Best Museums & Educational Spots for Kids
Explore the best best museums & educational spots for kids options for kids and families in Monrovia
The Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
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Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden
Lush landscape full of plants & peacocks. Sprawling manicured grounds filled with plants & featuring roaming peacocks & a Queen Anne cottage.
Mount Wilson Observatory Museum
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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.
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.
Southern California Children's Museum
Kids' play space with hands-on exhibits. Indoor play area with interactive activities for toddlers, such as a kitchen, teepees & costumes.
USC Pacific Asia Museum
Art gallery & research library. Museum with research library relating to Asian & Pacific art & culture in a Chinese-style building.
Rubel Castle
Unique, artsy building with guided tours. This historic, off-beat structure made with recycled materials offers tours by appointment.
Old Pasadena
Historic shopping & entertainment area. Downtown historic district, now a popular destination for shopping, dining & entertainment.
Arlington Garden in Pasadena
Mediterranean-style public garden. 3-acre, admission-free formal garden featuring Mediterranean & Californian trees & succulents.
Norton Simon Museum
Noted collection of European & Asian art. Unconventional building housing a noted collection of European & Asian art plus a sculpture garden.
Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum
Historical landmark open to the public. This Los Angeles historical landmark features a country home from 1870 & hosts a variety of events.
Wrigley Mansion
1906 Renaissance mansion & gardens. A 1906 Renaissance design mansion with 4.5 acre flower gardens & HQ for new year Rose Parade.
Michael Myers’ House
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Kidspace Children's Museum
Interactive indoor & outdoor exhibits. This museum with an expansive outdoor play area features hands-on arts & science exhibits.
Pasadena Model Railroad Museum
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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.
Whittier Museum
Educational displays of city history. Historical artifacts & exhibits related to the city of Whittier; open to the public weekends only.
San Dimas Canyon Nature Center
Nature trails & an animal sanctuary. Nature center offering various walking & hiking trails, plus an animal sanctuary & junior programs.
Heritage Square Museum
19th-century LA history & architecture. With 8 Victorian-era buildings, this living history museum documents city life in late 19th century.
Phillips Mansion
Stately historic manor built in 1875. Second Empire-style mansion constructed in 1875, damaged by earthquakes, now used for events.
RailGiants Train Museum
Train museum with real locomotives. Open the second weekend of each month, this museum on train history features locomotives on display.
Forest Lawn Museum
Small museum with changing art exhibits. Small museum at a cemetery featuring changing exhibits focused on religious & historical art.
NHRA Motorsports Museum
Hot-rod vehicles & memorabilia. Museum tracing the history of hot-rod racing with vintage cars, motorcycles & artifacts.
Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology
Famed museum with huge fossil collection. Notable paleontology museum offering a vast selection of fossils & specimens, plus history exhibits.
Japanese American National Museum
Modern venue with historical exhibits. Art, artifacts & historical exhibits exploring over 130 years of the Japanese-American experience.
Hathaway Ranch Museum
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The Children's Museum at La Habra
7 galleries & 14 hands-on exhibits. Kids' museum with exhibits including a hand-carved carousel & guided tour of a 1942 railroad car.
American Museum of Ceramic Art / AMOCA
Exhibitions & classes devoted to clay. Dedicated solely to ceramic art, the museum hosts exhibitions & offers classes in its clay center.
The Broad
Contemporary museum with many works. Modern art museum with a honeycomb-like facade housing rotating exhibits, plus a shop & restaurant.
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.
Autry Museum of the American West
History museum with art & a cafe. Spacious museum featuring exhibits with artwork & artifacts, plus a cafe & children's activities.
ASU FIDM Museum
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GRAMMY Museum L.A. Live
Interactive exhibits & music memorabilia. Interactive exhibits & showbiz artifacts honor music greats past & present at this sprawling center.
Claremont Lewis Museum of Art
Cool venue with community art exhibits. Charming facility showcasing painting, sculpture & other works by local artists, past & present.
Benton Museum of Art
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Sproul Museum
Museum of local & Sproul family history. A notable local family's home, now housing a collection of local historical & family artifacts.
The African-American Museum of Beginnings
Source for history & cultural exhibits. Small museum featuring African & African-American history & cultural exhibits, along with programs.
Griffith Observatory
Planetarium, telescopes & city views. This art deco landmark from 1935 features a high-tech planetarium, public telescopes & city views.
Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum
A railroad museum with display trains. A steam, gas-mechanical & electronic train history museum, with outdoor exhibits of vintage cars.
The Los Angeles Museum of Love
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Columbia Memorial Space Center
Kid-friendly exhibits about space. Modern locale featuring family-friendly, interactive exhibits about space, including a simulator.
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