Best Museums & Educational Spots for Kids

Explore the best best museums & educational spots for kids options for kids and families in Cudahy

Columbia Memorial Space Center

Columbia Memorial Space Center

Kid-friendly exhibits about space. Modern locale featuring family-friendly, interactive exhibits about space, including a simulator.

Los Angeles County Fire Museum

Los Angeles County Fire Museum

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Hathaway Ranch Museum

Hathaway Ranch Museum

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Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum

Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum

Museum of early California history. California history museum in an 1826 adobe on the site of the first Spanish land grant in the state.

California African American Museum

California African American Museum

Art, culture & history exhibits. Center presents art, culture & history exhibits with a focus on California, plus live events.

Space Shuttle Endeavour

Space Shuttle Endeavour

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Japanese American National Museum

Japanese American National Museum

Modern venue with historical exhibits. Art, artifacts & historical exhibits exploring over 130 years of the Japanese-American experience.

California Science Center

California Science Center

Hands-on exhibits, IMAX & the Endeavor. Admission's free to permanent exhibits at this kid-friendly spot, also boasting IMAX & the Endeavor.

Exposition Park

Exposition Park

Public green space with museums & arenas. Urban space comprising 160 acres with arenas & museums, plus some green areas with trees & gardens.

USC Fisher Museum of Art

USC Fisher Museum of Art

From old masters to contemporary works. Museum presents fine art with a diverse permanent collection of more than 1,800 objects.

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Dinosaur skeletons & rotating exhibits. From T. rex skeletons to an insect zoo, popular attraction holds more than 35-million artifacts.

ASU FIDM Museum

ASU FIDM Museum

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Sproul Museum

Sproul Museum

Museum of local & Sproul family history. A notable local family's home, now housing a collection of local historical & family artifacts.

GRAMMY Museum L.A. Live

GRAMMY Museum L.A. Live

Interactive exhibits & music memorabilia. Interactive exhibits & showbiz artifacts honor music greats past & present at this sprawling center.

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Museum showcasing art created after 1940. Iconic contemporary art museum with a vast collection of multimedia works produced since 1940.

The Broad

The Broad

Contemporary museum with many works. Modern art museum with a honeycomb-like facade housing rotating exhibits, plus a shop & restaurant.

Pasadena Model Railroad Museum

Pasadena Model Railroad Museum

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Whittier Museum

Whittier Museum

Educational displays of city history. Historical artifacts & exhibits related to the city of Whittier; open to the public weekends only.

Heritage Square Museum

Heritage Square Museum

19th-century LA history & architecture. With 8 Victorian-era buildings, this living history museum documents city life in late 19th century.

American Military Museum

American Military Museum

Over 170 military vehicles on display. Open Friday to Sunday, this museum stars 170+ military vehicles from WWI to Operation Desert Storm.

The Los Angeles Museum of Love

The Los Angeles Museum of Love

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Michael Myers’ House

Michael Myers’ House

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Los Angeles Police Museum

Los Angeles Police Museum

Exhibits on the history of the LAPD. Exhibiting the history of the LAPD, with armored cars, radios & badges, plus interactive programs.

Wonder of Dinosaurs

Wonder of Dinosaurs

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Arlington Garden in Pasadena

Arlington Garden in Pasadena

Mediterranean-style public garden. 3-acre, admission-free formal garden featuring Mediterranean & Californian trees & succulents.

Long Beach Firefighter's Museum

Long Beach Firefighter's Museum

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La Brea Tar Pits and Museum

La Brea Tar Pits and Museum

Prehistoric-fossil excavation site. Ice Age–fossil excavation site with an adjacent museum, plus a re-created prehistoric garden.

Forest Lawn Museum

Forest Lawn Museum

Small museum with changing art exhibits. Small museum at a cemetery featuring changing exhibits focused on religious & historical art.

Torrance Art Museum

Torrance Art Museum

Contemporary exhibits & free admission. Museum offering free admission to 2 galleries focusing on contemporary art from Southern California.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

From pre-Columbian to contemporary works. This 20-acre campus with diverse collections spanning art history also offers screenings & concerts.

Petersen Automotive Museum

Petersen Automotive Museum

Showing classic hot rods & concept cars. A vast collection of autos including restored antiques, race cars & vehicles from famous movies.

The Banning Museum

The Banning Museum

Landmark home with living history tours. Landmark 19th-century estate provides living history tours, education programs & community events.

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Cultural center with galleries & gardens. Expansive complex housing art galleries with famous works, rare-book collections & lush gardens.

Wrigley Mansion

Wrigley Mansion

1906 Renaissance mansion & gardens. A 1906 Renaissance design mansion with 4.5 acre flower gardens & HQ for new year Rose Parade.

Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA)

Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA)

Modern spot for Latin American fine art. Contemporary Latin American art & educational programs featured at a museum with a sculpture garden.

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