The LA Weekly: Museums

From July 31 to August 6

• A 17th-Century Gown Rediscovered: Work in Progress
  Los Angeles County Museum of Art
  5905 Wilshire Blvd., L.A.
  thru Aug. 3
  
  
• AUTRY MUSEUM OF WESTERN HERITAGE
  4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park
  Open Tues.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
  
  
• America Remembers: Quilting the Twentieth Century
  Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum
  40 Presidential Dr., Simi Valley
  April 4-Oct. 4.
  
  
• BANNING RESIDENCE MUSEUM
  401 E. M St., Wilmington
  Tues.-Thurs., Sat.-Sun., 12:30, 1:30 & 2:30 p.m.
  
  
• CABRILLO MARINE AQUARIUM
  3720 Stephen White Dr., San Pedro
  Open Tues.- Fri., noon-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
  
  
• CAL STATE UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM, LONG BEACH
  Cal State University Art Museum, Long Beach
  1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach
  Open Tues.-Thurs., noon-8 p.m.; Fri.-Sun., noon-5 p.m.
  
  
• CALIFORNIA AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM
  600 State Dr., Exposition Park
  Open Tues.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
  
  
• CALIFORNIA HERITAGE MUSEUM
  2612 Main St., Santa Monica
  Open Wed.-Sat., 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun., noon-4 p.m.
  
  
• CALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
  700 State Dr., Exposition Park
  Open daily, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
  
  
• CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER
  700 State Dr., Exposition Park
  Open daily, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
  
  
• CRAFT & FOLK ART MUSEUM
  5817 Wilshire Blvd., L.A.
  Open Tues.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
  
  
• Celebrating Lithography at 200
  University Art Museum
  1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach
  Mon., Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri.
  
  
• Children's Program: Big Reptiles, Big Teeth
  NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
  900 Exposition Blvd., Exposition Park
  Sat.
  
  
• Christopher Wool
  Museum of Contemporary Art Geffen
  9341 Venice Blvd., West L.A.
  
  
• Class Quilts, L.A., 1997-1998
  UCLA FOWLER MUSEUM OF CULTURAL HISTORY
  thru Aug. 9
  
  
• Contemporary Projects: Mariko Mori
  Los Angeles County Museum of Art
  5905 Wilshire Blvd., L.A.
  thru Aug. 10
  
  
• Corridos Sin Fronteras: The Art of a Ballad Tradition in Mexico and the U.S.
  UCLA FOWLER MUSEUM OF CULTURAL HISTORY
  thru Sept 27
  
  
• Culture y Cultura: How the U.S.-Mexican War Shaped the West
  Autry Museum of Western Heritage
  4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park
  
  
• EDMUND D. EDELMAN HOLLYWOOD BOWL MUSEUM
  (no venue)
  
  
• Ed Ruscha's Light
  Getty Center
  
  
• Elusive Paradise: Los Angeles Art From the Permanent Collection
  Museum of Contemporary Art Geffen
  9341 Venice Blvd., West L.A.
  Tues.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thurs., 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
  
  
• Fanciful Salt and Pepper Shakers - The Pieper Collection
  California Heritage Museum
  2612 Main St., Santa Monica
  
  
• For a New Nation: American Decorative Arts From the Gail-Oxford Collection
  Long Beach Museum of Art
  2300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach
  Open Wed.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Fri. till 8 p.m.)
  
  
• From the Rainbow's Varied Hue: Textiles of the Southern Philippines
  UCLA FOWLER MUSEUM OF CULTURAL HISTORY
  
  
• GEORGE C. PAGE MUSEUM
  Open daily, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
  
  
• GETTY CENTER
  Open Tues. thru Sun.
  
  
• HOLLYWOOD ENTERTAINMENT MUSEUM
  7021 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood
  Open Tues.-Sun., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
  
  
• HUNTINGTON LIBRARY, ART COLLECTIONS AND BOTANICAL GARDENS
  Huntington Library
  1151 Oxford Road, San Marino
  Open Tues.-Sun., 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  
  
• Henry's Hollywood
  HOLLYWOOD ENTERTAINMENT MUSEUM
  7021 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood
  Open Tues.-Sun., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
  
  
• High Lights, Shading and Shadow: LACMA, Pictorialism and the International Salons of Photography
  Los Angeles County Museum of Art
  5905 Wilshire Blvd., L.A.
  thru Aug. 3
  
  
• Hirshfeld: Radio and Television Drawings
  Museum of Television & Radio
  465 N. Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills
  indef.
  
  
• Homecoming to the Holy Land: New Work by Moshe Zabari
  Skirball Cultural Center
  
  
• Homecoming to the Holy Land: New Work by Moshe Zabari
  Skirball Cultural Center
  
  
• In Praise of Women: African Sculpture From the Walt Disney-Tishman Art Collection
  CALIFORNIA AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM
  600 State Dr., Exposition Park
  
  
• Islands But Not Streams Apart: The Art of Richmond BarthT and Claude Fiddler
  CALIFORNIA AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM
  600 State Dr., Exposition Park
  
  
• Israel Through American Eyes: A Century of Photographs
  Skirball Cultural Center
  
  
• Israel Through American Eyes: A Century of Photographs
  Skirball Cultural Center
  
  
• It's a Duesy!
  PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM
  
  
• JAPANESE AMERICAN CULTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER
  JAPANESE AMERICAN
  244 S. San Pedro St., L.A.
  
  
• JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
  369 E. First St., L.A.
  Wed., Tue., Fri., Sat., Sun.
  
  
• KOREAN AMERICAN MUSEUM
  Open Tues.-Sat., 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
  
  
• KOREAN CULTURAL CENTER
  Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
  
  
• LONG BEACH AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC
  Long Beach Acquarium of the Pacific
  100 Acquarium Way, Long Beach
  
  
• LONG BEACH MUSEUM OF ART
  2300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach
  Open Wed.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Fri. till 8 p.m.)
  
  
• LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
  5905 Wilshire Blvd., L.A.
  open Tues.-Sun.
  
  
• LOS ANGELES MARITIME MUSEUM
  Berth 84, Sixth St., San Pedro
  
  
• LOS ANGELES MUSEUM OF THE HOLOCAUST
  Museum of the Holocaust
  5700 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles
  Fri., Sun.
  
  
• Landscape Drawings 1500-1900
  Getty Center
  till Aug. 23
  
  
• MARTYRS MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM OF THE HOLOCAUST
  MARTYRS MEMORIAL
  open Sun. through Fri.
  
  
• MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART
  Open Thurs.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun., noon-5 p.m.
  
  
• MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
  250 S. Grand Ave. at California Plaza, L.A.
  Fri.-Sun. & Tues.-Wed., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thurs., 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
  
  
• MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (THE GEFFEN CONTEMPORARY AT MOCA)
  Museum of Contemporary Art Geffen
  9341 Venice Blvd., West L.A.
  Tues.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thurs., 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
  
  
• MUSEUM OF FLYING
  2772 Donald Douglas Loop North, Santa Monica Airport
  
  
• MUSEUM OF JURASSIC TECHNOLOGY
  9341 Venice Blvd., West L.A.
  Sat.-Sun., noon-6 p.m.; Thurs., 2-8 p.m.; Fri.-Sun., noon-6 p.m.
  
  
• MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART
  628 Alamitos Ave., Long Beach
  Open Tues.-Sat., 11:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.; Sun., noon-6 p.m.
  
  
• MUSEUM OF NEON ART
  Wed.-Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun., noon-5 p.m., Thurs., 11 a.m.-8 p.m
  
  
• MUSEUM OF TELEVISION AND RADIO
  Museum of Television & Radio
  465 N. Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills
  
  
• MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE
  9786 W. Pico Blvd., West L.A.
  closed Sat.
  
  
• Margaret Mee: Return to the Amazon
  Huntington Library
  1151 Oxford Road, San Marino
  thru Aug. 23.
  
  
• Marsden Hartley: American Modern
  Pepperdine U. Frederick R. Weisman Mus of Art
  24255 Pacific Coast Hwy., Malibu
  
  
• Micha Bar Am: Israel, a Photobiography
  Museum of Tolerance
  9786 W. Pico Blvd., West L.A.
  
  
• Microbes: Invisible Invaders . . . Amazing Allies
  NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
  900 Exposition Blvd., Exposition Park
  
  
• NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
  900 Exposition Blvd., Exposition Park
  Museum open daily, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
  
  
• NORTON SIMON MUSEUM OF ART
  Orange Grove Ave. & Colorado Blvd., Pasadena
  Open Thurs.-Sun., noon-6 p.m.
  
  
• Oh, You Beautiful Doll! - Treasured Dolls Past and Present
  California Heritage Museum
  2612 Main St., Santa Monica
  
  
• On Moral Grounds: President Harry S. Truman and the Birth of the State of Israel
  Skirball Cultural Center
  
  
• On Moral Grounds: President Harry S. Truman and the Birth of the State of Israel
  Skirball Cultural Center
  
  
• PACIFIC ASIA MUSEUM
  46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena
  Open Wed.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
  
  
• PAGE MUSEUM AT THE LA BREA TAR PITS
  La Brea Tar Pits, Mid City
  Open Tues.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
  
  
• PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY FREDERICK R. WEISMAN MUSEUM OF ART
  Pepperdine U. Frederick R. Weisman Mus of Art
  24255 Pacific Coast Hwy., Malibu
  Open Tues.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
  
  
• PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM
  Open Tues.-Sun., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
  
  
• Passages to Asia: Europe and the East in the 16th Century
  Huntington Library
  1151 Oxford Road, San Marino
  thru Aug. 23.
  
  
• Paul Sierra - A Cultural Corridor
  The Latino Museum of History, Art & Culture
  112 S. Main St., Downtown
  Open Mon.-Tues., Thurs.-Sat., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
  
  
• Photographs of the Luiseħo by Josephine Cook
  Southwest Museum
  Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun.
  
  
• Pia Pizzo: Silent Journey
  Long Beach Museum of Art
  2300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach
  Open Wed.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Fri. till 8 p.m.)
  
  
• Pit 91
  PAGE MUSEUM AT THE LA BREA TAR PITS
  La Brea Tar Pits, Mid City
  Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun.
  
  
• Presents of Laughter
  HOLLYWOOD ENTERTAINMENT MUSEUM
  7021 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood
  Open Tues.-Sun., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
  
  
• RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
  Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum
  40 Presidential Dr., Simi Valley
  Open Mon.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
  
  
• Realism and Illusion: Catherine Wagner Photographs the Disney Theme Parks
  Armand Hammer Museum Art
  10899 Wilshire Blvd., Westwood
  
  
• Royal Pavilion at Brighton
  The Carole & Barry Kaye Museum of Miature Art
  Open Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
  
  
• SANTA MONICA MUSEUM OF ART
  Bergamot Station (Santa Monica Museum)
  2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica
  
  
• SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER
  Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun.
  
  
• SOUTHWEST MUSEUM
  Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun.
  
  
• Sharing Our Lives: A Journey Into the World of Castelar Elementary and Mt. Washington Elementary School Students
  Autry Museum of Western Heritage
  4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park
  
  
• Storytelling
  Autry Museum of Western Heritage
  4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park
  
  
• THE CAROLE & BARRY KAYE MUSEUM OF MINIATURE ART
  The Carole & Barry Kaye Museum of Miature Art
  Open Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
  
  
• THE LATINO MUSEUM OF HISTORY, ART AND CULTURE
  The Latino Museum of History, Art & Culture
  112 S. Main St., Downtown
  Open Mon.-Tues., Thurs.-Sat., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
  
  
• Tales of Whales
  Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
  3720 Stephen White Dr., San Pedro
  Open Tues.- Fri., noon-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
  
  
• Ten Centuries of Manuscript Illumination in Germany and Central Europe
  Getty Center
  
  
• The Architecture of Reassurance: Designing the Disney Theme Parks
  Armand Hammer Museum Art
  10899 Wilshire Blvd., Westwood
  
  
• The Art of Chiang Ming-Shyan
  Pacific Asia Museum
  46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena
  
  
• The California Home - The Arts and Crafts Movement, 1895-1920
  California Heritage Museum
  2612 Main St., Santa Monica
  
  
• The Eye of the Needle: The Unique World of Microminiatures of Hagop Sandaldjian
  MUSEUM OF JURASSIC TECHNOLOGY
  9341 Venice Blvd., West L.A.
  Sat.-Sun., noon-6 p.m.; Thurs., 2-8 p.m.; Fri.-Sun., noon-6 p.m.
  
  
• Treasures of the Museum
  NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
  900 Exposition Blvd., Exposition Park
  indef.
  
  
• Treasures of the Sierra Nevada
  NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
  900 Exposition Blvd., Exposition Park
  
  
• UCLA AT THE ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER
  Armand Hammer Museum Art
  10899 Wilshire Blvd., Westwood
  Tues.-Sat., 11 a.m.-7 p.m. (Thurs. till 9 p.m.), Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
  
  
• UCLA FOWLER MUSEUM OF CULTURAL HISTORY
  Open Wed.-Sun., noon-5 p.m.
  
  
• USC FISHER GALLERY
  Open Tues.-Fri., noon-5 p.m.; Sat., 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
  
  
• Wave Your Banner! Exploring Community Through Art
  Getty Center
  
  

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