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Los Angeles County Museum of Art Description
Although this museum first opened in 1965, its history goes back to the year 1913 when the Los Angeles County Museum of History Science and Art was dedicated. In addition to individual bequests, it possessed several collections which had been given to the museum over the years. As a result, it came near to bursting at the seams. However, it was not until 1954 that there was a real call for an arts museum on its own. Four years later the county gave its agreement, and after a further four years building work started and took three years to complete. The three original buildings cost twelve million dollars; the opening in 1965 was a huge success.

Importance

Although the museum is scarcely a quarter of a century old
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Hobbies & Activities category: Major world-scale museum;  Paintings, art collections
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Highlights

American Art Collection

On the second floor of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art you can follow the development of American - especially South Californian - art of the last three decades; pop art and minimalism are
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Ancient and Islamic Art

Islamic art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art are mainly textiles from Iraq, Iran and Turkey and can be seen in galleries 305 and 306. Costumes and textiles from various countries and epochs (307) complete this tour.

Bing Center

The Bing Center in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art houses a large auditorium, the Plaza Café and libraries which are accessible to the public only by prior arrangement.

Costumes and Textiles

The Costumes and Textiles collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art contains 55,000 exhibits from around the world. The objects represent more than one hundred cultures and two thousand years of human creativity in the textile arts.

Decorative Arts

The Decorative Arts collections contain silver and metalwork, ceramics (including pottery and porcelain), glass, and woodwork (mostly furniture). The three principal areas, European, American, and
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European Painting and Sculpture

Art from the 20th century is housed in the two upper floors of the Anderson Building of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, whilst the ground floor is used for temporary exhibitions. European
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Far Eastern Art

Also with two floors, the Ahmanson Building of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has the most space for exhibits, having galleries placed around an atrium. Many art forms are represented - from
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Indian and Southeast Asian Art

The collection of Indian and Southeast Asian art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art includes more than 5,000 exhibits which date from the third century BC. The decorative art collection
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Japanese Pavilion

The building of the Japanese Pavilion at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art resulted from a gift. A collector was prepared to give the museum 300 screens and scrolls from the Edo period (17th
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Photography

Hammer Building

In the two-story Hammer Building only the upper floor is devoted to art. It contains a part of the important collection by the oil-industrialist Armand Hammer. Originally intended
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Prints and Drawings

The Prints and Drawings collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art contains the Robert Gore Rifkind Collection of works by German expressionists.

Robert O Anderson Building

The Robert O. Anderson Building, erected as recently as 1986, has a new façade in the Babylonian style and provides adequate room for its important 20th century art collection, including works from
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Address
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036-4523
United States
Phone 1 (323) 857-6000
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open12:0012:00Closed12:0012:0011:0011:00
Closed20:0020:0020:0021:0020:0020:00
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Cost
Adult$9.00
Senior over 62$5.00
Students$5.00
Child 18 & underFREE
Tips
After 5 pm & the second Tuesday of each month, general admission to the galleries is free.
Parking
Pay
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Facilities
Gift shop
Restaurant or food service
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