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Places Continued from page 59 more museums For museums located in Hollywood, refer to PLACES OF INTEREST and VISUAL ARTS Chinese American Museum 425 N. Los Angeles St. (in El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, across from Union Station), (213) 485-8567 Tues-Sun 10am-3pm. Closed 1- 1:30pm (lunch). Craft and Folk Art Museum 5814 Wilshire Blvd., (323) 937-4230. Traditional folk arts and objects hand- crafted. Thru Jan 9, “Borderlandia: Cultural Typography” by Einar and Jamex de la Torne. Hours: Tues-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat & Sun 12-6pm. www.CAFAM.org The Getty Center 1200 Getty Center Dr., (310) 440-7300. Open every day except Mon and major holidays. Thru Feb 6, “Imagining the Past in France”, 1250-1500, Getty Center: Exhibi- tions Pavilion. Admission free. Parking fee $15. Hours: Tue-Fri 10am-5:30pm, Sat 10am-9pm, Sun 10am-5:30pm. UCLA Hammer Museum of Art & Culture 10899 Wilshire Blvd., (310) 443-7000. Traveling exhibits, as well as those from the late philanthropist’s personal collec- tion. Hours: Tues, Wed, Fri & Sat 11am- 7pm, Thurs 11am-9pm & Sun 11am-5pm. www.hammer.ucla.edu Japanese American Nat’l Museum 100 N. Central Ave., (213) 625-0414. Chronicles over 130 years of Japanese American history. Hours: Tues-Fri, Sat & Sun 11am-5pm, Thurs 12-8pm. www.janm.org L.A. County Museum of Art (LACMA) 5905 Wilshire Blvd., (323) 857-6000. The premiere visual arts museum in the western United States. Hours: Mon-Tues- Thurs 12-8pm. Fri 12-9pm, Sat & Sun 11am-8pm. Closed Wed. www.LACMA.org Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust 100 S. Grove Dr., (323) 651-3704. The first Holocaust museum in the U.S. Free ad- mission. Hours: Mon-Thurs 10am- 5pm, Fri 10am- 2pm, Sun 12pm-5pm. www.lamoth.org Petersen Automotive Museum The Getty Villa 17985 Pacific Coast Hwy., (310) 440-7300. Admission free; tickets must be reserved; parking $15. Open every day except Tues. and major holidays. Hours: 10am-5pm. The GRAMMY Museum 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-6803. Celebrates all forms of music; the creative process; the art and technology of the record- ing process; and the history of the GRAMMY® Awards. Hours:Sun-Fri 11:30am-7:30pm and Sat 10am 7:30pm. www.grammymuseum.org 60 DISCOVER HOLLYWOOD / WINTER 2010 Museum of Contemporary Art 250 S. Grand Ave., (213) 626- 6222. Extensive collection of art from 1940 to present. Mon and Fri 11am- 5pm, Thurs 11am- 8pm, Sat & Sun 11am-6pm, closed Tues and Wed. Natural History Museum of L.A. County 900 Exposition Blvd., (213) 763-DINO. Declared a National Landmark in 1975. Hours: 9:30am-5pm daily. www.nhm.org Page Museum at La Brea Tar Pits 5801 Wilshire Blvd., (323) 934-PAGE. Museum includes the only active paleontological excava tion site in the U.S and features Ice Age fossils. Hours: Mon-Sun 9:30-5pm. www.tarpits.org The Paley Center for Media 465 N. Beverly Dr., (310) 786-1000. Over 100,000 radio and TV programs to hear and see. Open Wed-Sun 12-5pm. Closed on Mon & Tues. Free. www.paleycenter.org Pacific Asia Museum 46 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, (626) 449-2742. One of only four institu- tions in the United States dedicated exclu- sively to the arts and culture of Asia and the Pacific Islands. Wed-Sun 10am-6pm. www.pacificasiamuseum.org Pasadena Museum of California Art 490 East Union St., Pasadena, (626) 568- 3665. Museum dedicated to the exhibi- tion of California art from 1850 to the present. Hours: Wed-Sun 12pm-5pm. www.pmcaonline.org Petersen Automotive Museum 6060 Wilshire Blvd., (323) 930-2277. Classic and modern automobiles, motorcy- cles, and transportation history. Hours: Tues- Sun 10am-6pm, Open most holiday Mondays. www.petersen.org Norton Simon Museum 411 West Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, (626) 449-6840. Features European art from the Renaissance to the 20th century and a stellar collection of South and Southeast Asian art spanning 2,000 years. Hours: Mon-Sun 12-6pm, Fri 12- 9pm, closed on Tuesdays. www.nortonsimon.org Skirball Cultural Center 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., (310) 440- 4500. Explores connections between 4,000 years of Jewish heritage and Ameri- can ideals. Hours: Tues-Fri 12-5pm, Sat- Sun 10am-5pm. Closed Mon. www.skirball.org Southwest Museum of the American Indian 234 Museum Dr., (323) 221-2164. Closed for restoration until 2013. www.theautry.org Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Museum of Tolerance 9786 W. Pico Blvd., (310) 553-8403. Ex- hibits on racism and prejudice. Free parking. Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm, closed Sat. www.museumoftolerance.com of interest