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This list of museums in Los Angeles is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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Main article: List of museums in California

Name	Area	Type	Summary
A+D Museum	Wilshire	Architecture	Architecture and Design Museum, changing exhibits, information and education center about architecture, interior design, landscape design, fashion design and product design
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Galleries	Beverly Hills	Art	Changing exhibits related to films, film-making, film creators and film personalities
African American Firefighter Museum	Downtown Los Angeles	Firefighting	website, vintage fire apparatus, stories, pictures, memorabilia of pioneering African American Los Angeles firefighters
American Jewish University Art Galleries	Bel Air	Art	Platt and Borstein Art Galleries, Smalley Sculpture Garden
Andres Pico Adobe	Mission Hills	Historic house	Operated by the San Fernando Valley Historical Society
Archival Center Museum	Mission Hills	History	website, museum of the Archival Center of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, located at Mission San Fernando Rey de España, history of the archdiocese including exhibits about archbishops and cardinals, papal collection, art, missions, religious objects
Armand Hammer Museum of Art	Westwood	Art	Also known as the Hammer Museum, collection includes French 19th century masters, European old master paintings, American artists from the 18th to 20th centuries, works by 19th century French satirist Honoré Daumier and contemporaries, sculpture and contemporary art
Autry National Center	Griffith Park	Culture	Established in 2003 following the merger of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, the Women of the West Museum, and the Museum of the American West (formerly the Autry Museum of Western Heritage)
Avila Adobe	Downtown Los Angeles	Historic house	Oldest standing residence in Los Angeles, part of El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park
Banning Residence Museum	Wilmington	Historic house	Victorian mansion of Phineas Banning
Barnsdall Art Park	Little Armenia	Art	Includes the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Gallery Theatre and Hollyhock House
Bolton Hall Museum	Tujunga	Local history	Operated by the Little Landers Historical Society
Cal State Northridge Art Galleries	Northridge	Art	website, part of Cal State Northridge
California African American Museum	Exposition Park	African American
California Science Center	Exposition Park	Science
Campo de Cahuenga	Hollywood	Historic house
Centinela Adobe	Westchester	Historic house
Chatsworth Museum	Chatsworth	Local history	website, operated by the Chatsworth Historical Society at the Homestead Acre
Children's Museum of Los Angeles		Children's	Planned new facility at Hansen Dam, old museum closed
Chinese American Museum	Downtown Los Angeles	Ethnic - Chinese	History and experience of Chinese Americans in the state of California, also fine art exhibits, part of El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park
Craft and Folk Art Museum	Miracle Mile	Folk Art	Located in Museum Row
Drum Barracks	Wilmington	Civil War	Civil War-era military facility with museum containing camp models, period displays
Eames Office	Santa Monica	Architecture	website, gallery with rotating exhibitions, photography and artifacts from the Charles Eames family collection
El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park	Downtown Los Angeles	Multiple	Includes Olvera Street, Avila Adobe, Chinese American Museum, Italian American Museum of Los Angeles, Plaza Firehouse Museum, Sepulveda House, and changing exhibits in El Pueblo Gallery, Pico House, Hellman/Quon building
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Museum	Downtown Los Angeles	Textile	Costumes, accessories, textiles & perfume
Flight Path Learning Center - Museum	Los Angeles Airport	Flying	website, Aircraft, models, photos, displays, school tours and special programs
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)	San Fernando Valley	History	Houses the Hall Of Liberty American History Museum
Fort MacArthur Museum	San Pedro	Military	History of the fort and its role in defending the Los Angeles area
Foursquare Heritage Center	Echo Park	Biographical	website, parsonage home of Aimee Semple McPherson, next to Angelus Temple
Fowler Museum	Westwood	Cultural	Part of UCLA, collections include art, ethnographic and archaeological objects representing prehistoric, historic, and contemporary cultures of Africa, Native and Latin America, and Asia and the Pacific
Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden	Westwood	Art	Sculpture garden located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles and is run by the Hammer Museum.
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation	Holmby Hills	Art	Estate and gardens with collection of 20th century art, open by appointment on guided tours
Geffen Contemporary at MOCA	Downtown Los Angeles	Art	Located in Little Tokyo district, branch of Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Getty Center	Brentwood	Art	One site of the J. Paul Getty Museum, exhibits classical sculpture and art, European paintings, drawings, manuscripts, sculpture, decorative arts and photography
Getty Villa	Pacific Palisades	Cultural	Another site of the J. Paul Getty Museum, arts and cultures of ancient Greece, Rome and Etruria
Grammy Museum	Downtown Los Angeles	Music	Located at L.A. Live, history of the Grammy Awards and music artifacts
Grier Musser Museum	Downtown Los Angeles	Historic house	website, turn-of-the century Queen Anne house
Griffith Observatory	Griffith Park	Science	Exhibits include astronomy, planets, stars, the cosmos, gravity, the sun and moon
Guinness World Record Museum	Hollywood	Entertainment	website, information, located on Hollywood Boulevard
Heritage Square Museum	Montecito Heights	Open air	Eight structures tell the story of the settlement and development of Southern California from the Civil War to the early 20th Century
Hill-Palmer Cottage	Chatsworth	Historic house	Operated by the Chatsworth Historical Society, also known as the Homestead Acre
Hollyhock House	Little Armenia	Historic house	Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, centerpiece of Barnsdall Art Park
Hollywood Bowl Museum	Hollywood	History	website, gallery of photos from performers at the Hollywood Bowl
Hollywood Heritage Museum	Hollywood	History	Archival photographs from silent movie picture productions, movie props, historic documents and movie memorabilia
Hollywood Museum	Hollywood	Media	website, Over 10,000 historical costumes, props, models, set pieces and more from movies and movie stars
Hollywood Wax Museum	Hollywood	Wax	Wax figures of media stars, fictional characters, famous politicians and a Chamber of Horrors
Italian American Museum of Los Angeles	Downtown Los Angeles	Cultural	Part of El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park, history and contributions of Italian Americans in Los Angeles
Japanese American National Museum	Downtown Los Angeles	Ethnic - Japanese	Japanese American history, culture and art, located in Little Tokyo
Judson Studios	Highland Park	Art	Art gallery and stained glass workshops
Korean American Museum	Downtown Los Angeles	Ethnic - Korean	website, Korean American history, culture and art
Korean Cultural Center	Koreatown	Ethnic - Korean	Korean history and culture, changing exhibits of traditional and contemporary art
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions	Hollywood	Art	Also known as LACE, contemporary art exhibition space and archive of the visual arts for the city of Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Museum of Art	Miracle Mile	Art	Includes Pavilion for Japanese Art, collections of African, Ancient Americas, American, Middle Eastern, Chinese and Korean, Contemporary, Egyptian, European, Latin American and Asian art, costumes & textiles, decorative arts and design, photography
Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial	Various	Firefighting	Old Fire Station 27 is located on on Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood, history of the department, antique equipment and fire engines; Old Fire Station 36 is located in San Pedro, also called the Harbor Museum
Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum	Griffith Park	Railroad	Located next to Travel Town Museum, operates 7½" gauge model trains for visitors to ride, includes the Walt Disney's Carolwood Barn
Los Angeles Maritime Museum	San Pedro	Maritime	Local maritime, diving and fishing industries, ship models, sailor's artifacts, local history, USS Los Angeles
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery	Little Armenia	Art	Located in Barnsdall Art Park, focus is arts and artists of Southern California
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust	Pan Pacific Park	History	Located in Pan Pacific Park, the oldest Holocaust museum in the U.S., dedicated to educating the public and commemorating those who survived and who were lost.
Los Angeles Police Museum	Highland Park	Law enforcement	Artifacts include photos, uniforms, badges, squad cars, a paddy wagon and bullet-riddled vehicles
Los Encinos State Historic Park	Encino	History	Area agriculture history and historic adobe house
Lummis House	Highland Park	Historic house	Early 20th century rock house, also known as El Alisal
MAK Center for Art and Architecture	West Hollywood	Art	Changing exhibits that challenge the relationship between art and architecture; located in the Schindler House
Mission San Fernando Rey de España	Mission Hills	Religious
MOCA at The Pacific Design Center	West Hollywood	Art	Presents new work by emerging and established artists, branch of Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Muller House Museum	San Pedro	Historic house	website, operated by the San Pedro Bay Historical Society
Museum of Contemporary Art	Downtown Los Angeles	Art	Main branch is located on Grand Avenue in Museum Row, Geffen Contemporary is in the Little Tokyo district of Downtown Los Angeles, and Pacific Design Center facility is in West Hollywood
Museum of Jurassic Technology	Culver City	Art	This is a meta-museum, full of loving irony. Includes a Russian Tea Room.
Museum of Neon Art	Downtown Los Angeles	Art	Historic and contemporary art using neon lighting
Museum of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Hollywood	Media	Planned museum
Museum of Tolerance	Westside	History	World racism & prejudice with a strong focus on the history of the Holocaust
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County	Exposition Park	Natural history	Displays include animal habitats, dinosaurs, pre-Columbian cultures and the Ralph M. Parsons Discovery Center and Insect Zoo
Nethercutt Collection	Sylmar	Automobile	website, over 130 antique, classic and special interest automobiles
Neutra VDL Studio and Residences	Silver Lake	Historic house	Home of architect Richard Neutra
Page Museum (La Brea Tar Pits)	Miracle Mile	Natural history	Fossils housed in the George C. Page Museum, located in Museum Row
Oran Z's Pan African Black Facts & Wax Museum	South Los Angeles	African American	website, wax figures, cultural artifacts from throughout the African world, black memorabilia, Blacks in advertising, Negro League baseball history, autographs, historical artifacts, reference library
Paley Center for Media	Beverly Hills	Media	Formerly the Museum of Television & Radio
Petersen Automotive Museum	Wilshire	Transportation	Vintage automobiles, history of autos in Los Angeles, automotive art, artifacts and memorabilia, located in Museum Row
Plaza Firehouse Museum	Downtown Los Angeles	Firefighting	website, part of El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park
Point Fermin Lighthouse Historic Site and Museum	San Pedro	Maritime	Restored lighthouse museum
Psychiatry: An Industry of Death	Hollywood	Religious	Owned and operated by the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, an anti-psychiatry organization founded by the Church of Scientology
Ralph J. Bunche House	South Los Angeles	Biographical	Also known as the Ralph Bunche Peace & Heritage Center
REDCAT	Downtown Los Angeles	Art	Exhibition venue of the California Institute of the Arts, with public art gallery
Ripley's Believe It or Not!	Hollywood	Entertainment	Located on Hollywood Boulevard
Schindler House	West Hollywood	Historic house	Designed by architect Rudolf Schindler, also features the MAK Center for Art and Architecture
Sepulveda House	Downtown Los Angeles	Local history	website, part of El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park, historic house and visitor center with exhibits about the area
Skirball Cultural Center	Brentwood	Jewish	Home of the Skirball Museum with exhibits about Jewish culture, accomplishments and the history of the Jewish people in the United States
SPARC Gallery	Venice	Art	Community art center and gallery
Southwest Museum of the American Indian	Mt. Washington	Native American	Galleries are closed for rehabilitation, but the museum still offers programs, events and a gift shop; now part of the Autry National Center
Sports Museum of Los Angeles	Downtown Los Angeles	Sports	website, open by appointment only
SS Lane Victory	San Pedro	Maritime	Second World War Victory ship preserved as a museum ship
Travel Town Museum	Griffith Park	Railroad	Steam locomotives and other rolling stock
USC Fisher Museum of Art	University Park	Art	website, part of University of Southern California, contemporary and old master exhibitions
Vincent Price Art Museum	East Los Angeles	Art	website, part of East Los Angeles College, includes art from Africa, Peruvian and Mexican artifacts dating from 300 B.C., North American Indian Art, and important works from the renaissance to the present day
Virginia Robinson Gardens	Beverly Hills	Historic house	Early 20th century period landscape, historic mansion and botanical gardens
Walt Disney's Carolwood Barn	Griffith Park	Railroad	Miniature barn used by Walt Disney, houses Disney and steam-train-related memorabilia
Warner Brothers Museum	Downtown Los Angeles	Media	website, part of the VIP Tour of Warner Brothers Studio, motion picture and television memorabilia, information
Watts Towers	Watts	Art	Outdoor folk art tower sculptures
Wells Fargo History Museum	Downtown Los Angeles	History	website, role of the Wells Fargo company in southern California
Wende Museum	Culver City	History	Cold War history of Eastern Europe, open Fridays or by appointment
Will Rogers State Historic Park	Pacific Palisades	Historic house	Ranch home of Will Rogers
Zimmer Children's Museum	Wilshire	Children's	website

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