Museums in Los Angeles

Overshadowed by the theme park opposite it, this small museum explores a major moment in American history.

A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

This vintage car parts store is also a museum devoted to a squat little gem of automotive history.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

Formerly Fire Station No. 27, the museum is a hidden gem in the heart of Hollywood.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

This hands-on math museum believes in turning concepts into constructs.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

Celebrating the accomplishments of Black firefighters in Los Angeles.