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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

Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts at UCLA

Los Angeles, California

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

Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, California

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

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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 of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Visitors Center

Los Angeles, California

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

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Otis Art Gallery

Los Angeles, California

Art

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Santa Monica Museum - Wonders of the World

Santa Monica, California

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

March 10 - March 13, 2026

California Association of Museums 2026 Annual Conference

California Association of Museums

Omni Hotel

Los Angeles, California

CAM is hard at work planning for the 2026 conference, set to take place from March 10–13, 2026 in Los Angeles. We look forward to highlighting best practices and innovative ideas from California's museum community at CAM 2026: Reframing

Reframing encapsulates the tangible nature of museum work–what we restore, revive, and rebuild–and the intangible nature of museum work–where we reflect, interpret, educate, and shift perspectives. On a larger scale, Reframing gives us the power to redefine who we are, why we’re important, and how we connect with and show up for our community. Reframing is resistance and resilience.

We look forward to reuniting with the California museum community in Los Angeles, March 10–13, 2026 at the Omni Hotel. Stay tuned for more annual conference developments.

April 29 - May 2, 2026

Oregon Museum Association 2026 Conference

Oregon Museums Association

Woodburn, Oregon

OMA will join forces with Oregon Heritage for a spring conference in Woodburn

Save the Date: 2026 Conference

For more information, please call !!!.

February 16 - February 18, 2026

Small Museum Association 42nd Annual Conference 2026

Small Museum Association

The Yorktowne Hotel, York, Pennsylvania

York, Pennsylvania

42nd Annual Conference: Climate Chang

Explore how museums are dealing with the challenges of climate change, from more extreme weather events to changing community needs. Join other small museum professionals and volunteers in discussing the key role small museums can play in educating, engaging, and supporting their communities in the face of changing physical and social climates

About the Conferenc

The annual SMA conference attracts more than 300 museum professionals, board members, and volunteers from a wide variety of small museums. They attend sessions on topics ranging from collections and education to staffing and board issues. We offer a large Museum Resource Hall and plenty of informal networking opportunities for you to talk with (and get ideas from!) other small museum professionals and volunteers.

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