If you are into the arts, The Wilshire Corridor in Westwood is a great location for visiting Ten museums near the Wilshire Corridor!!
- Hammer Museum http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/
Peterson Auto Museum
- Fowler Museum at UCLA http://www.fowler.ucla.edu
- The Getty Center http://www.getty.edu/museum/
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles http://www.moca.org/
- La Brea Tar Pits & George C. Page Museum http://www.tarpits.org/
- Petersen Auto Museum http://www.petersen.org/ Dec 2015 reopens
- US Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org/
- Annenberg Space for Photography http://www.annenbergphotospace.org/
- Paley Center for Media http://www.mediaorigin.paleycenter.org
- Craft and Folk Art Museum http://www.cafam.org/
Can you imagine. There are more than Ten museums near the Wilshire Corridor in Westwood, Los Angeles.
The Hammer Museum, located on the corner of Wilshire Blvd. and Westwood Blvd., showcases both classic and contemporary art. The Hammer Museum was founded by Dr. Armand Hammer in November 1990. It was designed by architect Larrabee Barnes. They have featured the following exhibits Llynn Foulkes, Richard Artschwager!, Trisha Brown: Floor of the Forest, Zarina, Meg Cranston, A Strange Magic and more.
The Wilshire Corridor is next to one of the most beautiful university campuses in the city – UCLA. The Fowler Museum, located on the campus of UCLA explores global arts and cultures with an emphasis on past and present works from Africa, Asia the Pacific and the Americas. The museum was established in 1963 by former UCLA Chancellor, Franklin D. Murphy. Fowler includes over 120,000 art and ethnographic and 600,000 archeological objects.
Within minutes of the Wilshire Corridor is The Getty Center, which is located on Sepulveda Blvd. just north of Wilshire Blvd off the 405 Freeway. Parking is easy. After parking you take a tram up to the museum. The Getty Center was established in 1997 for $1.3 billion, and designed by architect Richard Meier. It sits on the top of a hill with picturesque views of Los Angeles. With beautiful gardens and waterfalls, you can always find a place to read a book, eat lunch or dinner or run around with your children. Some of the paintings include Arii Matamoe by Paul Gauguin, Irises by Vincent Van Gough, Portrait of a Halberdier by Pontormo and more.
Down the street from The Wilshire Corridor, about a 5 to 10 minute drive east, you can visit The Museum of Tolerance, The Annenberg Space for Photography and the Paley Center for Media. It is dedicated to helping people understand the holocaust. The Annenberg Space for Photography, which is dedicated to exhibiting both digital and print photography, is located on the Avenue of the Stars. The Paley Center for Media, which is located on the corner of S. Santa Monica and N. Beverly Drive, leads discussions about the importance of television, radio and emerging platforms in the media industry.
Just east of The Wilshire Corridor you can find three museum all next to each other. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) is located near the corner of Wilshire Blvd. and La Brea. It features collections from over 6,000 works from David Hockney, Sam Durant, George Segal, and more. Next door to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles is the La Brea Tar Pits & George C. Page Museum. A saber-toothed cat, giant ground sloth, a dire wolf and other fossils have been discovered at The La Brea Tar Pits. Just across the street from MOCA, is the Petersen Auto Museum. For car enthusiast, young and old, the Petersen Museum has a wide variety of automobiles – passenger cars, stations wagons, pickups, buses, limousines, SUVs, motorcycles, mini bikes and more. The kids will enjoy the hot wheel collections and racetracks at the Petersen Museum.
Just down the street from MOCA is the Craft and Folk Arts Museum. Located at 5814 Wilshire Boulevard, The Craft and Folk Art Museum has many great exhibits.
The Wilshire Corridor is a great location for people interested in museums. The museums feature exhibits and collections covering photography, media, classic art, contemporary art, historical fossils, automobiles and art all over the world. Whatever your interest, you will have a great time visiting Ten museums near The Wilshire Corridor.
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