MUSEUMS & GALLERIES
The pick of the collection, reviewed.
A hand-picked shortlist of the 11 los angeles museums travellers rate highest, with the prices, the run times and who you actually book each one through.
Petersen Automotive Museum ticket with Vault access: explore 25 galleries plus the 90-minute Vault of 250+ rare vehicles, with QR audio.
Most PopularExplore the Battleship Iowa Museum in San Pedro with a self-guided deck walk, Vicky the Dog app, and classic shipboard history.
La Brea Tar Pits Museum ticket includes the free Excavator Tour and Pit access. Watch Ice Age digs for about 2 hours.
“This place is amazing. I really enjoyed it. Very informative and not too crowded. Pla for a couple of hours here.”
Vault access at the Petersen Automotive Museum: 90 minutes, 250 rare cars, bikes and trucks plus 25-gallery museum admission.
“Fantastic. I go 3X a year. We would like to see a display titled "When Cars Were Art.> Very good restaurant.”
See Pit 91, bubbling tar, and Ice Age fossils at La Brea Tar Pits Museum. Watch scientists clean bones in the Fossil Lab.
Audio-guided Hollywood Medieval Torture Museum plus a ghost-hunting app for a creepy, compact Los Angeles visit. English/Spanish.
“Scary and so worth your money to know European, Asian and American torture from the centuries. Makes us feel lucky to be alive today and not back then.”
LA Natural History Museum admission with fossils, dinosaurs, gems, and native wildlife. Mobile ticket for about 3 hours of family fun.
“Extremely complete, very impressed”
Pre-reserved GRAMMY Museum entry in Downtown LA with 4 floors of memorabilia, Sonic Playground, Mono to Immersive, plus Luther Vandross.
A $25 ticket to the Academy Museum in LA: 3 levels of film history, Stories of Cinema, terrace views, plus Fanny’s and the store.
“I had a great visit to the museum. The exhibits were well curated and played out in a way which made them easy to explore. There was quite a lot to explore- I was there for about 3 hours and could have stayed a bit longer!”
Explore the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in LA with 4 floors of film history, theaters, Fanny’s, and Hollywood Hills views from the terrace.
“Should have shown more animation or more about the movies instead of the awards. It’s like they dedicated one whole exhibit to whomever paid the most money to have one there”
Visit the Hollywood Medieval Torture Museum with an audio guide and a ghost-hunting app quest inside a 7,000-square-foot exhibit in LA.
