Petersen Automotive Museum - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting

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About Petersen Automotive Museum

One of the world's largest automotive museums with over 100 vehicles on display in its 25 galleries. The remaining half of the collection is kept in a vault, located on the basement level of the building. Age restrictions and an admission premium are in effect to view the vault collection.

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Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

0.16km from Petersen Automotive Museum

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is the largest museum in the United States devoted to the arts, sciences, and artists of moviemaking.The museum is located in the historic May Company Building on the intersection Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue. This Academy holds more than 13 million objects including costumes, costume sketches, film reels, posters, props, and screenplays dating back to 1927.

Public Art "Urban Light"

Public Art "Urban Light"

0.24km from Petersen Automotive Museum

This is a large-scale assemblage sculpture by Chris Burden located at the Wilshire Boulevard entrance to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The 2008 installation consists of restored street lamps from the 1920s and 1930s. Most of them once lit the streets of Southern California.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

0.3km from Petersen Automotive Museum

Largest art museum in the western United States. It attracts nearly a million visitors annually. It holds more than 150,000 works spanning the history of art from ancient times to the present.

The La Brea Tar Pits and Museum

The La Brea Tar Pits and Museum

0.6km from Petersen Automotive Museum

A group of tar pits from where asphalt has seeped up from the ground for tens of thousands of years. Over many centuries, the tar preserved the bones of trapped animals. The Museum is dedicated to researching the tar pits and displaying specimens from the animals that died there.

The Original Farmers Market

The Original Farmers Market

1.11km from Petersen Automotive Museum

The Original Farmers Market has been Los Angeles’ favorite destination since 1934. With more than 100 old-world grocers, an eclectic array of shops and dozens of restaurants serving cuisine from around the globe in an al fresco setting. It features more than 100 vendors, including ready-to-eat foods, grocers, and tourist shops, and is located just south of Television City. The vendors serve many kinds of food, both American cuisine from local farmers and local ethnic foods.

The Grove

The Grove

1.16km from Petersen Automotive Museum

The Grove is a popular fashion, shopping, dining and lifestyle destination with the best mix of retail, restaurants and entertainment in Los Angeles. It also features a large central park with an animated fountain designed by WET. Its music-fountain show plays every hour, though the feature has a non-musical program in between shows.

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Most populous county in the United States, with more than 10 million inhabitants as of 2018. It is the third-largest metropolitan economy in the world with a Nominal GDP of over $700 billion.

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