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Getty Center
Art, pale stone and space to look out over the city. Free admission, with a timed reservation and a separate parking charge.
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Places worth your time
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The Broad
A contemporary-art anchor on Bunker Hill. The collection is free to visit; special exhibitions can have separate tickets.
Free entry
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Hammer Museum
A free art visit in Westwood, with exhibitions that reward curiosity. Make one show the centre of an afternoon.
Free entry
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Griffith Observatory
A view across Los Angeles and a reason to look up. The observatory building and grounds are free; planetarium shows are separate.
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Grand Central Market
A Downtown food stop with room for different appetites. Browse the stalls before committing to lunch.
Free entry
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MOCA Grand Avenue
A free contemporary-art visit on Bunker Hill, in Arata Isozaki’s Grand Avenue building. Reserve ahead if you want a firmer plan.
Free entry
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California Science Center
Free core science galleries in Exposition Park, with plenty of room for curiosity. IMAX and ticketed extras are separate from general admission.
Free entry
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Fowler Museum at UCLA
A free museum on the UCLA campus, with exhibitions that open conversations about art, objects and cultural life.
Free entry
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Exposition Park Rose Garden
An outdoor pause between Exposition Park’s museums, with rose beds, a fountain and room to sit when the garden is in season.
PlaceFood & drink
Bar Lis
A Riviera-inflected rooftop on Wilcox Avenue, for a Hollywood evening with music, open air and a livelier finish.
PlaceFood & drink
The Maybourne Bar
An onyx bar and blue armchairs in Beverly Hills, for a composed first drink before dinner and the brighter lights further east.
PlaceFood & drink
The Tower Bar
A Sunset Tower dinner with old-Hollywood atmosphere, discreet service and a room that asks you to put the camera away.
Free entry
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Getty Villa
Ancient art and garden courtyards in Pacific Palisades, for a day planned around the coast.
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Echo Park Lake
A lakeside pause between downtown galleries and an evening on Sunset Boulevard, with room to let the city slow down.
PlaceConcerts
The Echo
A small-room live-music finish on Sunset Boulevard, close enough to make Echo Park the evening’s centre of gravity.
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Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Film history becomes a museum experience on Wilshire, with costumes, production craft and the machinery of cinema in focus.
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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Natural history gives Exposition Park another major destination, from fossils to the living world around Los Angeles.
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Norton Simon Museum
A concentrated art collection and sculpture garden make Pasadena worth giving an afternoon of its own.
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Museum of Jurassic Technology
An unusual museum in the Palms area, where the arrangement of displays invites curiosity about how knowledge is presented.
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Skirball Cultural Center
Jewish heritage, art and cultural programming meet in a hillside setting off the Sepulveda Pass.
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Museum of Neon Art
Light, signs and neon craft give Glendale an art stop with a distinctly Southern Californian subject.
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Autry Museum of the American West
The histories and cultures of the American West are explored beside Griffith Park.
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Heritage Square Museum
Historic buildings gathered in one place offer a walk through architectural chapters of Los Angeles.
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The Huntington
Art, books and botanical gardens make this San Marino destination a place for a generous block of time.