Field Trips Ideas in Los Angeles

Places to supplement curriculum

by Glydia Chan

Griffith Park Observatory

• Griffith Observatory is a beloved icon of Los Angeles and world leader in public astronomy. Griffith Observatory offers exciting shows in the Samuel Oschin Planetarium, public telescopes, and observing and astronomy exhibits

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Los Angeles County Museum of Art

• Explore a collection with more than 100,000 works

of art at LACMA, the largest encyclopedic

museum west of Chicago. Through its far-reaching

collections, the museum is both a resource to and a reflection of the many

cultural communities and heritages in Southern

California.

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The Getty

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• The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center in Los Angeles houses European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts, and European and American photographs.

Hammer Museum

• The Hammer Museum is a unique museum that explores the capacity of art to enhance human experience. It illuminates the depth and diversity of artistic expressing through the centuries, with an emphasis on the art of our time.

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Children’s Museum of Los Angeles

• Link to site • The new Children’s Museum of Los Angeles will provide children and youth with a fun, interactive, safe and imaginative space where they can explore thoughts, produce creations and communicate ideas beyond the realm of their everyday experiences.  Visitors will immerse themselves in an experience where pride in community and appreciation of others, the environment, and “modes” of communication are the most predominant themes.

Museum of Contemporary Art

• MOCA is the only museum in Los Angeles devoted exclusively to contemporary art. It is committed to the collection, presentation, and interpretation of work produced since 1940 in all media, and to preserving that work for future generations. In a remarkably short time, MOCA has developed one of the nation's most renowned permanent collections.

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Aquarium of the Pacific

• Link to site • The Aquarium of the Pacific is one of the largest

aquariums in the United States. Its more than 500

species fill 19 major habitats and 32 focus exhibits and take

visitors on a journey throughout the Pacific Ocean’s three regions:

Southern California/Baja, the Tropical Pacific, and the

Northern Pacific.

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