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Santa Monica, California

Angels Attic Museum

Santa Monica, California

Historic House

Angels Attic Museum in Santa Monica, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Beverly Hills Cactus Garden

Beverly Hills, California

Botanical Garden

The garden is located on Santa Monica Blvd., between Camden Dr. and Bedford Dr. The garden includes a variety of desert plants.

California Heritage Museum

Santa Monica, California

Art, General, History, Historic House, Specialized

The building that houses the California Heritage Museum’s exhibits is as interesting and unique as the exhibits themselves.

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Los Angeles, California

Art, Culture, University

Art

The center focuses on graphic arts. The collection includes over 5000 prints and drawings from the Renaissance through the 18th century. The collection also has more than 35, 000 prints, drawing, photographs and artist's books.

Kaizuka Meditation Garden

Culver City, California

Botanical Garden

The garden is located in front of the Culver City Library. It features a water basin, bamboo water pipes, a water wheel and stone lanterns

Art

Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Museum Of Jurassic Technology

Culver City, California

Science

Museum Of Jurassic Technology in Culver City, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Museum Of Tolerance

Los Angeles, California

History

Museum Of Tolerance in Los Angeles, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Santa Monica Historical Society Museum

Santa Monica, California

Historical Society

The Museum has a main gallery and six theme rooms. The main gallery includes paintings, costumes, photographs and artifacts. The theme rooms display business, medicine, workshops, home, fashion and childhood.

Santa Monica Pier Aquarium

Santa Monica, California

Aquarium, Science, Specialized

The Santa Monica Pier Aquarium offers school groups, families and visitors a unique view into the ocean world just outside its doors and is home to dozens of species of marine animals and plants. Aquaria exhibits include interactive displays, touch tanks filled with animals found in tide pools and several large habitat tanks featuring animals and habitats found in the Santa Monica Bay.

Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum

Los Angeles, California

History

Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum in Los Angeles, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

UCLA Armand Hammer Museum Of Art

Los Angeles, California

Art

UCLA Armand Hammer Museum Of Art in Los Angeles, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Virginia Robinson Gardens

Beverly Hills, California

Botanical Garden, Historic House

6 acre historic estate in Beverly Hills, just north of the Beverly Hills Hotel. Robinson Gardens is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Beaux-Arts style house built in 1911 by Harry and Virginia Robinson, owners of Robinson Department Stores. Italian Terrace Garden featuring beautiful water features and the stately mother coral tree of all coral trees along San Vicente Boulevard in Brentwood, California. Extensive Palm forest featuring the largest collection of Australian King Palms in United States.

Church

The Visitors Center serves to provide information about family history, to answer questions about the Mormon faith.

Frederick S. Wright Art Gallery

Los Angeles, California

Art

Frederick S. Wright Art Gallery in Los Angeles, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

J. Paul Getty Museum

Los Angeles, California

Art

J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

La Senora Research Institute

Santa Monica, California

Anthropology, Botanical Garden, Cemetery, Children's, Culture, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Specialized

La Señora Research Institute's focus is on research and education. It begins with our scholars as we document the Rancho Era of Early California under Spain, Mexico and the United States, especially as it relates to the 1839 Mexican Land Grant Rancho Boca de Santa Monica where our José Mojica Hacienda and the Pascual Marquez Family Cemetery are located.
Equally important to the preservation of historic records is the preservation of the Rancho's rich cultural heritage with its typically Mexican "Welcoming Traditions". From the beginning, the Rancho's canyon grounds were freely visited by anyone seeking tranquility under its sheltering trees and ocean breezes.

Mildred Mathias Botanical Garden

Los Angeles, California

Botanical Garden

Mildred Mathias Botanical Garden in Los Angeles, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Museum Of Television & Radio

Beverly Hills, California

History

Museum Of Television & Radio in Beverly Hills, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Otis Art Gallery

Los Angeles, California

Art

Otis Art Gallery in Los Angeles, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Natural History, Science

Interactive Science Museum & Gift Center. Free walk in experience where you can hold real dinosaur fossils, space rocks, and gems from around the world. We are located near the beach in Santa Monica on the Third Street Promenade. Available by afternoon arrangements to visit and experience. Call or text 213-300-2500 to schedule an appointment.

Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine Museum

Pacific Palisades, California

Specialized

Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine Museum in Pacific Palisades, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

STAR ECO Station

Culver City, California

Anthropology, Archaeology, Botanical Garden, Culture, History, Library, Nature Centers, Park, Science, Specialized

An Environmental Science Museum and Exotic Wildlife Rescue Facility.

UCLA Hanna Carter Japanese Garden

Los Angeles, California

Art

Reservations are required to see the garden. The garden features a koi pond, a pagoda and lanterns. The garden also has a 1000-year-old statue of Buddha. Almost all of the plants grown in the garden are found in Japan.

Will Rogers State Historic Park

Pacific Palisades, California

Park

The park includes the ranch house, 186 acres with trails, Inspiration Point and a film on Will Rogers' life.

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MUSEUM CONFERENCES

April 27 - April 29, 2025

Oregon Museum Association 2025 Conference

TBA

Independence, Oregon

Beginning in 2025, the OMA annual conference will be held in Spring rather than Fall

The conference this year is all about trying new things. We are hoping to organize the conference into the following four tracks: Collections Care, Leadership, Emergency Preparedness, and Tourism

Check our website for more details in early 2025

The OMA newsletter is emailed every month with updates on OMA events, museum news, other events, trainings, jobs, grants and more for the museum community in Oregon.

For more information, please email connect@oregonmuseums.org.

October 1 - October 4, 2025

Western Museums Association’s (WMA) 2025 Annual Meeting

TBA

Reno, Nevada

Save the Date for WMA 202

As we celebrate our 90th anniversary, join us to build relationships and soar higher than ever before. With the theme of ELEVATE, WMA 2025 will explore ways to lift up the experiences of cultural professionals and the communities they serve.

In Reno, Nevada, 4,400 feet above sea level, we will forward the progress of museums by looking to the future.

May 6 - May 9, 2025

2025 American Alliance of Museums (AAM) ANNUAL MEETING & MUSEUMEXPO

Los Angeles Convention Center

Los Angeles, California

AAM 2025 will focus on the theme, Museums & Trust.

Museums have long inspired high levels of public trust, surpassing news outlets, government organizations, researchers and scientists, corporations, and social media platforms. This consistent finding underscores our institutions’ unique position in society as stewards of knowledge, culture, science, and history—areas where credibility and reliability are paramount

In an era marked by mistrust and misinformation, museums have a rare ability to counterbalance the proliferation of false narratives and polarized perspectives. Using our trusted position, we can cultivate a more healthy, empathetic, and informed society.

But to do so, we must maintain our credibility proactively, embracing thoughtful, transparent, and collaborative practices that will defend against influences like bias, resource challenges, abuse of power, and social injustice

An Incredible MuseumExpo

AAM is again partnering this year with the Museum Store Association to host an incredible combined expo hall. Find the most innovative services, products, and solutions in the museum field. With 350 exhibitors, you are bound to find the right partner for your museum’s current challenges and opportunities.

May 5 - May 9, 2025

Museum Store Association FORWARD 2025 in LA

The Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

Join MSA in LA

We’re excited about our next MSA FORWARD Conference & Expo in “The City of Angels” – Los Angeles, California in conjunction with the American Alliance of Museums

Join the Museum Store Association (MSA) and hundreds of nonprofit retail professionals for the 70th Annual MSA FORWARD Retail Conference & Expo, taking place May 5-9, 2025 at The Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California

Once again, MSA FORWARD will be held in conjunction with the 2025 American Alliance of Museums (AAM) Annual Meeting & Expo

Learn best practices and new ideas for store merchandising, operations, marketing, and sale

Participate in dedicated networking events and create connections that will inspire new ideas

Meet with over 200 MSA vendors about your product needs

Hear from knowledgeable industry experts during session breakouts and keynote presentations

Network with AAM attendees and exhibitor

September 10 - September 13, 2025

2025 Am Assoc for State and Local History Annual Conference

TBD

Cincinnati, Ohio

The 2025 AASLH Annual Conference, in partnership with Ohio Local History Alliance, will take place as the history field makes the final preparations to kickoff off the 250th commemoration of the founding of the United States.

The 2025 conference theme, inspired by AASLH’s Making History at 250: The Field Guide for Semiquincentennial, is an opportunity to broadly explore one of the guide’s themes, The American Experiment. For many in the American colonies in 1776, independence from Britain represented a “leap into the dark” into an unknown future

We are excited for you to join us in Cincinnati as we encourage discussion about our democracy and civic institutions and how they can help strengthen understanding, inspire action, and reveal ways that all of us can participate in and shape the ongoing American experiment.

For more information, please call 615-320-3203 or email info@aaslh.org.

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