Museum

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

Los Angeles, United States

Region
North America
Tier
ESSENTIAL
Collection focus
Cross-period fine art, painting, sculpture & works on paper
Exterior view of Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in Los Angeles, United States.
LACMA-Exterior-View-ROLM-ArchEyes-11.jpg — ArchEyes Magazine. Source. CC BY 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP.

About

Established as an independent museum in 1961, LACMA is the largest art museum in the western United States, with encyclopedic collections spanning Latin American, Asian, Islamic, European and modern art, and Chris Burden's Urban Light at its Wilshire Boulevard entrance.

Why visit

A cornerstone of Los Angeles’s art landscape—prioritize its strongest cross-period fine art, painting, sculpture & works on paper galleries and leave room to look slowly.

At a glance

Type
Fine arts museum / gallery
Best for
Painting, sculpture, works on paper, collection discovery
Typical visit
2–4 hours
Admission
PAID / FREE PROGRAMS