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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County vs Hammer Museum
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and Hammer Museum are both highly recommended by reviewers writing for major publications. On balance, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County scores marginally better than Hammer Museum. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is ranked #6 in Los Angeles with recommendations from 9 reviewers such as Time Out, Fodor's and Not For Tourists.
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
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900 Exposition Blvd., Exposition Park, Los Angeles, CA 90007
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Fodor's
"This 1913-built beaux-arts museum has the same quaint feel of many natural history museums, with enclosed dioramas of animals in their natural habitats."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Dinos to diamonds, bears to beetles, hissing roaches to African elephants – this museum will take you around the world and back millions of years in time."
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Travel + Leisure
"This grand museum showcasing history, science, and art celebrates its 100th anniversary this year with the opening of a new permanent exhibit, Becoming L.A."
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Time Out
"The NHM's original Beaux Arts structure was the first museum building in Los Angeles, opening with Exposition Park itself back in 1913."
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Not For Tourists
"Kids just love the dinosaur fossils."
Hammer Museum
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10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
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Fodor's
"The bold murals and installations at this museum have been known to bring traffic on Wilshire Boulevard to a crawl."
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"The museum really shines when it comes to cutting-edge contemporary exhibits featuring local, under-represented and controversial artists."
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Time Out
"Industrialist Armand Hammer founded this museum, primarily to house his own collection."
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Not For Tourists
"Cutting-edge art museum with largely contemporary exhibits."
Travel + Leisure
"Houses wide-ranging permanent collections, from paintings by American and European masters to contemporary drawings by local Los Angeles artists to a lush sculpture garden. "
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