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Our galleries are open and our outdoors spaces are filled with art, live music, art-making activities for all ages, fine and casual dining, and quiet spots to relax. Located in the center of Los Angeles, LACMA is here for your inspiration and discovery.
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For the first time in her practice, Judy Baca transforms a...
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LACMA was founded in 1961, splitting from the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art. Four years later, it moved to the Wilshire Boulevard complex designed by William Pereira. The museum's wealth and collections grew in the 1980s, and it added several buildings beginning in that decade and continuing in subsequent decades.
Jun 7, 2019 · The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is considered the largest encyclopedic art museum in the western United States. Its collections, which include over 100,000 pieces, encompass the history of art from ancient times to the present, and from all corners of the world.
When it opened in 1965, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) was the largest new art museum the country had seen in a quarter century. The museum rose on the site of the old adobe and tree-shaded home ranch that the Hancock family donated to the county for a park in 1916. Three original LACMA buildings faced onto Wilshire from a raised plaza, with fountains and a reflecting pool along ...
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Husband and wife Eli and Edythe Broad are behind the museum and the collection. Eli Broad was the founder of both SunAmerica Inc. and KB Home, two Fortune 500 companies that he built from the ground up and which netted him massive wealth and allowed him to start collecting fine art. He and his wife are now full-time philanthropists, gifting million...
The building is the first work of art you’ll see during your visit. Its veil-and-vault concept was designed in service of the collection and the viewers by the architectural firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro. The exterior veil is the now iconic honeycomb-like cover that surrounds the 120,000 square-foot, block-long, $140 million building. It, along wit...
Welcoming more than 900,000 people annually, The Broad is home to 2,000 pieces including one of Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s cans, “Balloon Dog” by Jeff Koons, and Kara Walker’s cut-paper “African’t” which spans two walls. More than 200 artists are already represented and the Broads and the foundation are always investing in new visionaries. You’ll fin...
The Broad is closed on Mondays. General admission is free, but some special exhibitions require separate paid tickets. Reserve up to nine tickets in advance through the ticketing websiteto avoid having to wait in the dreaded standby line, which is outside and unshaded. On holiday weekends, it is not unheard of for the wait to be two or three hours ...
The Broad is on Grand Avenue in downtown LA just off the 110 and the 101 freeways. As with most things in LA, it is most easily reached by car. There is a pay parking lot under the museum. Other cheaper parking lots are available if you’re willing to walk a bit. The closest Metro station is a few blocks (0.2 miles) away at Hill and 1st Streets. Not...
Plan to be there for two to three hours to fully take in all the floors.The museum emphasizes accessibility for all. It is wheelchair accessible with a limited number of wheelchairs are lent out for free in the lobby on a first-come, first-served basis. There are also...There is free Wi-Fi available throughout the museum.Photography and video for personal use only is allowed, but extra lighting, flash photography, monopods, tripods, selfie sticks, video cameras, and easels are verboten. Sketching art is also welcom...- Carrie Bell
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Jan 5, 2022 · 5905 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles. 90036. Contact: View Website. 323-857-6000. Price: L.A. County Residents: $20, seniors and students $16, 17 and under free; Mon–Fri after 3pm free. Non-residents:...
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