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Skirball Cultural Center As one of the world's most dynamic Jewish cultural institutions, the Skirball Cultural Center is home to a museum that spans 4,000 years of Jewish history, plus a variety of rotating exhibits, concerts, lectures, family programs, and more. The center's popular Noah's Ark, a family destination that displays hundreds of whimsical, hand-crafted animals from aardvarks to zebras, recently welcomed a new "family" aboard - four life-sized mountain gorillas made from recycled materials such as rubber tubing and work gloves. skirball.org Petersen Automotive Museum LA is well known for its car culture. So what better way to explore the city's past than at the Petersen Automotive Museum? This four-story museum displays more than 150 rare cars, trucks, and motorcycles, and another 150 in a guided tour through the Vault. Trace the his- tory of the automobile on the first floor. Then, head upstairs to the Hollywood Gallery to gawk at celebrity-owned cars and vehicles used in famous films (don't miss the Batmobile!). Only in Los Angeles, indeed. petersen.org Santa Barbara Museum of Art Just north of LA, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art is regarded as one of California's finest art museums, with a permanent collection that includes antiquities, 19th-century European and American art, contemporary art, photography, and works on paper. The upcoming Labour and Wait exhibition (July 2 - September 22) features works by 15 renowned artists that address contemporary culture's preoccupation with authenticity and the handcrafted. Upcoming exhibits also include John Divola: As Far As I Could Get (October 13 - January 12, 2014) and Delacroix and the Matter of Finish (October 27 - January 26, 2014). sbma.net Clockwise from far left: Autry National Center; Ice Age fossils at the Page Museum; handcrafted gorillas in Noah's Ark at Skirball Cultural Center; Allison Smith's Stockpile (2011) from Labour and Wait at the SBMA; Petersen Automotive Museum's rare autos; and the Annenberg Space for Photography discoverLosAngeles.com 99 http://www.petersen.org http://www.skirball.org http://www.sbma.net http://www.discoverLosAngeles.com

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Culture Thrives in the City of Angels
Art, Dance, History, Music, Theater: Downtown LA Has it All
Bask in Surrounding Glory
For More Inspiration, Go West
Discover the Next Stage
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US Airways - Los Angeles Culture Guide