Mount Wilson Observatory
2022-12-18 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Mount Wilson Observatory, Pasadena, CA, United States
OPEN WEEKENDS- Mt Wilson
Mount Wilson Observatory is located on the summit of Mount Wilson above Pasadena at an altitude of 5715 feet. Mount Wilson Observatory is visible from much of the Los Angeles area. Free of charge, this is a must see experience.

Viewing through the 100-Inch Hooker Telescope
The world’s largest telescope from 1917 to 1949, the 100-inch Telescope forever changed our understanding of the scale and nature of our Universe and launched a revolution in astronomy that continues through today. This world-heritage class instrument, used by many of the greatest astronomers of the Twentieth Century, has only recently been made available for regular public viewing. It is the largest telescope in the world that you can rent! Imagine looking through the telescope used by astronomers Edwin Hubble and Milton Humason in the late 1920s to measure the expansion of the Universe.

The 60 inch Telescope
Mount Wilson Observatory’s 60-inch telescope was completed in 1908 by Observatory founder George Ellery Hale with funding from Andrew Carnegie. It was the world’s largest operational telescope until Hale went on to complete the Mt. Wilson 100-inch telescope in 1917. For a more detailed history of this revolutionary instrument, which became the model for all large observatory telescopes of the future, see the article “Building the 60-inch Telescope.” Among the many important discoveries from the 60-inch telescope was Harlow Shapley’s revelation in 1918 that the accepted view of the time, that our Sun was near the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, was wrong. Shapley used the light gathering power of the 60-inch to show that our solar system is instead half way out toward the edge of our Galaxy. The telescope was a workhorse instrument for astronomy for over half a century and used by astronomical luminaries such as Edwin Hubble, Walter Baade, and Allan Sandage to unravel the secrets of stars and galaxies. Now retired from active scientific service, the 60-inch and the 100-inch telescopes are the largest in the world made exclusively available to the public. With their large light-collecting mirrors and the exquisite skies over Mount Wilson, these historic telescopes provide an unrivaled and unique astronomical experience.

CHARA (Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy)
Mount Wilson’s newest astronomical instruments are Georgia State University’s optical interferometric array of six telescopes. This facility, located here because of the exceptional seeing conditions, puts Mount Wilson back on the cutting edge of astrophysics. The full array was completed in 2004. Each telescope of the CHARA Array has a light-collecting mirror 1-meter in diameter. The telescopes are dispersed over the mountain to provide a two-dimensional layout that provides the resolving capability (but not the light collecting ability!) of a single telescope a fifth of a mile in diameter. Light from the individual telescopes is conveyed through vacuum tubes to a central Beam Synthesis Facility in which the six beams are combined together. When the paths of the individual beams are matched to an accuracy of less than one micron, after the light traverses distances of hundreds of meters, the Array then acts like a single coherent telescope for the purposes of achieving exceptionally high angular resolution. The Array is capable of resolving details as small as 200 micro-arcseconds, equivalent to the angular size of a nickel seen from a distance of 10,000 miles. In terms of the number and size of its individual telescopes, its ability to operate at visible and near infrared wavelengths, and its longest baselines of 330 meters, the CHARA Array is arguably the most powerful instrument of its kind in the world.
Science Objectives
The Array is applicable to problems in almost all areas of contemporary astronomy. It is particularly suited to stellar astrophysics where it will be used to measure the diameters, distances, masses, and luminosities of stars, as well as to image features such as spots and flares on their surfaces. Other projects range from detecting planetary systems, imaging stars in process of formation, and studies of bright transient phenomena like novae.
For more information on this amazing research facility and the science that is emerging from it, please go to the CHARA array homepage. There you can find a video, Sizing up the Stars, that explains how interferometry works.

Astronomical Museum
Also on the mountain, next to the 100-inch telescope, there is a new exhibit hall that displays Albert Michelson’s original interferometer, used to get the first measurement of stars other than our Sun. The exhibit hall reveals in detail how the light is combined in the new CHARA area.
Weekend Public Guided Tours

Docent-led walking tours of the observatory take place on Saturdays and Sundays through November 29. The two hour tours depart at 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. sharp from the Cosmic Cafe located above the large parking lot at the entrance to the Observatory. A special feature of these tours is entrance into both the 60-inch and 100-inch telescope domes, as well as the observing room of the 150-foot Solar Tower Telescope. On rare occasions, a telescope may be closed to the tour due to a special event or maintenance.

Purchasing Tickets
Tickets are $15 (adults) and $13 (ages 12 and under & 62 and older). Tour tickets are available for same-day purchase at the Cosmic Café, and rarely sell out. For each tour, 15 spots are available.
If you have a large group, we urge you to opt for a private tour instead. These can be arranged by sending an email request to tours@mtwilson.edu.
Children under age 6 are not permitted. The tours involve about a mile of walking and climbing some stairs. Please read the Health Notice in the information tab.

Private Group Tours
Private guided tours may be arranged by individuals or groups in advance. A modest per-person fee is charged. More information is available here. Please contact tours@mtwilson.edu for more details and a private tour request form. Private tours are held in the daytime only and do not include looking through a telescope.

Weather conditions may occasionally result in unscheduled closures. Access to Mount Wilson is via the Angeles Crest Highway (CA Hwy 2) from the 210 Freeway at La Canada Flintridge. You can download a printable PDF map with directions here.

The Cosmic Café Sandwich Shop
Come up the mountain for a wonderful lunch in an incomparable setting. Located in the Pavilion above the main parking lot, serves fresh-made sandwiches and other treats and souvenirs on Saturdays and Sundays through early November, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Free Self Guided Tours
If you are planning ahead and would like a nice guide of your visit, Print your own free brochure for a self-guided tour and map of Mount Wilson.

An Interactive Map
To explore the telescopes and other sites on observatory online, click on the interactive map of the Observatory, above.

A 13-page Visitors Guide is also available for purchase at the Cosmic Café. Written by Hal McAlister, the second director of the Mount Wilson Institute and founder of CHARA, it is a well-illustrated guide to all the points of interest on the mountaintop.

Elevation Warning
The high elevation of the Observatory (5715 ft) and the change in elevation during the approximately one-mile and two-hour long tour are unsuitable for individuals with respiratory and heart problems or with limited mobility.
The century-old facilities are not ADA-compliant and, except for the Astronomical Museum and the Cosmic Cafe, offer no access to those who cannot climb multiple flights of stars. Thus, tours of the Observatory, either guided or unguided, are inappropriate for some elderly people and for those who are not in good health.
Visitors should take these factors into consideration before touring the Observatory.

Parking

A U.S. Forest Service Adventure Pass is required to park at the Observatory, as it is located on U.S. Forest Service land. A day pass may be purchased at the Cosmic Cafe (when it is open from April 4 to November 29 in 2020) on weekends between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Other times, the $5 day pass or the $30 dollar annual pass may be purchased at many locations around Los Angeles before you head up. Click here to go to the U.S. Forest Service website for more information about the Adventure Pass and where to buy them. Their website has a place to enter your location to search for nearby vendors. The Shell station in La Canada at the bottom of the Angeles Crest Highway should be selling them as well.

Hours
April 1 – November 1 Saturday – Sunday: 10:00am – 5:00pm
December 1 – March 31 Saturday – Sunday: : 10am – 4:00pm

For additional information, visit the website @
www.mtwilson.edu/

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Forest Lawn Museum
2022-12-18 10:00 - 17:00, 2022-12-24 10:00 - 17:00 | Forest Lawn Museum, 1712 S Glendale Ave., Glendale, CA, 91205, United States
NOW ON EXHIBIT – Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale
Enriching the community through artwork. The Forest Lawn Museum first opened in 1952 and is located adjacent to the Hall of Crucifixion-Resurrection at Forest Lawn – Glendale. Forest Lawn’s founder, Dr. Hubert Eaton, wrote in his Builder’s Creed that our park should be “a place where artists study and sketch; where school teachers bring happy children to see the things they read of in books.” In that spirit, the Forest Lawn Museum displays a permanent collection, as well as world-class rotating exhibits. With engaging special exhibits and free educational and artistic activities, there is always something new to experience.

Forest Lawn Museum is located within Forest Lawn-Glendale (1712 S. Glendale Ave, Glendale, CA 91205). Enter the main gate on Glendale Ave and follow signs to the top of the hill. Admission is free and there’s plenty of free parking!
Email museum@forestlawn.com to schedule your free group tour today.
Health and Safety Precautions
For the health and safety of visitors and staff, wearing a mask indoors is recommended, but no longer mandatory. A free face mask is available upon request. Touch-free hand-sanitizer stations are available for visitors. Thank you for helping us stay safe and healthy. We look forward to your visit!

In addition to the museum, statues, and architecture displayed around our parks. Forest Lawn offers several ongoing exhibits that are free to the public.

The Great Mausoleum at 100
On May 2, 1920, Forest Lawn dedicated the Great Mausoleum. On May 2, 2020, we recognize the centennial of this monumental building. Construction began in 1917 and only one level was complete at the dedication ceremony. The building now has 11 terraces, dozens of sculptures, and more than 100 stained glass windows. It has endured through the Great Depression, World War II, and into the 21st century. Even in the difficult times that we’re currently experiencing, we look forward to another hundred years of history with the Great Mausoleum.

1712 S Glendale Ave., Glendale, CA 91205
Since our founding, Forest Lawn has committed itself to providing outstanding service and beautiful environments for family outings, remembering loved ones, and commemorating holidays. Whether you are planning how to help your loved ones remember you, memorializing someone special in your life, or joining us for holiday events like Easter or Memorial Day, we invite you to visit Forest Lawn.

Serving Families for More Than 100 Years
Since its founding in 1906, Forest Lawn has been an integral part of the community it serves. Our Founder, Dr. Hubert Eaton, profoundly changed the funeral business by transforming Forest Lawn Memorial-Park into a place for the living. By combining the mortuary and cemetery sides of the business, Eaton achieved his goal, making Forest Lawn a beautiful setting for services, weddings, baptisms, and family excursions. After 100 years of service, the Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks remain a place for the living and a true community resource.
Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Sunday: 10:00am – 5:00pm

For additional information, visit the website @
forestlawn.com/museum

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FREE DAY AT WALT DISNEY'S BARN
2022-12-18 11:00 - 15:00 | Walt Disney’s Barn, 5202 Zoo Dr., Los Angeles, CA, 90027, United States
OPEN EVERY THIRD SUNDAY- in Holmby Hills
In 1950, Walt built the The Carolwood Pacific Railroad in the backyard of his house in Holmby Hills, California. He named the railroad for the street where he lived: Carolwood Drive. The first run on the Carolwood Pacific Railroad took place on May 7, 1950. The 2,615 feet of track included a 46 foot long trestle and a 90 foot long tunnel under his wife’s flower bed. Amidst the railroad, he had a barn built where he could monitor and remotely control the switches on the track. The barn also served as a workshop and a place for Walt and his friends to relax.

When the Holmby Hills home was sold, the new owners had plans to preserve the house, but discovered that due to structural issues and asbestos, they demolished the existing structures and built a new home. Fortunately, Walt’s daughter Diane Disney Miller recognized the importance of the Barn and began the process of saving it before escrow closed. Diane contacted Michael and Sharon Broggie, founders of the Carolwood Society, who began planning what to do with the Barn. A general contractor, Bill Abel, was hired to dismantle the Barn and it was stored until an agreement was secured with the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Live Steamers Museum. It opened in Griffith Park as a loan to the people of Los Angeles on July 19, 1999, and is located inside the 1/8th scale track, the same scale that Walt had at his home.

Walt Disney’s Barn
Walt spent many hours in the Barn not only working on his trains, but thinking about new projects and ideas. One could say that this Barn is the birthplace of Imagineering.

Today, the Barn is in a beautifully landscaped part of the park, with several nice picnic tables and many benches. Bring your family and a picnic basket to enjoy your lunch and some Walt Disney, railroad, and Disneyland history. The Barn is small, but full of many interesting items to learn about, and lots of wonderful stories.

The Barn is open on the 3rd Sunday of each month from 11 am to 3 pm. Parking is free, and admission is free. Donations to the Los Angeles Live Steamers Museum are accepted.

Hours
Every 3rd Sunday: 11:00am – 3:00pm

For additional information, visit the website @
carolwood.com

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Museum of Jurassic Technology
2022-12-18 12:00 - 18:00 | Museum of Jurassic Technology, 9341 Venice Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232, United States
THURSDAY TO SUNDAY – Culver City
The Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles, California is an educational institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and the public appreciation of the Lower Jurassic.

THE MUSEUM IS OPEN
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FROM 2:00 pm TO 8:00 pm
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FROM 12:00 pm TO 6:00 pm
The Museum has instituted an online reservation and timed ticketing system to ensure the greatest possible safety and experience for our patrons. For the foreseeable future, visits to the Museum must be booked in advance.
It is advised to arrive at least 15 min before your appointment time to allow for time to park and check in. When you arrive please have your confirmation email available for the front desk attendant. If you would care for a glass of tea during your visit, we ask you to partake one-hour following your scheduled appointment to mitigate overcrowding at any one time.
The Tula Tea Room and Borzoi Kabinet Theater are located on the second floor and available to the public during museum hours.
ADMISSION
Children 12 and under, Free
Adults, $ 12.00
Children aged 13 to 21, $ 10.00
For students in full time education, $ 10.00
Persons 62 years or older, $ 10.00
Unemployed persons, $ 10.00
Disabled Persons, $3.00
Active service personnel in uniform, $ 3.00

CELL PHONE USE AND PHOTOGRAPHY
The Museum of Jurassic Technology does not allow cell phone use, including text messaging and photography while in the Museum.
Photography is not permitted anywhere in the Museum. However, photographs of objects and exhibits can be obtained through the S.F.D.U.I. Scenes and Views Archive, by writing info@mjt.org
GROUP AND CLASS VISITS
Due to the unique nature of our space, we ask that all group and school visits be coordinated at least two weeks in advance, so that we may schedule your visit outside of our public open hours. Tea in the Museum’s Tula Tea Room may be prepared for your group upon request.
Please note that visits to the Museum are entirely self-guided, and we do not customarily offer tours.
To arrange your visit, please write to brin@mjt.org, or leave a message at (310) 836-6131

9341 Venice Boulevard, Culver City, California 90232
The public museum as understood today is a collection of specimens and other objects of interest to the scholar, the man of science, and the more casual visitor, arranged and displayed in accordance with the scientific method. In its original sense, the term “museum” meant a spot dedicated to the muses – “a place where man’s mind could attain a mood of aloofness above everyday affairs.” By far the most important museum of antiquity was the great institution at Alexandria founded by Ptolemy Philadelphus in the third century before Christ, (an endeavor supported by a grant from the treasury). And no treatment of the museum would be complete without mention of Noah’s Ark in which we find the complete Museum of Natural History the world has ever seen.
The Museum of Jurassic Technology traces its origins to this period when many of the essential collections of today were beginning to take form. Many exhibits which we today have come to know as part of the Museum were, in fact, formally part of other less well-known collections and were subsequently consolidated into the single collection which we have come to know as The Museum of Jurassic Technology and thus configured, received great public acclaim as well as much discussion in scholastic circles.

Hours
Monday – Wednesday: Closed
Thursday – Friday : 2:00pm – 8:00pm
Saturday – Sunday: 12:00pm – 6:00pm

For additional information, visit the website @
www.mjt.org

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African American Firefighter Museum
2022-12-18 13:00 - 16:00, 2023-01-01 13:00 - 16:00 | African-American Firefighter Museum, 1401 South Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90021, United States
EVERY SUNDAY – Los Angeles
Visit The African American Firefighter Museum! The African American Firefighter Museum is dedicated to promote diversity and to stand up for inequality against all races and genders.
The first floor contains vintage fire apparatus, stories and pictures of pioneering African American Los Angeles Firefighters. The Museum gallery is located on the second floor with pictures, artifacts and other memorabilia of African American Firefighters from around the country.
OPEN EVERY SUNDAY FROM 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

1401 S Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90021

HISTORY
The AAFFM opened it’s doors as a Museum on December 13, 1997. The dedication of the Museum also served as the acknowledgement of what was believed to be the city’s first 100 years of service by African American Firefighters (1897-1997). In 2002, the Los Angeles Times contacted the AAFFM and stated they had discovered factual information to indicate the history started before 1897 with a man named Sam Haskins, who was listed as the first Los Angeles Fireman of African decent when he was hired in 1892 and killed while responding to a fire in 1895.
Today the Museum is open to the public and is strictly volunteer and donation driven. It is a 501 c(3) non-profit organization and it is available for use by organizations and individuals that desire to host events such as; meetings, luncheons, dinners, banquets, book signings, film viewings, jazz festivals, social dances, receptions and retreats. Our beloved historian, 96 year old retired Firefighter Arnett Hartsfield, who passed away in 2014 was our most cherished volunteer. As a Los Angeles Firefighter during the 1940s and 50’s he lead the integration of the Los Angeles Fire Department. As a graduate of USC law school, he and his fellow firemen known as the Stentorians, the NAACP and the local community were instrumental in successfully integrating the LAFD. The stories of the men that endured that horrific fight are told by the museum’s photographs, paintings, and artifacts.
MISSION STATEMENT
The African American Fire Fighter Museum is dedicated to collecting, conserving, and sharing the heritage of African American Fire Fighters through collaboration and education.

For additional information, visit the website @
www.aaffmuseum.org

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THE GETTY VILLA
2022-12-19 10:00 - 17:30 | The Getty Villa, 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, CA, 90272, United States
FREE EVERYDAY- off PCH in Malibu

The Getty Villa houses the J. Paul Getty Museum’s collection.This collection antiquities includes over 1,200 works are on view in 23 galleries devoted to the permanent collection along with five additional galleries for changing exhibitions. There are objects dating from 6,500 B.C. to A.D. 400.
The Getty Villa offers an incomparable setting for the study and enjoyment of the arts. The Villa weaves together art, performances, family activities, lectures, theater, scholarship, conservation. There are other activities to create an integrated educational and cultural experience for all ages. The museum serves as a gateway to the classical past for students, scholars, specialized professionals, and general audiences.

The Getty Villa’s Architecture

Explore the groundbreaking architecture of the Getty Center in this 45 minute docent-led tour of the site.

Gardens are integral to the setting of the Getty Villa, as they were in the ancient Roman home. Open spaces around the site feature bronze sculptures, fountains, and lush plantings of trees, herbs, and flowers used by the Romans. In ancient Roman times, the outer peristyle garden would have been used to converse with guests and for solo contemplation.

The Getty Villa is Closed Mondays
Admission to the Getty Villa is free for the whole family. Each Villa ticket allows you to bring up to three children ages 15 and under with you in one car. The Getty Villa offers special educational programs for children. A special Family Forum gallery offers activities, including decorating Greek vases and projecting shadows onto a screen that represents a Greek urn. The gallery has polystyrene props from Greek and Roman culture for children to handle and use to cast shadows. The Getty Villa offers children’s guides to the other exhibits.
Family Room

Admission to the Getty is free for the whole family. Each Villa ticket allows you to bring up to three children ages 15 and under with you in one car.

Hours
The Getty Villa is closed on Tuesdays.
Wednesday – Monday: 10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

For additional information, visit the website @
http://www.getty.edu

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UCLA Meteorite Collection
2022-12-19 13:00 - 16:00 | UCLA Meteorite Gallery, Geology Building, Room 3697, 595 Charles Young Drive East, Westwood Village, CA, 90024, United States
FREE WEEKDAYS- UCLA Westwood Village
The UCLA Collection of Meteorites is the largest on the West Coast and contains over 2500 samples from about 1500 different meteorites. It is the fifth largest collection of meteorites in the United States and the second largest housed at a university.

Our collection includes the main masses of about 40 meteorites and the type specimens of more than 300 meteorites collected from hot deserts; 60 of these are iron meteorites. Eighty of these meteorite type specimens are from the state of California. These were collected by local citizens during the past few decades, mainly from the playas (dry lakes) scattered around the Mojave Desert.

Some of our meteorites are large and well suited for exhibits (in fact, some of them are exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History). However, most of the samples are small and mainly of value for research.

The study of meteorites and the processes that formed them is called cosmochemistry. The cosmochemists at UCLA are among the most productive university researchers in the world. It is thus appropriate that we have one of the best university meteorite collections.

We are in the second year of operating a Meteorite Gallery, located in room 3697 of the Geology Building. Opened in January 2014, the Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 9 am to 4 pm. CLOSED WEEKENDS. Admission is always free. The current exhibits will gradually expand as funds and additional samples are obtained. For highlights of the Meteorite Gallery please click here.

We are eager to add meteorites to the UCLA collection. If you have a meteorite collection and are interested in considering a donation, we would like to hear from you. You can contact us here.

LOCATION
The Meteorite Gallery is located in room 3697 of the Geology Building on the UCLA campus.
595 Charles E. Young Dr.
East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095.

For additional information, visit the website @
meteorites.ucla.edu
Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday & Sunday: Closed

For additional information, visit the website @
meteorites.ucla.edu

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THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM
2022-12-20 10:00 - 17:30 | The Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90049, United States
FREE EVERYDAY- The Sepulveda Pass
The Getty Museum, located on the west side of the Sepulveda Pass, is one of the most visually stunning locations in Los Angeles. The Getty is an architectural master piece, over looking a garden like no other, featuring some of the best views of the Los Angeles basin. The J. Paul Getty Trust is a cultural and philanthropic institution dedicated to the presentation, conservation, and interpretation of the world’s artistic legacy.

one of the most visually stunning locations in the Los Angeles

The J. Paul Getty Museum seeks to inspire curiosity about, and enjoyment and understanding of, the visual arts by collecting, conserving, exhibiting and interpreting works of art of outstanding quality and historical importance. To fulfill this mission, the Museum continues to build its collections through purchase and gifts, and develops programs of exhibitions, publications, scholarly research, public education, and the performing arts that engage our diverse local and international audiences. All of these activities are enhanced by the uniquely evocative architectural and garden settings provided by the Museum’s two renowned venues: the Getty Villa and the Getty Center.

The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center in Los Angeles houses European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts, and photography from its beginnings to the present, gathered internationally.

Collections

The collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum comprises Greek, Roman, and Etruscan art from the Neolithic to Late Antiquity; European art—including illuminated manuscripts, paintings, drawings, sculpture, and decorative arts—from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century; and international photography from its inception to the present day.

See all current collections here

See all current exhibitions and installations here

Tours at The Getty Museum

Discover the Museum’s historic collection and the Getty Center’s architecture and gardens by participating in a rich selection of engaging talks and tours that bring the Getty Center’s unique setting and the visual arts to life.

Architecture Tours
45-minute tours of the Getty Center site and architecture.
Tuesdays–Sundays at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m

Garden Tours
45-minute tours of the grounds and Central Garden.
Tuesdays–Sundays at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m.

Collection Highlights Tour
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum’s collection. Meet at the Information Desk.
Tuesdays–Sundays at 11:15 a.m., 1:00, and 2:15 p.m. with additional tours on Saturday and Sunday at 12:15 p.m., additional tours on Saturday at 4:00 and 6:00 p.m.
Focus Tour: Era of Impressionism
Explore the Getty’s collection of 19th-century paintings by artists such as Millet, Monet, and Van Gogh in this one-hour tour. Meet at the Information Desk.
Tuesdays–Sundays at 1:15 and 2:00 p.m. with additional tours on Saturday at 4:30 and 6:30 p.m.
Focus Tour: Fit For A King
Explore the Getty’s collection of 17th- and 18th-century art in this one-hour tour of French decorative arts, paintings, and sculpture made during the reigns of kings Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI. Meet at the Information Desk.
Tuesdays–Sundays at 12:45 p.m. with additional tour on Saturday at 5:30 p.m.
Focus Tour: Go for Baroque
Explore the Getty’s rich collection of 17th-century painting and sculpture by masters such as Rubens, Rembrandt, and Bernini in this 50-minute tour. Meet at the Information Desk.
Tuesdays–Sundays at 1:30 p.m.
Focus Tour: Renaissance
This 30-minute tour introduces key examples of Renaissance art in the Getty collection. Meet at the Information Desk.
Tuesdays–Sundays at 11:45 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Saturdays
The Life and Legacy of J. Paul Getty
In this 30-minute tour, gain insight into the life and work of avid art collector, ambitious businessman, and museum founder J. Paul Getty (1892–1976), who dedicated his fortune to create “a museum, gallery of art and library for the diffusion of artistic and general knowledge.” Meet under the stairs in the Entrance Hall. Sign-up begins 30-minutes prior to the tour at the Information Desk.
Tuesdays–Sundays at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Thursday: 10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Sunday: 10:00 a.m.-7:00p.m.

For additional information, visit the website @
http://www.getty.edu/

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The Broad Museum
2022-12-20 11:00 - 17:00 | The Broad, 221 South Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
FREE TUE – SUN- Bunker Hill, DTLA

The Broad Museum presents An in-depth installation of Andy Warhol, opening May 26, 2021, features 26 works (11 on view for the first time at The Broad), including Mao (1973), 40 Gold Marilyns (1980), and a major new acquisition, Liz [Early Colored Liz] (1963).
Liz [Early Colored Liz] is a celebrated work featuring a silkscreened image of Elizabeth Taylor, who represented both celebrity and beauty as well as tragedy for the artist.
An outcome of sustained and ongoing engagement with artists and artwork, the Broad collection is distinctive in its exceptional dedication to the full arc of artists’ careers. The Broad has highlighted this depth through expansive presentations in the third floor galleries, featuring Jean-Michel Basquiat, Roy Lichtenstein, Kara Walker, Andy Warhol, and Christopher Wool, along with works by many others.

Highlighted Artwork

40 Gold Marilyns

Andy Warhol

1980

silkscreen ink and synthetic polymer paint on canvas

80 x 111 in. (203.2 x 281.94 cm)

Mao

Andy Warhol

1973

acrylic, clear acrylic medium, and silkscreen ink on linen

26 x 22 in. (66.04 x 55.88 cm)

The Kiss (Bela Lugosi)

Andy Warhol

1963

screenprint on paper

30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

Campbell’s Soup Can (Clam Chowder – Manhattan Style) [Ferus Type]

Andy Warhol

1962

casein and pencil on linen

20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

221 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012
The Broad makes its collection of contemporary art from the 1950s to the present accessible to the widest possible audience by presenting exhibitions and operating a lending program to art museums and galleries worldwide.
By actively building a dynamic collection that features in-depth representations of influential contemporary artists and by advancing education and engagement through exhibitions and diverse public programming, the museum enriches, provokes, inspires, and fosters appreciation of art of our time.

The Broad was founded by philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Gensler, the museum offers free general admission and presents an active program of rotating temporary exhibitions and innovative audience engagement. The Broad is home to 2,000 works of art in the Broad collection, which is one of the world’s leading collections of postwar and contemporary art.

The Broad from Home
The Broad is committed to inspiring and fostering an appreciation of contemporary art through our digital initiatives. Experience #TheBroadFromHome to find inspiration through music, poetry, performance, workshops, and conversations centered around the Broad collection.
Overview
Performances
Talks & Conversations
Artist Spotlight
Family Art Workshops
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The Broad Collection
Eli and Edythe Broad have been building their collection of postwar and contemporary art over the last 50 years. With a belief that the greatest art collections are built when the art is being made, the Broads took to collecting art of their own time.
The Broad is home to 2,000 works in the Broad collection by more than 200 artists, and is one of the world’s leading collections of postwar and contemporary art. The collection features in-depth holdings of influential contemporary artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Mark Bradford, Jasper Johns, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Yayoi Kusama, Kerry James Marshall, Julie Mehretu, Takashi Murakami, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, Cindy Sherman, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, and more, plus an ever-growing representation of younger artists.

View Our Collection Here

In Under the Table, 1994, the viewer is both in the world of imaginary giants and in the world of remembered childhood. Fusing Alice in Wonderland with the Duchampian tradition of the readymade, Artist Robert Therrien constructs a doppelganger from an everyday object, both displaying his visual wit and actualizing literary or imaginative fantasy in three-dimensional space. The table exudes an extraordinary aura, compelling one to walk underneath the table and conjuring the physical memory of being under the table of one’s childhood home. Complicated and powerful, the work offers fresh ideas of what a table, sculpture, and memory can mean.

Using the recognizable form of a balloon twisted into the shape of a dog, Koons has frozen a moment in time, exaggerating both scale and material.
Balloon Dog (Blue) is literal and abstract. When standing close to it, one’s own distorted reflection bends around smooth pert curves.

General Admission is Free
All visitors must reserve timed tickets in advance. Some exhibitions and events carry a separate charge.

Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Wednesday: 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Thursday – Friday: 11:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m.-8:00p.m.
Sunday: 10:00 a.m.-6:00p.m.

For additional information, visit the website @
www.thebroad.org

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California African American Museum (CAAM) Temporarily Closed For Repair
2022-12-21 10:00 - 17:00 | California African American Museum, 600 State Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90037, United States
California African American Museum (CAAM) Temporarily Closed For Repair
FREE! TUES – SUNDAY- Exposition Park
The California African American Museum (CAAM) focuses on enrichment and education on the cultural heritage and history of African Americans with a focus on California and western United States.
Admission is free to all visitors. The California African American Museum’s mission is to research, collect, preserve, and interpret for public enrichment the history, art, and culture of African Americans with an emphasis on California and the western United States.

California African American Museum (CAAM) Temporarily Closed For Repair

CAAM’s permanent collection consists of over 4,000 objects ranging from the 1800s to the present. It encompasses paintings, photographs, film, sculpture, historical documents, and artifacts, and it spans nineteenth-century landscape paintings to modern artworks to contemporary mixed-media reflections on cultural and political events.

The Museum’s first acquisitions included a bronze bust of civil rights activist Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune by artist Richmond Barthé and a sculpture by artist Maren Hassinger, then at the start of her career. These laid the perfect groundwork for CAAM’s mandate to assemble a comprehensive, thoughtful, and wide-reaching collection.

CAAM’s deepest holdings include art made or connected to African Americans in California and the western United States. However, the Museum also has significant works of contemporary art from the African diaspora (including Haiti, Brazil, and Jamaica), as well as traditional African art from Western, Central, and Sub-Saharan Africa. CAAM aims to represent the diverse contributions of African Americans in the United States, but also to interpret how the past has affected identity in the present.
California African American Museum (CAAM) Temporarily Closed For Repair
Today, CAAM oversees, exhibits, and conserves a rapidly growing collection. Each quarter, curators review the current holdings and decide as a committee on future acquisitions. We view our collection as a living body — constantly evolving, growing, and reflecting the world in which we live.

Some examples of CAAM’s collection include the Walter Burrell Collection of audio recordings of Burrell’s interviews with African American celebrities, broadcast by a local radio station in the early 1970s; the oral histories of Celes King, who was both a local civil rights activist as well as a former Tuskegee airman; and selections from the collection of visual artist John Outterbridge.

Hours
Tuesdays – Saturdays: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sundays: 11:00 a.m.-5:00p.m.
Mondays: Closed
California African American Museum (CAAM) Temporarily Closed For Repair

For additional information, visit the website @
caamuseum.org

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FIRE! SCIENCE & SAFETY
2022-12-21 10:00 - 17:00, 2023-01-01 10:00 - 17:00 | California Science Center, 700 Exposition Park Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90037, United States
OPEN DAILY- California Science Center
The Fire! Science & Safety exhibition invites you to explore Casa Del Fuego, Apartment 911 as a fire danger detective, seeking out fire and burn hazards so you can help make families, pets and homes safer. Hands-on interactives give you a chance to explore the science of fire—safely—by creating “fire” out of different ingredients in our firepit, practice fire-fighting skills with a fire extinguisher, and figure out which appliances might blow a circuit if you use them together.

Explore below to discover some of the experiences you can have in this totally hot permanent exhibition. Admission is free!
EXHIBITS

Fire Triangle Firepit
Experiment with fire—safely—to learn the science behind it. Discover which fuels and heat sources combine to make fire, and then learn how to put different types of fires out.

Electrical safety

Find out how to use electricity safely in exhibits like this circuit game, which invites you to discover how much you can plug in before blowing a circuit!

Fire Escape Planning
Learn how to escape a home safely in case of fire, and get inspired to create an escape plan for your own family.

Kitchen safety
Explore an interactive kitchen, where you can uncover tips for cooking safely with your stove, microwave and oven.

Burn prevention
Skip the scalds by learning how to prevent burns from hot water in the kitchen and bathroom.

Extinguish A Fire

Practice putting out a fire so you’ll be ready in an emergency! When using an extinguisher, don’t forget to PASS! Pull the pin. Aim at the base of the fire. Squeeze the handle. Sweep the spray back and forth.

Wildfire Preparedness
Wildfires are becoming more frequent—and more intense—in California. Find out why—and prepare your home and family in case one ignites near you.

Science Live!
Our Educators will be conducting live demos and guided exhibit explorations in the Fire! Science & Safety exhibition. Learn how to create a fire escape plan while experiencing exciting smoke, video and lighting effects designed to suggest a real fire. Also, participate in fire danger scavenger hunts throughout the exhibition.

Exciting effects in a fire escape plan demonstration help guests learn about fire safety. This exhibition was developed in partnership with the Children’s Burn Foundation. Children’s Burn Foundation is the only organization that heals child burn survivors and their families through comprehensive physical, financial and emotional care, while educating communities in California and across the globe on how to prevent and treat burns.

Hours
Open Daily: 10:00am – 5:00pm

For additional information, visit the website @
https://californiasciencecenter.org/exhibits/fire-science-safety

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The Broad Museum
2022-12-21 11:00 - 17:00 | The Broad, 221 South Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
FREE TUE – SUN- Bunker Hill, DTLA
The Broad Museum presents two of Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Rooms are in the Broad collection. Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room—The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away (2013) is now open with reservations required in advance. Kusama’s Longing for Eternity (2017) is on view on the third floor and doesn’t require reservations. Learn more below, and read our exclusive interview with the artist.
Artworks on view are subject to change. Please note that Longing for Eternity may be closed on short notice.

How to see Infinity Mirrored Room—The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away

Obtain a timed-entry ticket for “Infinity Mirrored Room + General Admission” by booking online. This new reservation procedure will provide you access to this immersive installation at the start of your museum visit.For the best chance to get tickets to view this Infinity Mirrored Room, visit ticketing.thebroad.org and select “Infinity Mirrored Room + General Admission” at 10 a.m. PT on the day of our monthly ticket release. See our ticket release schedule.
Please arrive on time. All members of your group must be present for entry. Early entry is not allowed, and entry is only guaranteed within 10 minutes of your ticketed time.
After checking in with our Visitor Experience Staff outside of the museum, you will be instructed to proceed to the installation.
After viewing this Infinity Mirrored Room, enjoy the rest of the museum! Tickets include general admission access. Special exhibitions require a separate paid ticket.

Notice: This installation is a mirror-lined room with flashing LED lights that you physically enter with a door that closes behind you. If you are uncomfortable with flashing lights and/or enclosed, dark spaces, please bypass this experience.

How to see Longing for Eternity

Longing for Eternity is located on the third floor of The Broad. Ask any Visitor Experience Team Member for directions to this artwork.
Once you have arrived at Longing for Eternity, join the line to view the artwork, or ask a Visitor Experience Team Member for help.

Notice: This installation is a mirror-lined chamber with flashing LED lights that viewers look into. If you are uncomfortable with flashing lights and/or enclosed, dark spaces, please bypass this experience.

221 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012

The Broad makes its collection of contemporary art from the 1950s to the present accessible to the widest possible audience by presenting exhibitions and operating a lending program to art museums and galleries worldwide.
By actively building a dynamic collection that features in-depth representations of influential contemporary artists and by advancing education and engagement through exhibitions and diverse public programming, the museum enriches, provokes, inspires, and fosters appreciation of art of our time.

The Broad was founded by philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Gensler, the museum offers free general admission and presents an active program of rotating temporary exhibitions and innovative audience engagement. The Broad is home to 2,000 works of art in the Broad collection, which is one of the world’s leading collections of postwar and contemporary art.

The Broad from Home
The Broad is committed to inspiring and fostering an appreciation of contemporary art through our digital initiatives. Experience #TheBroadFromHome to find inspiration through music, poetry, performance, workshops, and conversations centered around the Broad collection.
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The Broad Collection
Eli and Edythe Broad have been building their collection of postwar and contemporary art over the last 50 years. With a belief that the greatest art collections are built when the art is being made, the Broads took to collecting art of their own time.
The Broad is home to 2,000 works in the Broad collection by more than 200 artists, and is one of the world’s leading collections of postwar and contemporary art. The collection features in-depth holdings of influential contemporary artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Mark Bradford, Jasper Johns, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Yayoi Kusama, Kerry James Marshall, Julie Mehretu, Takashi Murakami, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, Cindy Sherman, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, and more, plus an ever-growing representation of younger artists.

View Our Collection Here

In Under the Table, 1994, the viewer is both in the world of imaginary giants and in the world of remembered childhood. Fusing Alice in Wonderland with the Duchampian tradition of the readymade, Artist Robert Therrien constructs a doppelganger from an everyday object, both displaying his visual wit and actualizing literary or imaginative fantasy in three-dimensional space. The table exudes an extraordinary aura, compelling one to walk underneath the table and conjuring the physical memory of being under the table of one’s childhood home. Complicated and powerful, the work offers fresh ideas of what a table, sculpture, and memory can mean.

Using the recognizable form of a balloon twisted into the shape of a dog, Koons has frozen a moment in time, exaggerating both scale and material.
Balloon Dog (Blue) is literal and abstract. When standing close to it, one’s own distorted reflection bends around smooth pert curves.

General Admission is Free
All visitors must reserve timed tickets in advance. Some exhibitions and events carry a separate charge.

Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Wednesday: 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Thursday – Friday: 11:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m.-8:00p.m.
Sunday: 10:00 a.m.-6:00p.m.

For additional information, visit the website @
https://www.thebroad.org/visit/mirror-rooms

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FOWLER MUSEUM AT UCLA
2022-12-21 12:00 - 17:00 | Fowler Museum at UCLA, 308 Charles E Young Dr N,, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
FREE EVERY DAY! @ UCLA
The Fowler Museum at UCLA explores global arts and cultures with an emphasis on works from Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and the Americas—past and present. The Fowler enhances understanding and appreciation of the diverse peoples, cultures, and religions of the world through dynamic exhibitions, publications, and public programs, informed by interdisciplinary approaches and the perspectives of the cultures represented.
Also featured is the work of international contemporary artists presented within the complex frameworks of politics, culture and social action.
Fowler Museum at UCLA provides exciting, informative and thought-provoking exhibitions and events for the UCLA community and the people of greater Los Angeles and beyond.

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Areas of the Collection

ARTS OF AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA

One of the largest and finest in the United States, and one of the top twenty African collections worldwide, this collection offers a superb representation of the arts of many African nations, including objects from Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), Kenya, Zambia, and South Africa. The Yoruba collection alone is one of the three finest in the world. It contains a spectacular array of beaded objects, including a majestic throne, elaborate chiefly gowns, and sophisticated divination regalia.
A collection of post-apartheid election materials and contemporary South African art is being developed, as are a number of collections of popular urban arts from countries including Tanzania and Muslim Senegal. Recently, more than 400 textiles made by the Kuba peoples of the Democratic Republic of the Congo were gifted by the Christensen Foundation.
The collection represents some of the finest examples of men’s embroidered raffia pile cloths and women’s appliqué cloths. This collection complements already significant holdings of West African textiles from countries such as Mali and Ghana, including kente and adinkra cloth and Asafo flags. The museum also has significant holdings of arts from the African Americas, notably arts of Haitian Vodou, Brazil and Suriname.

ARTS OF THE AMERICAS

These holdings include a comprehensive collection of pre-Columbian ceramics with the best representations from West Mexico, the Valley of Mexico, and pre-Columbian Peru (with special strengths in the art of the Moche). The Fowler also possesses a cohesive collection of Guatemalan costumes; an extensive collection of Mexican clothing; textiles of Peru; and a comprehensive representation of field-collected market materials from Michoacan, Mexico. Complementing the pre-Columbian collections are field collections of the Warao and Yecuana Indians of the Orinoco Delta of Venezuela and contemporary Latin American popular arts including Mexican trees of life, Day of the Dead figures, and masks from Metepec, Oaxaca, Michoacan, Jalisco, Peubla, and Guanajuato.
Native American materials from the U.S. and Canada are a small but significant part of the collection. Materials from the United States and Canada include well-known Northwest Coast material, as well as a notable cross section of late nineteenth-century Inuit art and material culture.

ARTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

The Fowler Museum at UCLA collections from Insular Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, and aboriginal Taiwan, are among the strongest in the United States. The Indonesian and Philippine textiles reinforce the Fowler Museum’s standing as a major repository for the textile arts. Also included are significant collections of sculptural material from Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, and Luzon, puppetry from Java and Bali, basketry from Indonesia and Philippines, and metalwork from the Philippines. The primary strength of the Pacific collections lies in materials from Papua New Guinea, especially the Papuan Gulf, Trobriand Islands, Sepik River, and Maprik region. Australia and Polynesia are also represented by sizeable collections, including 45 rare Maori cloaks.
The collections from mainland Asia are smaller but growing rapidly, due to current collecting priorities. A collection of betel-chewing paraphernalia, representing several countries in South and Southeast Asia, is considered one of the finest in the world. Other holdings include textiles from Bhutan, Pakistan, India and Japan, baskets and decorative arts from Japan, puppetry from China, Thailand, India, and Turkey, and art and artifacts from Nepal.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS

The Fowler Museum at UCLA also serves as a repository for archaeological collections acquired during research conducted by UCLA faculty, staff, students, and other professional archaeologists. Documentation of the collections includes artifact catalogs, excavation notes, maps, and photographs. These collections serve primarily as an archive for teaching and research. The Museum is compliant with guidelines mandates by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and has been signaled out by the State of California for its exemplary efforts.
Archaeological collection areas include:
California
Collections from approximately 1100 sites, mostly in Southern California.
Southwest
Significant collections from the Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expedition of 1933-1938 and several Parowan Fremont sites in Utah excavated in the 1950’s, and other Anasazi and Hohokam sites.
Mexico
Includes objects from 218 sites, mostly in western and central Mexico.
Sudan
The Nubian/Egyptian fortress site at Askut is the source of approximately 60,000 artifacts excavated by UCLA archaeologist Alexander Badawy in conjunction with the Aswan High Dam Salvage Campaign, 1962-1964.
Old World stone tool collection
Includes tools from Europe and the Middle East.

MUSEUM HOURS

Admission is FREE
Monday: closed
Tuesday: closed
Wednesday: 12 – 8pm
Thursday: 12 – 5pm
Friday: 12 – 5pm
Saturday: 12 – 5pm
Sunday: 12 – 5pm

For additional information, visit the website @
fowler.ucla.edu

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The FOWLER MUSEUM: Reflecting Culture
2022-12-22 12:00 - 17:00 | Fowler Museum at UCLA, 308 Charles E Young Dr N,, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
ON PERMANENT DISPLAY- Westwood Village, UCLA
UCLA Fowler Museum presents

Reflecting Culture: The Francis E. Cowler, Jr. Collection of Silver

Comprising 251 objects representing 16th through 19th century Europe, Great Britain, and the United States, this exhibition interprets silver in its social contexts. Gleaming vessels from renowned workshops—such as those of British silversmith Paul de Lamerie (c.1800), Russian jeweler Karl Fabergé (c.1900), and American patriot silversmith Paul Revere (c.1760)—highlight important styles and techniques.

308 Charles E. Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA 90024

FREE EVERY DAY! @ UCLA
The Fowler Museum at UCLA explores global arts and cultures with an emphasis on works from Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and the Americas—past, and present. The Fowler enhances understanding and appreciation of the diverse peoples, cultures, and religions of the world through dynamic exhibitions, publications, and public programs, informed by interdisciplinary approaches and the perspectives of the cultures represented.
Also featured is the work of international contemporary artists presented within the complex frameworks of politics, culture, and social action.
Fowler Museum at UCLA provides exciting, informative, and thought-provoking exhibitions and events for the UCLA community and the people of greater Los Angeles and beyond.

﻿

Areas of the Collection

ARTS OF AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA

One of the largest and finest in the United States, and one of the top twenty African collections worldwide, this collection offers a superb representation of the arts of many African nations, including objects from Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), Kenya, Zambia, and South Africa. The Yoruba collection alone is one of the three finest in the world. It contains a spectacular array of beaded objects, including a majestic throne, elaborate chiefly gowns and sophisticated divination regalia.
A collection of post-apartheid election materials and contemporary South African art is being developed, as are a number of collections of popular urban arts from countries including Tanzania and Muslim Senegal. Recently, more than 400 textiles made by the Kuba peoples of the Democratic Republic of the Congo were gifted by the Christensen Foundation.
The collection represents some of the finest examples of men’s embroidered raffia pile cloths and women’s appliqué cloths. This collection complements already significant holdings of West African textiles from countries such as Mali and Ghana, including kente and adinkra cloth and Asafo flags. The museum also has significant holdings of arts from the African Americas, and notable arts from Haitian Vodou, Brazil, and Suriname.

ARTS OF THE AMERICAS

These holdings include a comprehensive collection of pre-Columbian ceramics with the best representations from West Mexico, the Valley of Mexico, and pre-Columbian Peru (with special strengths in the art of the Moche). The Fowler also possesses a cohesive collection of Guatemalan costumes; an extensive collection of Mexican clothing; textiles of Peru; and a comprehensive representation of field-collected market materials from Michoacan, Mexico. Complementing the pre-Columbian collections are field collections of the Warao and Yecuana Indians of the Orinoco Delta of Venezuela and contemporary Latin American popular arts including Mexican trees of life, Day of the Dead figures, and masks from Metepec, Oaxaca, Michoacan, Jalisco, Puebla, and Guanajuato.
Native American materials from the U.S. and Canada are a small but significant part of the collection. Materials from the United States and Canada include well-known Northwest Coast material, as well as a notable cross-section of late nineteenth-century Inuit art and material culture.

ARTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

The Fowler Museum at UCLA collections from Insular Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, and aboriginal Taiwan, are among the strongest in the United States. The Indonesian and Philippine textiles reinforce the Fowler Museum’s standing as a major repository for the textile arts. Also included are significant collections of sculptural material from Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, and Luzon, puppetry from Java and Bali, basketry from Indonesia and the Philippines, and metalwork from the Philippines. The primary strength of the Pacific collections lies in materials from Papua New Guinea, especially the Papuan Gulf, Trobriand Islands, Sepik River, and Maprik region. Australia and Polynesia are also represented by sizeable collections, including 45 rare Maori cloaks.
The collections from mainland Asia are smaller but growing rapidly, due to current collecting priorities. A collection of betel-chewing paraphernalia, representing several countries in South and Southeast Asia, is considered one of the finest in the world. Other holdings include textiles from Bhutan, Pakistan, India, and Japan, baskets and decorative arts from Japan, puppetry from China, Thailand, India, and Turkey, and art and artifacts from Nepal.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS

The Fowler Museum at UCLA also serves as a repository for archaeological collections acquired during research conducted by UCLA faculty, staff, students, and other professional archaeologists. Documentation of the collections includes artifact catalogs, excavation notes, maps, and photographs. These collections serve primarily as an archive for teaching and research. The Museum is compliant with guidelines mandated by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and has been signaled out by the State of California for its exemplary efforts.
Archaeological collection areas include:
California
Collections from approximately 1100 sites, mostly in Southern California.
Southwest
Significant collections from the Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expedition of 1933-1938 and several Parowan Fremont sites in Utah were excavated in the 1950s, and other Anasazi and Hohokam sites.
Mexico
Includes objects from 218 sites, mostly in western and central Mexico.
Sudan
The Nubian/Egyptian fortress site at Askut is the source of approximately 60,000 artifacts excavated by UCLA archaeologist Alexander Badawy in conjunction with the Aswan High Dam Salvage Campaign, 1962-1964.
Old World stone tool collection
Includes tools from Europe and the Middle East.

MUSEUM HOURS

Admission is FREE
Monday – Tuesday: closed
Wednesday – Sunday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

For additional information, visit the website @
fowler.ucla.edu

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Learn How To Meditate
2022-12-22 12:30 - 13:00, 2022-12-29 12:30 - 13:00 | ZOOM, CA
EVERY THURSDAY 12:30–1:00PM- Online via ZOOM.

Would you like to learn how to meditate? Join the Hammer Museum each Thursday for Mindful Awareness Meditation Online. Mindfulness Meditation is the moment-by-moment process of actively and openly observing one’s physical, mental, and emotional experiences. Mindfulness has scientific support as a means to reduce stress, improve attention, boost the immune system, reduce emotional reactivity, and promote a general sense of health and well-being. These half hour weekly sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently in life. No special clothing is required, and participants are welcome to join for five minutes or enjoy the entire 30 minutes.

These free weekly drop-in sessions usually take place in the Hammer’s Billy Wilder Theater but are now offered live online via Zoom.
Mindful Awareness Meditation is provided by UCLA & The Hammer Museum

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Sessions are led by Diana Winston and other instructors from the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center. Visit www.marc.ucla.edu to learn more about the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center.
Winston has been practicing mindfulness meditation for more than 20 years, and when she began it was fairly unknown in this country. But today secular mindfulness meditation is taught to executives, war veterans and schoolchildren; it is used in prisons and hospitals, and is written about in women’s magazines.

ATTENDING THIS PROGRAM?
Learn How to Meditate live: RSVP to receive an email reminder on the day of the Mindful Awareness Meditation program with the link to tune in. The link to join will also be posted here 2 hours before the program starts. This program will not be recorded.
Help with Zoom: This program will be held on the Zoom platform. Visit zoom.us/test to join a test meeting, then follow the instructions to test your video and audio. If you have never used Zoom before, you will be prompted to download the Zoom app or join from your browser. Zoom works best on the Chrome browser.
Having trouble? Contact our visitor experience team at 310-443-7000.

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She starts by asking people to notice their breathing as they work toward “paying attention to present moment experiences with openness, curiosity and a willingness to be with what is.”

Can’t do this online class? Try the UCLA Mindfulness FREE APP and learn how to meditate anytime.
With this easy-to-use app, you can practice mindfulness meditation anywhere, anytime with the guidance of the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center. Scientific research shows mindfulness can help manage stress-related physical conditions, reduce anxiety and depression, cultivate positive emotions, and help improve overall physical health and well-being.

For additional information, visit the website @
https://hammer.ucla.edu

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The Broad Museum- Infinity Mirror Rooms
2022-12-23 11:00 - 17:00 | The Broad, 221 South Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States

Wende Museum
2022-12-24 10:00 - 17:00 | Wende Museum, 10808 Culver Blvd, Culver City, 90230
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY – Culver City
The Wende Museum is an art museum, historical archive of the Cold War, and center for creative community engagement that explores and inspires change. The Wende Museum is open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm. Admission is free, and no reservations are required.
ADMISSION IS FREE, NO RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED.
Public Tours
The Wende Museum offers free, guided tours of the museum and exhibitions on Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m.
Private Tours
Private, docent-led tours of the Wende Museum are available upon request. Contact tours@wendemuseum.org for more information.
The Wende Museum remains committed to protecting the health and safety of our visitors and staff.
Per the mandate of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on March 4, 2022, the Wende Museum strongly encourages visitors to wear masks while visiting the indoor galleries regardless of vaccination status. While proof of vaccination is not required for general visitation and outdoors programs, it is required for individuals attending indoor events.

Visitors are asked to maintain a physical distance of six feet from staff and other visitors.
Please do not visit if you have symptoms of COVID-19, including fever, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, loss of taste or smell, chills, head or muscle aches, nausea, diarrhea, or vomiting. Anyone exhibiting signs of illness will not be permitted entry.
Please do not visit if you have had a positive COVID-19 test within the past two weeks, or if you have been advised to self-quarantine by a medical professional.
Those in recent contact with anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19 within the past two weeks are asked to visit at a later date.
Children must be supervised by an adult.

If you have any questions, please email info@wendemuseum.org or call (310) 216-1600.

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
The Medium is the Message: Flags and Banners

Originally used to identify soldiers in battle and ships in international waters, flags have represented large geographic territories since the rise of the nation-state beginning in the late eighteenth century. Like monuments and national anthems, they intend to create a sense of identity-based on a shared past, present, and future.
Like many other governments, the communist countries of the twentieth century produced an abundance of flags and banners. They were omnipresent at military parades, sports events, and public gatherings. Apart from national flags, many organizations produced their own richly decorated flags and banners. The Wende Museum holds over 2,000 of these ornamental textiles in its collection.
Martin Roemers: Relics of the Cold War

During an eleven-year period, from 1998 through 2009, Dutch photographer Martin Roemers photographed the structural and topographic remnants of the Cold War in both the East and West. His research took him to Russia, Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Great Britain, Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany, where he documented underground tunnels, abandoned army bases, military training areas, rotting tanks, and destroyed monuments.
Light–guard–house: Installation by Farrah Karapetian

The 20-square-foot aluminum guardhouse that sat outside the ADN headquarters in East Berlin from 1971–92 is both an artifact of an atmosphere of mistrust and representative of past and current political protectionism. Artist Farrah Karapetian will turn this structure into a lighthouse, changing a gesture of suspicion into a gesture of welcome. The windows of the guardhouse will be tinted in a rainbow gradient encompassing all of the colors potentially included in national flags. Over the course of Wende’s concurrent exhibition, The Medium is the Message: Flags and Banners, Karapetian will engage with the public about experiences they have had as migrants. As the stories accumulate and become available on the museum’s website, the light inside the lighthouse will pause at the various colors associated with the flags of the respective national borders crossed. Rather than the finality of immigration, the artist’s focus is the prevalence of migration, asking visitors: What experiences of welcome or mistrust have occurred as you have moved internationally? How have they colored your life in their wake?

10808 Culver Blvd., Culver City, CA 90230

The Wende is an art museum, historical archive of the Cold War, and center for creative community engagement that explores and inspires change.
The Wende reaches beyond the conventional walls of a museum and places equal value on an international scholarship, community engagement, digital access, and wide-ranging experimentation.
Wende is a German word meaning “turning point” or “change” that has come to describe the transformative period around the fall of the Berlin Wall. Founded in 2002, the Wende Museum holds an unparalleled collection of art and artifacts from the Cold War era, which serves as a foundation for programs that illuminate political and cultural changes of the past, offer opportunities to make sense of a changing present, and inspire active participation in personal and social change for a better future.
The Wende fulfills its mission of exploring and inspiring change through

collecting, preserving, and providing open access to artwork, artifacts, archives, films, and personal histories from the sphere touched by socialism during the Cold War era (1945– 1991);
promoting rigorous scholarship, educating students, and stimulating general interest through lectures, symposia, publications, and providing access to digitized collections;
presenting experimental exhibitions and interdisciplinary programming inspired by the collection;
facilitating creative collaborations with contemporary artists and designers;
partnering with other nonprofit organizations; and
providing community services such as wellness programs, opportunities for civic engagement, and family-friendly activities.

Core Strengths

The Wende Museum’s collection and intellectual activities have achieved notable strength in four areas of specialization: German Democratic Republic; Wende Moments; Personal Histories and Everyday Life; and Public and Private Interaction.

Hours
Monday – Thursday: Closed
Friday – Sunday: 10:00am – 5:00pm

For additional information, visit the website @
www.wendemuseum.org

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The Venice Oceanarium
2022-12-25 11:00 - 14:00 | Venice Oceanarium, Venice Fishing Pier, Marina del Rey, CA, 90292, United States
SUNDAYS- Venice Beach Pier
Venice Oceanarium EVERY SUNDAY, 11am – 2pm. @ Venice Pier. A Museum without Walls teaches kids about Marine Biology & the Santa Monica Bay!
Our oceanographic display includes rare specimens, shark jaws, and historical artifacts. Be a Citizen Scientist and help us gather ocean data from our water testing kits. Observe grains of sand and seawater samples under our microscopes. Read ocean-inspired poetry, draw, and learn about the sea life just beneath the pier. We have new enlightening programs every week.
The pier juts 1000 feet out over the open sea, with saltwater breezes and spectacular coastline views! Besides our marine specimens, you’ll see migratory birds perched on the pilings, dolphins, interesting catches reeled in, and local surfer species.

The Venice Oceanarium is a non-profit based in Venice Beach, California. Just steps away from the world-famous Venice Boardwalk, there are ecosystems teeming with wildlife waiting to be explored. Since 1995, countless people have enjoyed our outdoor classrooms through hands-on learning.
OUR MISSION is to ignite a passion for the abundance, diversity, and significance of the web of life in our ocean and its shores. The Venice Oceanarium emphasizes the powerful and enduring emotional and aesthetic influences of the oceans on human culture.
OUR VISION is to build a permanent exhibit on the Venice Pier that educates and inspires visitors about the unique and wondrous life forms in our local ocean.

About Venice Oceanarium
Back in 1995 our founder, Tim Rudnick, organized a weekend-long marathon reading of Moby-Dick at the Venice Beach breakwater. Reliving life aboard a whaling ship and Melville’s soul-searching journey while the group huddled for warmth on the sand was a transformative experience. Tim realized the importance of learning outside of the traditional classroom and founded the Venice Oceanarium, a Museum Without Walls.

This concept of blending the arts and sciences is the core of our programming. We believe that our integrative curriculum inspires kids of all ages to be stewards of our precious oceans.
Over the years we’ve expanded our outreach to include our highly anticipated annual grunion party, weekly Marine Biology pop-up labs at the end of the Venice Pier, classes at local schools and youth centers, tidepool talks, wetland walks, and other excursions.
Venice Beach: An Urban Coastal Park

Venice Beach is a wonderful juxtaposition of urban life and natural wonder. Just steps from the world-famous Venice Beach Boardwalk’s street artists and performers are miles of beautiful shoreline to explore. Wide sandy beaches, crashing waves, shells, seaweed, birds, and other wildlife coexist with surfers, sunbathers, and sandcastles.
The tidepools at the Venice Beach Breakwater are teeming with wildlife (to be enjoyed with your eyes only) as the iconic and colorful Venice graffiti walls loom in the background. There’s a secret reef, and beautiful wetlands, and on a clear day, you can see Malibu and Catalina Island.
Millions of locals and visitors enjoy our beaches. Few stop to really appreciate the rare treasures it has to offer. Our mission is to excite, engage and inspire kids of all ages to appreciate our unique urban coast.
Experiential Learning

The Venice Oceanarium is a Museum Without Walls. Our programs combine science with the arts to encourage kids (of all ages) to appreciate the environment and therefore become stewards of our oceans. We believe that this integrative curriculum of poetry, literature, music, drawing, and performance arts teaches by experiencing the world around us on a more profound level than books and classrooms alone provide.
We design our events and activities to raise awareness of the natural wonders of Venice Beach. Join us on our learning expedition!

For additional information, visit the website @
www.veniceoceanarium.org/programs

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Life! Beginnings
2022-12-26 08:00 - 17:00 | California Science Center, 700 Exposition Park Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90037, United States
OPEN DAILY- California Science Center
The California Science Center Life! Beginnings celebrates life’s incredible ability to make more life. Discover how humans and all living creatures reproduce, develop, and pass on their genes to bring new life into the world.
Perform a mating dance with other animals, build a baby pigeon by mixing and matching its parents’ genes, and practice different parenting strategies from the animal kingdom. Step inside an immersive womb room to experience the human journey from conception to birth, and marvel at real fetal specimens. Experience the wonder of animal life cycles as live sphinx moths transform from hungry green caterpillars to fuzzy moths the size of your hand.
Life! Beginnings is located on the second floor World of Life gallery. This new exhibition is the first phase of a planned renovation of the entire World of Life gallery.

Discover how humans and living creatures reproduce, develop, and pass on the genes to bring new life into the world.

Experience the human journey, from conception to birth, inside an immersive womb room, and view real plastinated fetal specimens.

Build a baby pigeon and learn how genes from parents mix to create unique offspring.

Practice different parenting strategies from the animal kingdom and try to help your offspring reach adulthood.

Discover how different species reproduce by exploring brilliant, life-size models.

Hours
Open Daily: 10:00am – 5:00pm
General Admission is FREE! Timed-entry reservations are required

For additional information, visit the website @
californiasciencecenter.org/exhibits/life-beginnings

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FULL MUSEUM VIRTUAL TOUR
2022-12-27 | https://www.petersen.org/watch-page
STREAM NOW- TWO HOUR VIRTUAL TOUR- Petersen Auto Museum

Petersen Auto Museum welcomes you to join us as we do our first ever, 2+hour Full Museum & Vault Virtual Guided Tour. This tour will walk through almost all of the vehicles in the museum and cover the 5 newest exhibitions including Supercars, Extreme Conditions, Reclaimed Rust (the James Hetfield Collection), and Redefining Performance (Porsche).

Petersen Auto Museum Virtual Tour includes over 200 makes and models spanning over 120 years
of automotive history. You will also see the Vault presented by @Hagerty​, which includes celebrity cars like the @TheSmokingTire​‘s
Matt Farah’s Lamborghini, @Tavarish​‘s Lamborghini,
and Bruce Canepa’s #Porsche​ 959.

VAULT ABSTRACT
After an extensive renovation, the Vault presented by Hagerty® has more than doubled in size and now features over 250 vehicles from around the world. Discover some of the most iconic and rare cars, motorcycles, and trucks spanning over 120 years of automotive history. Visitors get to explore the history of the automobile, from early legends to stunning modern supercars. Visitors will see turn-of-the-twentieth-century cars, head-of-state vehicles, American classics, the personal rides of Hollywood legends, award-winning hot rods, cars that pushed the boundaries of innovation, and many other surprises.

Timestamps below for each floor.
​ Skip to 2nd Floor: 33:45​ (Motorsports, Motorcycles, James Hetfield’s Collection, Offroad & Porsche)
Skip to 1st Floor: 1:13:06​ (Science Fiction Cars)
Skip to Vault: 1:23:53​ (200+ car collection underground)

For additional information, visit the website @
https://www.petersen.org/watch-page

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Marion Davies Guest House Tour
2022-12-27 12:00 - 14:00 | Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 East Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, CA, 90402, United States
OPEN WEEK DAYS – Santa Monica State Beach
Discover the history and architecture of the Marion Davies Guest House! Take a glimpse at the great costume parties Davies hosted, which included guests like Clark Gable and Greta Garbo. And learn about the transformation of the landmarked Guest House and pool, which survive as the historic core of the estate today.

TOURS ARE ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY AT 12:00 pm TO 2:00 pm
Santa Monica Conservancy docents will be on hand to share the rich history of the Beach House site from the 1920s onward.

Free 20-minute docent tours are available on a walk-up basis, for groups of up to six people. Just head to the Marion Davies Guest House where you will be greeted by a docent.
Please mask up, masks are required indoors at City of Santa Monica facilities. Please do not visit if you are sick or experiencing COVID-19 symptoms.
*Hours are subject to change with a short notice from October through May. Please check the website calendar or call 310-458-4904 to confirm dates and closures.

GALLERY

Stop by the Beach House for Art Bank: Selected Works from the City of Santa Monica Art Collection and view pieces by standout artists from Southern California and further afield. Paintings, prints, photography, and sculpture join public art project maquettes and preparatory drawings for an eclectic mix of style and subject. The Art Bank municipal art collection was instituted in 1984 to bring art into Santa Monica’s public spaces and is funded through the City of Santa Monica’s Percent for Art Program.

415 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, CA, 90402

Year-round, enjoy a varied schedule of cultural programs, classes, and recreational amenities. The site is fully accessible, including a pool lift and beach wheelchair.
During the summer, explore amenities and programs including summer-inspired classes and the pool. Annual events include the Community Picnic and Cardboard Yacht Regatta. Reservations are available – though not required – for the canopies and beach courts. Beach courts reservations are available year-round.
Fall, winter, and spring offer more contemplative programming including Audubon Society Bird Walks, Happy Birthday Marion! and Julia Morgan Legacy Tours. This time of year also provides ample opportunity for businesses, organizations, and individuals to rent event spaces for meetings and special events. The site is also available for commercial film and photo shoots. Pop Up Pool Days may be scheduled around holiday weekends depending on weather and event bookings.
THINGS TO KNOW

The Annenberg Comunity Beach House is a public site, open to all. No membership or reservations are required!
The grounds including the playground, beach courts and fields, beach access, and the parking lot are open daily.
The public spaces including the courtyard, splash pad, and sandy areas open daily excluding select holidays, and are first-come, first-served with no charge to access. Reservations are not available for these areas
Tables, chairs, and umbrellas are available for use in the courtyard, splash pad, & view deck
The pool is open daily during the summer, with select weekends in late spring and early fall. The pool is closed for the season from October through May. See pool schedule and admission fees.
Reservable canopies in the sand are available during the summer through Reserve Santa Monica.
Year-round, guests are welcome to bring their own canopy, tables, and chairs to set up in the sandy areas. Please refer to below Beach House Rules for prohibited items
BEach volleyball courts and soccer fields are available to reserve year-round. First come, first served courts are also available.
Free Santa Monica wi-fi is available

FREE AMENITIES

Courtyard
Splash Pad
View Deck
PLayground
Beach Wheelchairs
First-come, first-served Beach Volleyball & Soccer Courts
Beach Access
City of Santa Monica

PAID AMENITIES

Parking
Pool
Classes
Reservable Canopies in the Sand
Standup Paddleboard Rentals
Reservable Beach Volleyball Courts

For additional information, visit the website @
annenbergbeachhouse.com

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The Broad Museum
2022-12-30 11:00 - 17:00 | The Broad, 221 South Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
FREE TUE – SUN- Bunker Hill, DTLA

The Broad museum presents an in-depth installation of Roy Lichtenstein, opening May 26, 2021, features 22 artworks, with nearly half on view for the first time, including Purist Still Life (1975), Female Figure (1979), Two Paintings: Radiator and Folded Sheets (1984), and Nude with Pyramid (1994).
An outcome of sustained and ongoing engagement with artists and artwork, the Broad collection is distinctive in its exceptional dedication to the full arc of artists’ careers. The Broad has highlighted this depth through expansive presentations in the third floor galleries, featuring Jean-Michel Basquiat, Roy Lichtenstein, Kara Walker, Andy Warhol, and Christopher Wool, along with works by many others.

From the curators

Read extended content on Lichtenstein’s works in our mobile museum guide: mobile.thebroad.org/artistguides

Highlighted Artwork

Purist Still Life

Roy Lichtenstein

1975

oil and Magna on canvas

70 x 80 in. (177.8 x 203.2 cm)

Female Figure

Roy Lichtenstein

1979

oil and Magna on canvas

70 x 50 in. (177.8 x 127 cm)

Two Paintings: Radiator and Folded Sheets

Roy Lichtenstein

1983

oil and Magna on canvas

70 x 64 in. (177.8 x 162.56 cm)

Femme d’Alger

Roy Lichtenstein

1963

oil on canvas

80 x 68 in. (203.2 x 172.72 cm)

Nude with Pyramid

Roy Lichtenstein

1994

oil and Magna on canvas

84 x 70 in. (213.36 x 177.8 cm)

221 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012
The Broad makes its collection of contemporary art from the 1950s to the present accessible to the widest possible audience by presenting exhibitions and operating a lending program to art museums and galleries worldwide.
By actively building a dynamic collection that features in-depth representations of influential contemporary artists and by advancing education and engagement through exhibitions and diverse public programming, the museum enriches, provokes, inspires, and fosters appreciation of art of our time.

The Broad was founded by philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Gensler, the museum offers free general admission and presents an active program of rotating temporary exhibitions and innovative audience engagement. The Broad is home to 2,000 works of art in the Broad collection, which is one of the world’s leading collections of postwar and contemporary art.

The Broad from Home
The Broad is committed to inspiring and fostering an appreciation of contemporary art through our digital initiatives. Experience #TheBroadFromHome to find inspiration through music, poetry, performance, workshops, and conversations centered around the Broad collection.
Overview
Performances
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Artist Spotlight
Family Art Workshops
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The Broad Collection
Eli and Edythe Broad have been building their collection of postwar and contemporary art over the last 50 years. With a belief that the greatest art collections are built when the art is being made, the Broads took to collecting art of their own time.
The Broad is home to 2,000 works in the Broad collection by more than 200 artists, and is one of the world’s leading collections of postwar and contemporary art. The collection features in-depth holdings of influential contemporary artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Mark Bradford, Jasper Johns, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Yayoi Kusama, Kerry James Marshall, Julie Mehretu, Takashi Murakami, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, Cindy Sherman, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, and more, plus an ever-growing representation of younger artists.

View Our Collection Here

In Under the Table, 1994, the viewer is both in the world of imaginary giants and in the world of remembered childhood. Fusing Alice in Wonderland with the Duchampian tradition of the readymade, Artist Robert Therrien constructs a doppelganger from an everyday object, both displaying his visual wit and actualizing literary or imaginative fantasy in three-dimensional space. The table exudes an extraordinary aura, compelling one to walk underneath the table and conjuring the physical memory of being under the table of one’s childhood home. Complicated and powerful, the work offers fresh ideas of what a table, sculpture, and memory can mean.

Using the recognizable form of a balloon twisted into the shape of a dog, Koons has frozen a moment in time, exaggerating both scale and material.
Balloon Dog (Blue) is literal and abstract. When standing close to it, one’s own distorted reflection bends around smooth pert curves.

General Admission is Free
All visitors must reserve timed tickets in advance. Some exhibitions and events carry a separate charge.

Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Wednesday: 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Thursday – Friday: 11:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m.-8:00p.m.
Sunday: 10:00 a.m.-6:00p.m.

For additional information, visit the website @
www.thebroad.org

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Hollywood Heritage Museum
2023-01-01 12:00 - 16:00 | Hollywood Heritage Museum, 2100 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood, CA, 90028, United States
OPEN EVERY FRIDAY-SUNDAY- Hollywood
The Hollywood Heritage Museum, is located in the Lasky-DeMille Barn, which was built in 1901. The story of the early Hollywood motion picture industry and the historic Hollywood community is told through archival photographs, historic documents, movie props and related memorabilia. Visitors experience the actual structure where Cecil B. DeMille’s office exists, furnished with selected personal DeMille belongings, and where countless movies were filmed and studio staff worked and played.
On December 27, 1956, the Lasky-DeMille Barn was designated California State Historic Landmark No. 554, recognizing the significant role the building played in the birth of the Hollywood motion picture industry. Since 1985, Hollywood Heritage, Inc. has funded the preservation, restoration and maintenance of the barn. It’s the oldest existing motion picture production building in Hollywood, having been established as the Burns-Revier Studio in 1912, and becoming the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company in 1913. The Lasky Company merged with Adolph Zuckor’s Famous Players in 1916, becoming Famous Players-Lasky and merging with Paramount Distributing Company, finally becoming Paramount Pictures Corporation. In 2014, the Lasky-DeMille Barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [See the Time Line on the Museum link for a more detailed history of the barn].

VISITING THE MUSEUM
The Hollywood Heritage Museum is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from noon until 4 pm. As we share our ample parking lot with the Hollywood Bowl, the museum is occasionally closed when the Bowl has an event. If you are traveling a long way to visit us, it might be a good idea to phone first to make sure we are open: (323) 874-2276.

PARKING
Parking is free. There is a large parking area on the east side of Highland Avenue, in front of the museum. There is no entrance facing Highland Avenue. You have to go around the corner either on Milner Road or Odin Street and immediately turn into the lot. If there are parking lot attendants at a barricade, tell them that you are visiting the museum.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
The Metro subway station closest to the Museum is the Hollywood-Highland stop. We are located approximately a half-mile north on Highland Avenue, about a 12-minute walk.
BECOME A DOCENT:
Hollywood Heritage is a volunteer driven organization. Our docents assist museum guests and help with our Barn programs, as well as many other activities associated with historic preservation issues and the day-to-day activities that make our organization so vital. If you are interested in becoming involved, click here.

HOLLYWOOD HERITAGE ARCHIVE:
Hollywood Heritage maintains an archive of historic photographs, documents, and other material related to the film industry and the community. Our archive also includes considerable holdings on Hollywood real estate history and buildings of architectural significance. We continue to seek material related to our dual mission of industry and community history. Questions regarding our archive and donations procedures should be directed to our Collections Manager, Richard Adkins.
DONATION OF PHYSICAL ITEMS:
Hollywood Heritage welcomes donations both monetary and physical objects. Donated items fall into two categories.
For resale in the Museum Store: The museum store contains new and used items. The older items are all donated to Hollywood Heritage and include books on the motion picture industry and its participants, and books on the Los Angeles area. It also includes used DVDs, VHS tapes and other electronic storage of motion pictures, as well as related items. These types of donated items can be dropped off at the museum along with the donor’s name and address so that, if desired, donor recognition and/or a tax letter can be provided by the Collections Manager.
For Hollywood Heritage Archive: These are items that Hollywood Heritage’s curator agrees are compatible with our collection. An appointment may be set up with our Collections Manager. Much of the collection has been donated by individuals and families with relatives who contributed to the film industry and the Hollywood community, often with the goal of preserving their relatives’ participation in Hollywood. We are also interested in photographs or other documentation of any properties in Hollywood, as we maintain an archive of each property by address. For further information about donations you may contact our museum manager.
Hollywood Heritage, Inc. is a 501(c) 3 California state non-profit corporation. All donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. We will be happy to provide a receipt for donations for tax purposes.

Admission:
Hollywood Heritage members: Free! (Join at the door or online).
Adults: $10
Children under 12: FREE!
Hours
Friday – Sunday: 12:00pm – 4:00pm

For additional information, visit the website @
www.hollywoodheritage.org

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Santa Monica History Museum
2023-01-01 15:00 - 20:00 | Santa Monica History Museum, 1350 7th Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90401, United States
OPEN THURSDAY – SUNDAY- Santa Monica
The Santa Monica History Museum was founded under the “Historical Activities Committee” of Santa Monica’s Centennial Celebration in 1975 and by a public poll, with their goal to collect, preserve, and be the caretaker of history. Its name at that time was the Santa Monica Historical Society and it was designated as the official collector and preserver of the history, art, and culture of the Santa Monica Bay Area. Former Mayor Clo Hoover, the first woman mayor of Santa Monica, was elected the first president.

The museum, one of the largest in the country for a city the size of Santa Monica, has grown far beyond expectations with an expansive collection of artifacts, photographs, and memorabilia. Thousands of hours have been dedicated to public education and museum services.

With the help of Louise and Bob Gabriel who had been active in the community for years and had a strong love for Santa Monica and its history took on the responsibility to make the museum a reality. Within three years, with determination, perseverance, and countless hours of work, Bob headed the fundraising committee and raised the necessary funds. Louise was able to get all the furnishings for the museum donated by companies that were going out of business. Bob found a temporary rent‐free location on Colorado Avenue.

Our Mission
The Santa Monica History Museum’s mission is to collect, preserve and share the history and culture of Santa Monica for generations to come.

Our Vision
The Santa Monica History Museum is the steward of the rich history of the Santa Monica Bay area. We are committed to enriching our community by providing public access to our extensive collection with interpretive exhibitions, public programs, community partnerships, and through archival and research services.

CURRENT EXHIBITION FROM APRIL 1 – DECEMBER 23, 2022
Broadway to Freeway:
Life and Times of a Vibrant Community

In the mid-20th century, the Broadway neighborhood was a thriving, tight-knit community in Santa Monica. Built by African American, Mexican American, and immigrant communities, the Broadway neighborhood was a haven for those who were excluded from other parts of the city by racist and anti-immigrant policies and practices.
This exhibition tells the story of how residents built Broadway into a flourishing community of color – and how the Interstate 10 freeway destroyed it in the 1960s. The vibrant lives of pioneering individuals – like the first African American teacher and social worker hired in Santa Monica – are knitted into the neighborhood they built together. The community populated Broadway with welcoming schools, homes, and businesses – from beauty parlors and jazz clubs, to the malt shop, tortilleria, and Jewish deli.

Featuring period photographs, advertisements, oral histories, and songs, the exhibition draws on the wealth of archival material collected by the Quinn Research Center, which is dedicated to preserving the history of African American life in Santa Monica.
Today, little evidence remains of the community on the blocks between 13th Street and 20th Street, once the heart of the Broadway neighborhood. Though physically erased, Broadway lives on in the stories that are preserved and shared to illuminate past inequities and spotlight the inspirational individuals who created a center of social and civic life on their own terms.

Admissions

General – $5.00
Seniors & Students – $5.00
Children under 12 – Free
Museum members – Free
Veterans & Active-duty military – Free

Hours
Monday – Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: 3:00pm – 8:00pm
Friday – Sunday: 11:00am – 5:00pm
Museum Holiday Hours
We are closed in observance of the following holidays: New Year’s Day, President’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and the day after, Christmas

For additional information, visit the website @
santamonicahistory.org

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The Museum of Contemporary Art
2023-01-02 | MOCA- Museum Of Contemporary Art, 250 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Questions)- DTLA

MOCA has reinstalled the monumental wall work by Los Angeles–based artist Barbara Kruger (b. New York 1945), Untitled (Questions) (1990/2018). The emblematic red, white, and blue artwork was originally commissioned by MOCA in 1989 for the exhibition A Forest of Signs: Art in the Crisis of Representation, and was last installed in 1990 on the south wall of MOCA’s building (now The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA). The work holds an iconic place in the collective memory of Los Angeles’s art community and is considered one of the museum’s curatorial highlights over its forty-year history.

This iteration is installed on the north facade of The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, facing Temple Street and measuring 30 by 191 feet. Asking nine questions including “Who is beyond the law?,” “Who is bought and sold?,” and “Who is free to choose?,” the work points to issues of patriotism, civic engagement, and power relations. In connection with the work, MOCA led a series of voter registration efforts during the 2018 midterms, and will continue these efforts in advance of the 2020 general election.

This project was initiated by MOCA Director Klaus Biesenbach and is organized by MOCA Senior Curator Bennett Simpson.
This installation of Barbara Kruger’s Untitled (Questions) is generously supported by an anonymous donor.

ONE MUSEUM. TWO LOCATIONS- Free Every Thursday

Welcome to The Museum of Contemporary Art. With two distinct venues—MOCA Grand Avenue and The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA—and Michael Heizer’s seminal artwork Double Negative (1969-70) in the Nevada desert, we engage audiences through an ambitious program of exhibitions, educational programs, and publishing.

Welcome to The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

We are contemporary.
We question and adapt to the changing definitions of art.

We are a museum.
We present, collect, and interpret the art of our time.

We care
for the experience of art, the inevitability of change, the multiplicity of perspectives, the urgency of contemporary expression.

With 2 distinct venues in Los Angeles

MOCA Grand Avenue
250 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Architect Arata Isozaki designed MOCA Grand Avenue in 1986 with classical architecture and Los Angeles popular culture in mind. Today this location hosts the museum’s main galleries, Lemonade café, the flagship location of the MOCA Store, and staff offices.
more info at: Grand Ave

250 S Grand Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90012

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The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
152 North Central Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
A former police car warehouse in L.A.’s Little Tokyo Historic District, renovated by the noted California architect Frank Gehry, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (formerly The Temporary Contemporary) opened in 1983. This location offers 40,000 square feet of exhibition space.
more info at: Geffen

and Michael Heizer’s seminal artwork Double Negative (1969-70) in the Nevada desert,
Overton Airport- Mormon Mesa, Overton, Nevada (80 miles from Las Vegas)
1110 Airport Road
Overton, NV 89040
Double Negative was constructed by Michael Heizer in the Nevada desert in 1969 and remains one of the few still extant examples of what are commonly referred to as earthworks, land art, or environmental sculpture. The land art movement first appeared in the late 1960s and served to challenge the location, material, size, and temporal existence of a work of art. Double Negative consists of two long straight trenches, 30 feet wide and 50 feet deep, cut into the “tabletop” of Mormon Mesa, displacing 240,000 tons of desert sandstone. The cuts face each other across an indentation in the plateaus’ scalloped perimeter, forming a continuous image, a thick linear volume that bridges and combines the “negative” space between them.
more info at: Double Negative

Admission to Double Negative by artist Michael Heizer is always free.

Hours
Monday: 11:00 a.m.-6:00p.m.
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: 11:00 a.m.-6:00p.m.
Thursday: 11:00 a.m.-8:00p.m.
Friday: 11:00 a.m.-6:00p.m.
Saturday – Sunday: 11:00 a.m.-5:00p.m.

General Admission: Free
Special exhibitions: $18
Members: Free
Children under 12: Free
Seniors and students: $10
Special exhibitions are free every Thursday, 5-8pm.

For additional information, visit the website @
www.moca.org

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DISCOVER AND GO FREE MUSEUM TICKETS
2023-01-02 | LA County Library, CA, United States
EXPLORE SOCAL MUSEUMS FOR FREE – LA County Library
Enjoy FREE MUSEUM TICKETS for you and your family! Discover the art, history, and culture of Los Angeles County on family day as you explore exhibits in partnered museums of LA County Library! Visit the website to claim passes to any of these museums: Catalina Island Museum, La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles.
With your LA County Library card, you can reserve family passes to local museums and cultural institutions for free through Discover & Go.
How to Reserve a Pass:

Visit the Discover & Go portal and log in using your library card number and PIN.
Browse by museum or date.
Make a reservation by selecting a date and venue.
Shortly before your visit, print out your pass.
Note: You cannot cancel your passes once they have been printed.
Enjoy your visit!

Program Requirements:
Only adults ages 18 and over with a full-access library card in good standing can reserve Discover & Go passes – this means your account is not barred or blocked. Digital library cards may not be used to reserve passes. Contact your local library to check on your account status.
Notes About Pass Reservations:

You can make reservations up to 3 months in advance. New tickets are released on the first of each month.
All free tickets are first-come, first-served until all tickets are exhausted for the month.
You can have up to 2 active reservations at a time.
Please read all the details on each venue before making a reservation, as details vary for each museum.
For some museums, passes are restricted to 1-per-calendar-year per customer. Double-check the dates for these, and don’t print them until you’re sure you can attend!
Reservations can be canceled only if the pass has not been printed. Log into Discover & Go to cancel your reservation online.
The pass is only valid for the name and date on the pass. A valid photo ID is required for admission.

PARTICIPATING PARTNERS
CATALINA ISLAND MUSEUM

LA BREA TAR PITS & MUSEUM

NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

Don’t Have A Library Card? Get One NOW!

Library cards are available for free to permanent and temporary residents of California. With an LA County Library card, you can:

check out books, magazines, and DVDs
place holds and accesses your account online
access library databases from home
download audiobooks, books, and music
use the Library’s public computers and internet
connect to Wi-Fi at all LA County Library locations

Library Cards for Children and Teens
There is no minimum age requirement to apply for a library card. Children under 18 must have a parent or guardian sign their library card application. Parents/guardians can restrict their child from checking out DVDs. For a child to access the Internet, parents/guardians must be present and fill out an Internet Access Permission form. All fees related to lost or damaged items or lost library cards are the responsibility of the parent/guardian.
How to Get a PIN
A PIN allows you to place holds and access your account online, use the Library’s public computers, and access Wi-Fi. You are given a PIN when you first apply for a library card. If you have a library card but do not have a PIN or have forgotten it, you can request a PIN online or by calling any LA County Library location.
How to Access Your Account

You can access your library account by logging into the online catalog and clicking “My Account.” From here, you can:

Renew items, check due dates, and view fees
Check the status of holds, cancel holds, change pickup location
Place a vacation hold by entering the dates you will be gone and we will delay your hold until you return
Update your address and phone number
Change your PIN Update your email

For additional information, visit the website @
lacountylibrary.org/discover/

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