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Great Los Angeles Museums

1. Los Angeles’ Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

This new museum tells the story of Hollywood.

 

2. Science Museum

Colombus space shuttle
Colombus space shuttle

A highlight is the last space shuttle Colombia, worth a visit on itself.

3. Peterson Auto Museum –

LA museums Peterson auto museum

LA museums Peterson auto museum

LA is a city dedicated to the motor car and it’s only fitting that it has a museum that showcases classic cars through the ages and including vehicles and limousines used by the famous politicians and stars – all with a story to tell.

 

4. Gene Autry Museum of the American West –

Californian heritage was used as a brand building tool to promote its booming  citrus fruit industry
Californian heritage was used as a brand building tool to promote its booming citrus fruit industry

A museum dedicated to cowboys, Indians and the Wild West . An excellent bookshop.

 

5. La Brea Tar Pits Museum –

Uncovering dinosaur bones in Central  LA early 1900s
Uncovering dinosaur bones in Central LA early 1900s

Situated on top of an old oil field in Hollywood , which became a graveyard for dinasaurs stuck in the gooey liquid . Today its the worlds most largest , most prolific and still active urban site of dinosaur remains.

 

Also:

Stories of the Past Presidents at their presidential libraries. Nixon is buried in his in Orange County and there is an Air Force 1 at Reagan’s in Simi Valley

+Richard Nixon Presidental library

+Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

+Stargazing and the best view of LA at the Griffith Park Observatory

 

Destination – California