Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has its roots in the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art, established in 1910 in Exposition Park. In 1961, LACMA was relocated to it's current Wilshire location and established as a separate, art-focused institution. When it opened in 1965, LACMA was the largest new art museum the country had seen in a quarter century, rising on the site of an old adobe ranch home donated by the Hancock family to the county for a park.
A decade after its opening, the museum's water features were filled in and replaced with a sculpture garden, partly out of concern over oil and gas seepage. In the 1980s, a major renovation radically altered the museum's presence on Wilshire Boulevard.
Since its inception LACMA has been devoted to collecting works of art that span both history and geography, in addition to representing Los Angeles's uniquely diverse population. Today LACMA is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection that includes nearly 130,000 objects dating from antiquity to the present, encompassing the geographic world and nearly the entire history of art. Among the museum's strengths are its holdings of Asian art, Latin American art, ranging from pre-Columbian masterpieces to works by leading modern and contemporary artists; and Islamic art, of which LACMA hosts one of the most significant collections in the world.
A museum of international stature as well as a vital part of Southern California, LACMA shares its vast collections through exhibitions, public programs, and research facilities that attract over a million visitors annually, in addition to serving millions through digital initiatives, such as online collections, scholarly catalogues, and interactive engagement at lacma.org. Situated in Hancock Park on over 20 acres in the heart of Los Angeles, LACMA is located between the ocean and downtown. LACMA campus has the following attractions: - Ahmanson Building - Art of the Americas Building - Bing Center - BP Grand Entrance - Broad Contemporary Art Museum - Cafe - Hammer Building, - Pavilion for Japanese Art - Resnick Pavilion
NOTE: Most Local museums in LA offer free charging stations for electric vehicles thanks to a program called Adopt a Charger.
http://www.lacma.org/5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036