California’s museums span very different cultural capitals, from Los Angeles’s sprawling campuses to the more compact institutions of the Bay Area and San Diego. This is the index page for California art museums on Planet Whitley. The following guides have been uploaded so far, but there are more to come.
Los Angeles art museums
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA): opening hours, ticket prices and parking — the largest art museum in the western United States.
- Getty Center, Los Angeles: a practical guide with hours, prices and tips — a hilltop campus of European art with free admission and sweeping city views.
- The Broad, Los Angeles: a practical guide with hours, prices and tips — a leading destination for lovers of contemporary art.
- Hammer Museum, Los Angeles: a practical guide for first-timers — a UCLA-affiliated museum known for its contemporary programming.
- Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach: a practical guide for first-timers — a smaller bluff-top museum overlooking the Pacific.
San Francisco and San Diego art museums
- De Young Museum, San Francisco: visitor guide with ticket prices, hours and must-know tips — Golden Gate Park’s premier American art collection.
- Legion of Honor, San Francisco: visitor guide with ticket prices, hours and must-know tips — a neoclassical counterpart to the de Young, set in Lincoln Park.
- Asian Art Museum, San Francisco: visitor guide with ticket prices, hours and must-know tips — one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world.
- San Diego Museum of Art: ticket prices, hours and tips to plan your visit — Balboa Park’s top cultural attraction.