Los
Angeles County Museum of Art the largest encyclopedic museum
west of Chicago and attracts nearly one million visitors annually.
There are more than 100,000 works spanning the history of
art from ancient times to the present. In addition to art
exhibits, the museum features film and concert series throughout
the year.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art was established as a
museum in 1961. Prior to this, LACMA was part of the Los Angeles
Museum of History, Science and Art, founded in 1910 in Exposition
Park near the University of Southern California. In 1965,
the museum moved to a new Wilshire Boulevard complex as an
independent, art-focused institution, the largest new museum
to be built in the United States after the National Gallery
of Art.
Phone Number 323-857-6000
Address: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles California 90036
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