As for the art museum, there are basically three pillars in Los Angeles. The three museums are the Getty Center in the northwest, the Los Angeles County Art Museum on Wilshire Avenue in the downtown area, and the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena in the northeast. All three museums have a rich collection of modern and contemporary western masterpieces.

The Getty Center is the most famous of the three. It is located on the mountain, and both the building itself and the collection are first-class and free.

Lakema is a public museum with a richer collection, not just paintings.

Norton Simon is relatively small, but the collection of famous western modern painters is quite rich.

In addition, as the music center of the United States, the Grammy Museum in the downtown area should not be missed, which is an excellent place to learn about music and American music history.

The Museum of Natural Science and Technology must not miss the world-famous La brea Asphalt Pit in Los Angeles. The bubbling asphalt pit is located next to Wilshire Avenue, which is a great wonder in the city.

The special conditions of the asphalt pit make countless Cenozoic creatures buried here for a long time and become fossils known to future generations, which also makes this place occupy a prominent position in the world paleontology.

There is Gee Page Musuem next to the asphalt pit, where the unearthed fossils are displayed.

In addition, in the California Science Center near the University of Southern California, there is a physical exhibition of the space shuttle Endeavour, and the opportunity to stand in front of the huge space shuttle is absolutely not to be missed.

In the category of history and culture, Huntington Library in Pasadena is the first. It is actually a place that integrates a library, an exhibition hall and a garden, and it is one of the largest private libraries in the United States. However, there are not many exhibitions in the library, and other indoor exhibitions and outdoor gardens are still worth seeing.

Secondly, the Japanese American Museum in downtown Little Tokyo is the best historical theme exhibition hall in California (in fact, there are few historical museums in the whole United States), which introduces the development history of Japanese Americans, especially the famous Japanese concentration camps during World War II.

In addition, the Autry Center in Griffith Park is also very good. It is a museum that comprehensively introduces American western culture.

In addition, there are some nice places around Los Angeles, such as Nixon and Reagan Presidential Library, which are located on the north and south sides respectively. This is also a rare historical exhibition hall (every president since Roosevelt has built a memorial library); In the south of Long Beach, there are the famous luxury passenger ship "Queen Mary" and the US Navy's Iowa-class battleship "Iowa". Riverside in the west has the March Field Aviation Museum, which is one of the largest military aviation museums in the western United States.

2. San Diego area

As a museum lover, the balboa Park area in the north of San Diego is definitely a holy place! As a historical building site with Latin American style, there are more than a dozen museums covering culture, art, history, nature, science and technology, and there is also the largest zoo in the United States.

But unfortunately, all the museums here have to charge tickets separately, and they all look expensive.

The seaside in SD is another good place, where USS Midway, one of the largest naval military museums in the world, is parked as a museum for the transformation of retired aircraft carriers.

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