Los Angeles County Museum of Art

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, also known as LACMA, is the official art museum of the County of Los Angeles, California. Located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles, LACMA houses over 100,000 works of art. In addition to displaying art, the museum puts on several movie series a year ranging from silent classics to modern foreign film.

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Wilshire Boulevard - Museum Row - Miracle Mile - Los Angeles

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LACMA was founded in 1910 as part of the Museum of Science, History and Art in the Exposition Park area near the University of Southern California, and became an independent art-focused institution in 1961. The museum moved to its current location in 1965. The Japanese pavilion designed by maverick architect Bruce Goff, and the B. Gerald Cantor Sculpture Garden of Rodin bronzes, both opened in 1988. The museum is adjacent to the Page Museum and La Brea Tar Pits.

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Exposition Park - University of Southern California - 1961 - 1965 - Japan - Bruce Goff - B. Gerald Cantor - Rodin - Bronzes - Page Museum - La Brea Tar Pits

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Local sculptor Robert Graham created the towering Restrospective Column in 1981 as a welcoming artwork at the entrance of the museum.

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Robert Graham - 1981

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