Southern California
Museum & Culture Links

Autry National Center of the American West
Santa Monica [CA] Museum of Art [est. 1984]
City of L.A. Fire Dept. Museum in Hollywood, CA
Museum of Intolerance
Hollywood [CA] Entertainment Museum
M.A.K. Center & Schindler House in West Hollywood, CA
Childrens Museum [est. 1979] of Los Angeles, CA
Korean American Museum [est. 1993] in Los Angeles, CA
Whittier [CA] Historical Society & Museum [est. 1954]
Watts Towers of Simon Rodia
Travel Town railroad museum in Griffith Park: City website or Foundation

"Museum Companion to Los Angeles: A Guidebook to Museums, Historic Houses, Libraries, Special Collections, Botanical Gardens, & Zoos in L.A. County" [1997] by Borislav Stanic Museon 9x5½ pb [8/98] for $13.97 Museon 9&fracx5¾ hardcover [1/97] out of print/used

Performance & Events

Spoken Interludes [est. 1996; ending 6/2004] in Los Angeles, CA
Symphonies in the Glen [Sundays in Griffith Park] in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles [CA] Opera
Silverlake Art Collective 'Art Walk' [Nov]
Los Angeles [CA] Intl. Biennial Art Invitational [July-Aug 2003 = #6]
Artivist Film Festival [#1 = Earth Day 2004]
L.A. Times Festival of Books [April]
Kentwood Players [est. 1950] in Westchester [L.A. 90045], CA
Los Angeles [CA] Poets & Writers Collective
Irvine [CA] Barclay Theatre
Black Dahlia Theatre [est. 2000] in Los Angeles, CA
Ambassador Auditorium [built 1974; reopening Dec 2004] in Pasadena, CA
The Actors Gang Theatre [est. 1981] in Hollywood, CA
Geffen Playhouse in Westwood [built 1929; est. 1995]

Eastward of Downtown L.A.

Gamble House in Pasadena, CA
Heritage Square, in Highland Park [Los Angeles, CA]

  The Huntington Library & Gardens in San Marino, CA

Southwest Museum [est. 1907] in Highland Park [Los Angeles, CA]
Pasadena [CA] Museum of California Art [est. 2002]
Pasadena Playhouse [est. 1917]
Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, CA
American Museum of Beat Art in Alhambra, CA
San Gabriel Mtns. Chapter, California Native Plant Society

Pomona / Inland Empire

'Planes of Fame' Flying Museum in Chino, CA
Fender Museum of Music & the Arts in Corona, CA
San Bernardino [CA] Route 66 Museum
San Bernardino County [CA] Museum
March Field Air Museum near Riverside, CA
Riverside / San Bernardino Chapter, California Native Plant Society

Southward

Harbor & South Bay

The Intl. Printing Museum [est. 1988] in Carson, CA
Lomita [CA] Railroad Museum [est. 1966]
museum ship S.S. Lane Victory in San Pedro [CA] Harbor
Los Angeles Maritime Museum [est. 1980] in San Pedro, CA
Fort MacArthur Museum [est. 1888; museum opened 1985] in San Pedro, CA
Drum Barracks Museum [est. 1862; museum opened 1987] in Wilmington, CA
Banning Residence Museum [built 1864; restoration began 1974] in Wilmington, CA

Long Beach

Aquarium of the Pacific
Long Beach Museum of Art
Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, CA

Orange County

Bowers Museum of Cultural Art in Santa Ana, CA
Intl. Surfing Museum in Huntington Beach, CA
Orange County Museum of Art in Newport Beach, CA
The Irvine Museum [est. 1992] in Irvine, CA
Orange County [CA] Fair [July-Aug] in Costa Mesa, CA
Laguna Beach [CA] Art Museum
Orange County Chapter, California Native Plant Society
Pageant of the Masters [July-Aug 2003 = #72] in Laguna Beach, CA

San Diego Area

San Diego [CA] Museum of Art
San Diego Chapter, California Native Plant Society
San Diego [CA] Automobile Museum [est. 1980]
Antique Gas & Team Engine Museum in Vista, CA
Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, CA

Northward

San Fernando, Santa Clarita & Simi Valleys

San Fernando Valley Historical Sites
Nethercutt Collection & Museum [est. 1956] in Sylmar, CA
S.F.V. Japanese Garden
Santa Clarita [CA] Cowboy Poetry & Music Festival
Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society [est. 1975]
William S. Hart Ranch & Museum in Newhall, CA
Rancho Camulos Museum near Piru, CA [est. 1853]
Commemorative Air Force WWII Airpower Heritage Museum at Camarillo [CA] Airport
Camarillo Ranch (est. 1847)

Central Coast / Tri-Counties

Aviation Museum of Santa Paula, CA
California Oil Museum in Santa Paula, CA
Camarillo Ranch (Ventura County)
Santa Barbara [CA] Museum of Art [est. 1941]
Santa Barbara [CA] Museum of Natural History [est. 1916]
Channel Islands Chapter, California Native Plant Society
Santa Barbara [CA] Botanic Garden [est. 1926]
South Coast Railroad Museum in Goleta, CA
Santa Maria Valley [CA] Railway Historical Museum
San Luis Obispo [CA] Railroad Museum

The Mojave Desert

Antelope Valley Indian Museum in Lancaster, CA
California Route 66 Museum in Victorville, CA
Barstow [CA] Route 66 Mother Road Museum
Maturango Museum in Ridgecrest, CA
20-Mule Team Museum [est. 1980] in Boron, CA
Coachella Valley Museum & Cultural Center
Palm Springs [CA] Air Museum of Flying World War II Aircraft
Palm Springs [CA] Desert Museum [est. 1938]

National & Regional &
Far from Southern California

      

Kern County [CA] Museum & Pioneer Park [est. 1941]
Bakersfield [CA] Museum of Art
Laws Railroad Museum near Bishop, CA

International Spy Museum in Washington, DC
Newseum: The Interactive Museum of News [est. 1997] in Washington, DC
National Museum of American History [est. 1964] in Washington, DC
The Smithsonian Institution [est. 1836] in Washington, DC
National Air & Space Museum [est. 1946] in Washington, DC
National Museum of the American Indian [opened 9/2004] in New York City

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