California Heritage Museum
2612 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Partially restored, late-Victorian house built by the founder of Santa Monica; historical exhibits and galleries; displays by contemporary California artists
Phone: (310) 392-8537

Santa Monica Historical Society Museum
1539 Euclid Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 395-2290

Nearby

L. Ron Hubbard Life Exhibition
6331 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028
www.lronhubbard.org
Phone: (323) 960-3511

Farther Away, but Worth the Drive

Adamson Home and Malibu Lagoon Museum
23200 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90265
Group tours of Adamson Home by reservation. Moorish Spanish-style structure covered with magnificent tile work. The Lagoon is a haven for native and migratory birds.
http://www.adamsonhouse.org
Phone: (310) 456-1770

Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum
4700 Zoo Drive, Los Feliz, CA 90027
http://www.autry-museum.org
Phone: (323) 667-2000

Children’s Nature Institute
1440 Harvard Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404
http://www.childrensnatureinst.org/index.html
Phone: (310) 364-3591

The Ocean Discovery Center (grades K-12; open to public on weekends)
1600 Ocean Front Walk (at the Santa Monica Pier, under the Carousel), Santa Monica, CA 90401
http://www.lifesci.ucla.edu/odc/
Phone: (310) 393-6149

Nearby

Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits
5801 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Phone: (323) 936-2230

Farther Away, but Worth the Drive

Adamson Home and Malibu Lagoon Museum
23200 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90265
Group tours of Adamson Home by reservation. Moorish Spanish-style structure covered with magnificent tile work. The Lagoon is a haven for native and migratory birds.
http://browser.to/malibumuseum
Phone: (310) 456-1770

Aerospace Museum
Exposition Park, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Phone: (323) 569 5700

Museum of Flying
2772 Donald Douglas Loop North, Santa Monica, CA 90405
http://www.museumofflying.com/
Phone: (310) 392-8822

Nearby

Petersen Automotive Museum
6060 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
http://www.petersen.org
Phone: (323) 930-2277

Farther Away, but Worth the Drive

Aerospace Museum
Exposition Park, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Phone: (323) 569 5700

Los Angeles Maritime Museum
Berth 84, foot of Sixth Street, San Pedro, CA 90731
Phone: (310) 548-7618

Travel Town Museum
5200 West Zoo Drive and Griffith Park Drive, Los Feliz, CA 90027
http://www.lacity.org/rap/grifmet/tt/index.htm
Phone: (323) 662 5874

Bronson Fine Arts
1410 Second Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Phone: (310) 587-2577

Dagmar and China Cultural Arts Center
2525 Michigan Avenue, Bldg G-8 Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 315-5686

Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden - UCLA
245 Circle Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Over 70 works, including sculptures by Henry Moore and Gaston Lachaise, in a park-like setting
Phone: (310) 443-7000

Gallery of Contemporary Photography
2525 Michigan Avenue, Bldg D-3 Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 264-8440

Getty Center for History of Art
401 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Phone: (310) 395-0388

Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts - UCLA
10889 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone: (310) 443-7000

Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art
2525 Michigan Avenue, Bldg T-3 Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 838-1133

J. Paul Getty Museum of Art
1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90049
http://www.getty.edu/
Phone: (310) 440-7300

J. Paul Getty Villa
17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
Phone: (310) 459-7611

Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University
7900 Loyola Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045
http://www.lmu.edu/colleges/cfa/art/laband/
Phone: (310) 338-2880

Metropolitan Museum of Art
10250 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone: (310) 552-0905

Mount Saint Mary’s College Jose Drudis-Biada Gallery
12001 Chalon Road, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Phone: (310) 471-9584

Otis College of Art and Design Gallery
9045 Lincoln Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045
http://www.otisart.edu/about/index.htm
Phone: (310) 665-6800 or (800) 527-OTIS

Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences
1714 Twenty-First Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 829-7391

Santa Monica Museum of Art
Bldg G-1 Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90404
http://www.smmoa.org/
Phone: (310) 586-6488

Santa Monica Museum of Art Community Focus Gallery
Santa Monica Place Mall at Broadway and Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Phone: (310) 399-0433

Social and Public Art Resource Center
685 Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 822-9560

Track 16 Gallery
2525 Michigan Avenue, Bldg C-1 Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA 90404
http://www.track16.com/track16.html
Phone: (310) 264-4678

UCLA/Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center
10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90095
French Impressionist and post-Impressionist works; art by the Old Masters
http://www.arts.ucla.edu/museums/hammer_frame.html
Phone: (310) 443-7000

University of Judaism Platt Gallery
15600 Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90077
http://www.uj.edu/
Phone: (310) 476-9777

University of Judaism Smalley Sculpture Garden
15600 Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90077
http://www.uj.edu/
Phone: (310) 476-9777

Wight Art Gallery – UCLA
1100 Dickson Art Center
240 Circle Drive North, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone: (310) 825-8235

Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibits (LACE)
6522 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028
Phone: (323) 957-1777

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
http://www.lacma.org/
Phone: (213) 857-6000
Ticketmaster information on exhibits: (213) 480-7676

Farther Away, but Worth the Drive

Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Gardens
1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108
http://www.huntington.org/
Phone: (626) 405-2275

Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
250 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Phone: (213) 626-6222

Norton Simon Museum of Art
411 West Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
http://www.nortonsimon.org
Phone: (626) 449-6840

Watts Tower Art Center
1727 East 107th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90002
Phone: (213) 569-8181

Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden - UCLA
245 Circle Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Over 70 works, including sculptures by Henry Moore and Gaston Lachaise, in a park-like setting
Phone: (310) 443-7000

Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden – UCLA
777 Tiverton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Ingeniously laid out, this garden offers many secluded paths and nooks in a relatively small area
http://www.lifesci.ucla.edu/botgard/html/bg-vi-m.html
Phone: (310) 825-1260

UCLA Hannah Carter Japanese Garden
10619 Bellagio Road, Bel Air, CA 90077
Phone: (310) 825-4574
Limited hours; call for reservation

University of Judaism Smalley Sculpture Garden
15600 Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90077
http://www.uj.edu/
Phone: (310) 476-9777

Virginia Robinson Gardens
1008 Elden Way, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Mediterranean-style villa on about 6 lushly planted acres; King palms, fountains, falls, citrus and camelias. Call to schedule a tour.
Phone: (310) 276-5367

Worth the Drive

Descanso Gardens
Descanso Drive and Verdugo Blvd, La Canada Flintridge, CA 91011
160-acre public garden – chaparral-covered slopes, lush gardens of camellias, azaleas, roses; Tea House and Zen garden
http://www.descanso.com/
Phone: (818) 952-4400

Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Gardens
1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108
http://www.huntington.org/
Phone: (626) 405-2275

Japanese Garden
6100 Woodley Avenue, Van Nuys, CA 91406
6-acre garden with paths that wind past lakes, lawns, bonsai trees, decorated stones, and a tea house
Phone: (818) 756 8166

Los Angeles Arboretum
301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91007
127-acre horticultural and botanical center
http://www.arboretum.org/
Phone: (626) 447-8207

The Ocean Discovery Center
(grades K-12; open to public on weekends)
1600 Ocean Front Walk (at the Santa Monica Pier, under the Carousel), Santa Monica, CA 90401
http://www.lifesci.ucla.edu/odc/
Phone: (310) 393-6149

Venice Oceanarium
330 Market Street, Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 396-7974

Nearby

Los Angeles Zoo
5333 Zoo Drive (junction of Ventura and Golden State Freeways), Los Feliz, CA 90027
http://www.lazoo.org/
Phone: (323) 644-6400

Farther Away, But Worth the Drive

Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
3720 Stephen White Drive, San Pedro, CA 90731
http://www.cabrilloaq.org/info.htm
Phone: (310) 548-7562

ArtScene – Comprehensive Guide to Art Galleries in Southern California: http://artscenecal.com/index.html

@LA Guide to Museums in Southern California: http://www.at-la.com/@la-muse.htm

Los Angeles area museums and Thomas Brothers Maps: http://www.thomas.com/poi/