Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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LACMA - by Schmidi1985
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Description
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is the largest art museum in the western United States and its collections spans the history of art since ancient times across several buildings, some of which were designed by Renzo Piano with a new development scheduled to be completed by 2024 by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. The collections can be divided into: American and Latin American art (incl. pre-Colombian), Modern and Contemporary Art (1900-1970's with works by the likes of Kandinsky, Klee and Picasso), Asian Arts (mostly Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Buddhist), Greek and Roman / Etruscan, Islamic art, Decorative arts and design, Photography and some permanent art installations such as the now famous Urban Light sculpture by Chris Burden (202 antique cast-iron street lights).
Access & Transport
The museum is at 5905 Wilshire Blvd in the Wilshire neighbourhood (Miracle Mile / Park La Brea) Metro Local 20 and Rapid 720 buses on Wilshire Blvd. and Metro Local 217 and 218, and Rapid 780 buses on Fairfax Ave. stop within half a block of the museum More info on how to get there: https://www.lacma.org/directions Accessibility info: https://www.lacma.org/visit/accessibility
Instructions & Recommendations
Walk-up tickets are available, but timeslots do sell out and may not be available. Advance timed-entry tickets are highly recommended. We suggest combining this activity with the La Brea Tar Pits or the Petersen Automotive Museum.
Environmental & Social
No environmental data available so we consider this marginally negative (a/c, lighting). Helps spread the arts + some investments in conservation: https://www.lacma.org/learn/conservation
Conclusion
LACMA has some wonderful art spanning a broad range of time periods, geographies and medium so there should be something for everyone. Of course, this comes at the 'cost' of some depth in the collections but it is certainly one of the very best cultural activities in L.A.
Key positive
Plenty of famous artists exhibited
Art from around the world
Well laid out and striking architecture
Key negative
Modern art won't appeal to everybody
Suitability
Accessible to visitors with reduced mobility Younger children (<12-14) may not find the art gallery very interesting
About this Rating
TYPE
Desktop
RESEARCHED IN
Updated in July 2023
PROVIDER
Koreval
av. transport time:0h 30m
est. visit time:2h 30m
Monday11:00 - 18:00
Tuesday11:00 - 18:00
Wednesday -
Thursday11:00 - 18:00
Friday11:00 - 20:00
Saturday10:00 - 19:00
Sunday10:00 - 19:00