Category Archives: Family Field Trip

Museum of Tolerance

Take a breathtaking journey through dramatic events in 20th century history. Learn what leads people to hate, and how ordinary people have changed the world one extraordinary action at a time. The Museum of Tolerance will MOT-ivate you and your family with thrilling exhibits, ongoing events, and programs that bring history to life and draw parallels to [...]

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Cabrillo Marine Aquarium

With its spectacular natural setting adjacent to Cabrillo Beach Coastal Park and the Port of Los Angeles, Cabrillo Marine Aquarium is uniquely suited to its leadership role inmarine science education, aquaculture research and community recreation.  The historic Frank Gehry-designed aquarium displays the largest collection of Southern Californiamarine life in the world. Cabrillo Marine Aquarium offers many activities and [...]

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The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens

The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens is an educational and research institution .In addition to the Library, the institution displays an artcollection strong in English portraits and French eighteenth-century furniture in the mansion, and San Marino and botanical gardens that feature sections for the historic Cactus collection, the Zen Garden, the Chinese Scholar’s Garden, and many other specialtygardens. Gardens [...]

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Los Angeles Zoo

The Los Angeles Zoo is home to more than 1,100 mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles representing more than 250 different species of which 29 are endangered. In addition, the Zoo’s botanical collection comprises several planted gardens and over 800 different plant species with over 7,400 individual plants. The Zoo receives over 1.5 million visitors per year and [...]

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The Hammer Museum

The Hammer Museum explores the capacity of art to impact and illuminate our lives. Through its collections, exhibitions and programs, the Hammer examines the depth and diversity of artistic expression through the centuries with a special emphasis on art of our time. At the core of the Hammer’s mission is the recognition that artists play a crucial [...]

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The Autry Museum

The Autry National Center, formed in 2003 by the merger of the Autry Museum of Western Heritage with the Southwest Museum of the American Indian and the Women of the West Museum, is an intercultural history center dedicated to exploring and sharing the stories, experiences, and perceptions of the diverse peoples of the American West. Located in Griffith Park, [...]

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Arcadia Historical Museum

We take pride in presenting educational and historical exhibitions and events about our community of Arcadia.  All ages are welcome!  In addition, we house our permanent exhibit space, which interprets the chronological history of Arcadia from the Tongva period through the 1950s. Our collections are rotated in and out of the Museum’s many exhibit spaces.  TheMuseum holds many [...]

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Levitt Pavillions

The Levitt Pavilion Pasadena presents an annual summer series of 50 free music concerts, under the stars, at the historic Memorial Park band shell in the heart of Old Pasadena. This year marks our eighth season. To date, we have provided the community with 350 outstanding concerts, bringing people from all walks of life together to [...]

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Griffith Observatory

Griffith Observatory, opened to the public in 1935, is a non-profit educational institution whose purpose is to provide information on astronomy and related sciences to the public. With over a million visitors a year, the Observatory is one of the top tourist attractions in Southern California. For nearly 75 years, Griffith Observatory has served as a source [...]

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Norton Simon Museum of Art

The Norton Simon Museum is known around the world as one of the most remarkable private art collections ever assembled. The Museum houses more than 12,000 objects, roughly 1,000 of which are on view in the galleries and gardens. Two temporary exhibition spaces feature rotating installations of artworks not on permanent display. The Museum’s online collections database presents a [...]

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