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Japanese American National Museum vs The Museum of Contemporary Art
Both are rated highly by experts. On balance, Japanese American National Museum is the choice of most reviewers compared to The Museum of Contemporary Art. Japanese American National Museum has a TripExpert Score of 85 with praise from 6 reviewers such as Michelin Guide, Fodor's and Not For Tourists.
Japanese American National Museum
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Not For Tourists
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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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Not For Tourists
"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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The Museum of Contemporary Art
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250 S Grand Ave, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA 90012
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"A collection that arcs from the 1940s to the present and includes works by Mark Rothko, Dan Flavin, Joseph Cornell and other big-shot contemporary artists."
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Travel + Leisure
"Hallmark events have included tributes to pioneering architects like Louis I. Kahn and Frank Gehry... plus celebrations of genres like graffiti art."
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Fodor's
"The galleries are inundated with works by groundbreakers like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Cindy Sherman."
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Not For Tourists
"Received much well-deserved attention for its wildly popular Andy Warhol retrospective."
Travel + Leisure
"MOCA (as it's known to locals) is ground zero for cutting-edge, post-1940 American and European art, from abstract expressionism to pop art to video installations."
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