Articles tagged ‘museums’
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
By Peter | April 21st, 2008 |
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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) features a little bit of everything in displaying more than 100,000 pieces of art from around the world and across many different disciplines and time periods.
From Africa to Europe to Japan and China and America, the only unrepresented region seems to be Antarctica, which has never had [...]
Norton Simon Museum
By Peter | March 10th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Pasadena’s Norton Simon Museum describes itself as an “adventure in the visual arts.” This may be the case compared to other stodgy museums with comparable collections, but the Norton Simon Museum is probably referencing its place on the forefront of painting collections. The Norton Simon does not have the most extensive or complete collection in [...]
Southwest Museum
By Peter | February 4th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Southwest Museum in Los Angeles is home to over a quarter million American Indian artifacts and works of art. It was one of the most impressive collections of Native American pieces assembled in this part of the world and because of limited room, the museum could only display about 5,000 pieces.
This meant that at [...]
Highland Park and Eagle Rock
By Peter | January 28th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Highland Park and Eagle Rock make up the area between Glendale and Pasadena in East Los Angeles. Although they are incorporated within the city of Los Angeles, the two neighborhoods have distinct boundaries and neighborhood identities.
Highland Park
Highland Park is a neighborhood north east of Los Angeles bordered by the 110 freeway, South Pasadena, and Eagle [...]
Museum of Television and Radio
By Peter | November 26th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The Museum of Television and Radio is a befitting tribute for a city whose fortunes and future were constructed by mass media entertainment.
Now named the Paley Center, the location in Beverly Hills is part reference library, part movie theater and part celebration of Television culture. Visitors have the option of looking up old video clips [...]
