautical Museum, Newport Beach
U.S. Navy Seabee Museum Tours, Port Hueneme
and U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Port Hueneme
and U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Port Hueneme
Queen Mary, Long Beach
SS Lane Victory, San Pedro
Ventura County Maritime Museum, Oxnard
IndexFriends of the Southwest Museum, Northeast LA
Museum Educational Foundation, Agoura Hills - produces Museum Mania treasure hunt study books for children
San Bernardino County Museum Association, Redlands
Internet Services
Database Applications
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