California
Los Angeles
African American Firefighter
1401 South Central Avenue
mail: PO Box 56013 LA 90008
Los Angeles CA 90021
Phone 213 744-1730
Web Site http://www.lafd.org/aafm.htm
Description former firehouse honors African American
firefighters -- owned by LA Fire Department
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Building Type Fire House
Industry /Profession Firefighting
Group Identity African American
Owner/Operator: LAFD
California
Los Angeles
Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N Sepulveda Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90049
Phone 310 440-4500
Web Site http://www.skirball.org/
E-mail mailto:info@skirball.org
Description museum, theater, film, literary programs -- history of Jewish life from antiquity to US
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Religion
Group Identity Jewish
New or Updated: 04/20/2003
California
Los Angeles
Hollywood Entertainment Museum
7021 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90028
Phone 323 465-7900
Web Site http://www.hollywoodmuseum.com/index.html
Description 11x12 foot model of 45 blocks of Hollywood in 1940s, Max Factor exhibit,
science fiction, Masquers club bar & piano
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Entertainment
Industry /Profession Movies
Collection A-F Film
Collection G-M Models
New or Updated: 04/24/2003
Hollywood Guinness Museum
6764 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90028
Phone 323 463-6433
Web Site http://www.guinnessrecords.com/
Alt Web http://www.seeing-stars.com/Museums/Guinness.shtml
Description biggest, smallest, fastest, slowest -- displays world record holding events and people
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Entertainment
California
Los Angeles
Hollywood Studio Museum
2100 North Highland Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90028
Phone 323 874-2276
Web Site http://www.hollywoodheritage.org/
Description located in barn where Cecil B. De Mille shot first full
length picture, birthplace of Paramount Studios,
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Entertainment
Industry /Profession Movies
New or Updated: 04/25/2003
California
Los Angeles
Hollywood Wax Museum
6767 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90028
Phone 323 462-8860
Web Site http://www.hollywoodwax.com/
E-mail mailto:tejsundher@hotmail.com
Description wax figures of movie, TV, recording stars, historical figures, and a chamber of horrors with figures of horror movie
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Wax
Industry /Profession Movies
Owner/Operator: Hollywood Heritage
New or Updated: 04/26/2003
California
Los Angeles
L Ron Hubbard Life Exhibition
6331 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles CA
Phone 323 960-3511
Web Site http://www.lronhubbardprofile.org/exhib.htm
Description dedicated to multi-faceted man who is best known today for his science fiction and Scientology
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus
Famous People
New or Updated: 04/28/2003
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
6006 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles CA
Phone 323 761-8170
Web Site http://www.jewishla.com/html/l.a._holocaust_museum.htm
Description "The World That Was" pre- and post- life; ghetto and camp experience
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Field of Study/Science Facility Holocaust
Los Angeles Police Society
5636½ North Figueroa Street
Los Angeles CA 90042
Phone 323 344-9445
Web Site http://community.ohio.com/
Description
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Nature of Group or Site Association
Industry /Profession Law Enforcement
My Jewish Discovery
Place
Association of Los Angeles
5870 West Olympic Blvd
Los Angeles CA
Phone 213 857-0036
Web Site www.jewishculture.org/jewishmuseums/discover.htm
E-mail
mailto:museum@zimmermuseum.org
Alt Web www.lathingstodo.com/myjewish.htm
Description hands-on museum of Jewish history, tradition, customs, holidays
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Children
Group Identity Jewish
California
Los Angeles
Old Plaza Fire House Museum
1354 Paseo de la Plaza
Los Angeles CA 90012
Phone 213 625-3741
Web Site http://www.lacvb.com/mod45/olveras.html
Alt Web http://www.ci.la.ca.us/tourist/streets.htm
Description part of El Pueblo, restored firehouse holds 19th century equipment
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Industry /Profession Firefighting
Building Firehouse
Era 1884
Owner/Operator: LAFD
New or Updated: 05/02/2003
Petersen Automotive Museum
6060 Wilshire
Los Angeles CA
Phone
Web Site www.petersen.org
Description hundreds of cars, trucks and motorcycles in themed exhibits
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Automotive
California
Los Angeles
Travel Town Museum
5200 Zoo Drive
MAIL: Dept of Recreation & Parks, 3900 W Chevy
Chase
Dr, MS 656-3, LA 90039
Los Angeles
CA
90072
Phone
323 662-5874
Alt Phone
213 485-5520
Web Site
http://www.ci.la.ca.us/RAP/grifmet/tt/information.htm
Alt Web
http://www.scsra.org/ttown/
Description
located in Griffith Park, contains steam
locomotives, vintage freight &
passenger
cars, cabooses, rail car motorcar
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary Focus
Railroad
Collection N-Z
Rolling Stock
Owner/Operator:
City
of Los Angeles
New or Updated:
07/11/2003
Western Museum of Scouting
Address
Los Angeles CA
Phone
Web Site www.scoutmuseum.org
Description
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Collection N-Z Scouting |