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The California Science Center (sometimes spelled California ScienCenter) is a state agency and science museum located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, next to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the University of Southern California.
The agency has six departments, 10 conservancies, 17 boards and commissions, three councils, and one urban park in Los Angeles that consists of two museums, the California Science Center and the California African American museum. [1]
Presents new work by emerging and established artists, branch of Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles: Museum of Flying: Santa Monica: Westside: Local history: Includes 50 vintage aircraft, and the desk/office of Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. and executive boardroom of Douglas Aircraft Company, which was headquartered in Santa Monica
The museum split in 1961 into The Los Angeles County Museum of History and Science and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). LACMA moved to new quarters on Wilshire Boulevard in 1965, and the Museum of History and Science was renamed The Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Eventually, the museum renamed itself again, becoming ...
The museum was the subject of a 1995 book by Lawrence Weschler entitled Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology, which describes in detail many of its exhibits. The museum is mentioned in the 2008 novel The Museum of Innocence, by Turkish Nobel-laureate Orhan Pamuk.
Los Angeles: Located in 605-acre Franklin Canyon Park, exhibits and programs about the park's natural and cultural history STAR Eco Station Culver City: Los Angeles: website, environmental science museum, exotic wildlife rescue center and haven for endangered and illegally trafficked exotic animals Stoneview Nature Center: Culver City: Los Angeles
The park was established in 1872 as an agricultural fairground, the park is now notable for containing several significant museums and sports venues, such as the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, BMO Stadium, the California Science Center, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and the California African American Museum. [3]
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Museum; Fire Station No. 30, Engine Company No. 30; Flight Path Learning Center & Museum; Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) Fort MacArthur; Fowler Museum at UCLA