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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County vs Japanese American National Museum
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and Japanese American National Museum are both rated highly by professional reviewers writing for major publications. On balance, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County ranks significantly better than Japanese American National Museum. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is ranked #4 in Los Angeles with approval from 7 reviewers including Lonely Planet, Frommer's and Fodor's.
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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"Kids just love the dinosaur fossils."
Japanese American National Museum
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369 East First Street, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA 90012
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Fodor's
"The museum occupies an 85,000-square-foot adjacent pavilion as well as its original site in a renovated 1925 Buddhist temple."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"A great first stop in Little Tokyo, this is the country’s first museum dedicated to the Japanese immigrant experience."
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"Chronicling the Japanese experience in the US."
Michelin Guide
1 Star
"The first museum in the U.S. dedicated to Japanese-American history occupies the renovated former Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple (1925) and a Pavilion (1998), linked by a plaza."
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Time Out
"This museum, one of the city's best, tells the story of Japanese immigration to the US in lucid, engaging fashion. "
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