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900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90007
(213) 763-3466

The California Science Center is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. +++Voted Best Free Museum by Los Angeles Magazine+++ +++Voted Best Family Attraction by L.A. Downtown News+++

The California African American Museum is a museum located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, United States. The Museum focuses on enrichment and education on the cultural heritage and history of African Americans with a focus on California and western United States. Admission is free to all visitors. Their mission statement is " To research, collect, preserve, and interpret for public enrichment the history, art and culture of African Americans with an emphasis on California and the western United States.CAAM hosts independent and collaborative educational programs both on and off site of lectures, workshops, innovative programs, and hands-on activities that serve public and private school students, museum patrons and community visitors.HistoryCAAM was chartered by the State of California in 1977 and first opened in 1981, in temporary quarters at the California Museum of Science and Industry (now the nearby California Science Center).BuildingThe current facility was built with state and private funds of around $5 million. The museum was designed by the African–American architects Jack Haywood and Vince Proby. The new museum building opened to the public during the Los Angeles Olympic Games in July 1984. A major renovation occurred between 2001 and 2003.The museum occupies a 44000sqft building. It includes three exhibition galleries, a theater gallery, a 14000sqft sculpture court, a conference center special events room, an archive and research library. Behind the scenes there are administration offices, exhibit design and artifact storage areas.

The California African American Museum (CAAM) exists to research, collect, preserve and interpret for public enrichment, the history, art and culture of African Americans. The museum conserves more than 4,000 objects of art, historical artifacts and memorabilia, and maintains a research library with more than 20,000 books and other reference materials available for limited public use. The permanent collection includes paintings, photographs, sculpture and artifacts representing the diverse contributions of African Americans. The collection ranges from African art to 19th-century landscape. Along with its permanent collection, CAAM hosts specially mounted exhibitions curated out of its own collection, as well as traveling exhibitions from other museums.

The Section of Herpetology began in July of 1965 to (1) promote field and collections-based research into the natural history, biodiversity, and systematics of reptiles and amphibians, (2) to build and maintain a world-class research collection, and thereby, (3) to help achieve the Museum's goals of increasing awareness of and responsibility for our natural world. The primary functions of the collection are to serve as a repository for voucher specimens generated by present researchers, and to serve as a research resource for the accumulated natural history collections and associated library material for both present researchers and those of future generations. Since 1965, the collection has grown into a major research collection (>183,000 specimens), worldwide in scope. Early growth resulted from incorporation of material from several southern California universities (UCLA, USC, CSU Long Beach, CSU Northridge, and CSU Fullerton) because researchers there wanted a central repository that could make materials more accessible to other investigators and ensure long-term curatorial care. Research by museum staff, research associates, and others led to further growth which continues through to the present.

Discover art spanning five centuries at the first museum established in the city of Los Angeles. We remain solely dedicated to the exhibition and collection of fine art, and have been welcoming visitors with no admission charges since 1939. Our exhibitions are on view September through May, following USC's academic calendar. Administrative offices remain open throughout the summer.

The California Science Center is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. +++Voted Best Free Museum by Los Angeles Magazine+++ +++Voted Best Family Attraction by L.A. Downtown News+++

The California African American Museum (CAAM) exists to research, collect, preserve and interpret for public enrichment, the history, art and culture of African Americans. The museum conserves more than 4,000 objects of art, historical artifacts and memorabilia, and maintains a research library with more than 20,000 books and other reference materials available for limited public use. The permanent collection includes paintings, photographs, sculpture and artifacts representing the diverse contributions of African Americans. The collection ranges from African art to 19th-century landscape. Along with its permanent collection, CAAM hosts specially mounted exhibitions curated out of its own collection, as well as traveling exhibitions from other museums.

Home to the Doheny family for nearly 60 years, the Doheny Mansion was built in 1899 for the Oliver P. Posey family by architects Theodore Eisen and Sumner Hunt. Its eclectic Romantic Revival exterior unites elements of Gothic, Chateauesque, Moorish and even California Mission styles. The opulent interior reflects the wealth and status of pioneering oil baron Edward L. Doheny, who purchased the mansion in 1901 and, with his wife Estelle, led a fascinating life within its walls. Left to the stewardship of Mount Saint Mary's University, the Doheny Mansion and all of the surrounding properties on historic Chester Place now form the College's downtown campus.

The Garifuna Museum of Los Angeles (GaMoLA) strives to preserve the unique heritage and culture of the Garinagu through the collection and preservation of Garifuna historical and present-day artifacts, through educational and performing arts programs, exhibitions, and partnerships with community based organizations in the United States and abroad.