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Museum of Tolerance vs Norton Simon Museum
Both Museum of Tolerance and Norton Simon Museum are highly recommended by travel writers. On balance, Museum of Tolerance scores slightly higher than Norton Simon Museum. Museum of Tolerance is ranked #7 in Los Angeles with recommendations from 7 publications like Lonely Planet, Time Out and Frommer's.
Museum of Tolerance
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Simon Wiesenthal Plaza, 9786 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90035
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Fodor's
"Using interactive technology, this important museum (part of the Simon Wiesenthal Center) challenges visitors to confront bigotry and racism."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Run by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, this museum uses interactive technology to make visitors confront racism and bigotry, with particular focus given to the Holocaust."
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Time Out
"The Museum of Tolerance was seen as a daring enterprise: a museum devoted to an abstract concept rather than a specific type of artifact."
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Not For Tourists
"A humbling experience that is worth a visit."
Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"Dedicated in 1993, this museum of ideas has two principal goals: raising awareness of racism and prejudice in American life, and exploring atrocities against humanity throughout history."
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Norton Simon Museum
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411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91105
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Fodor's
"It's one of the finest small museums anywhere, with an excellent collection that spans more than 2,000 years of Western and Asian art."
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Concierge
"Amid beautiful gardens inspired by Monet's Giverny, this somewhat drab, boxy museum (built in 1969) had its interior spruced up by Frank Gehry in the late '90s."
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Rodin’s The Thinker is only a mind-teasing overture to the full symphony of art in store at this exquisite museum."
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Travel + Leisure
"Visit industrialist Norton Simon’s huge collection of fine art, including works by Degas, Renoir, Gauguin, and Cézanne."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"Elegantly displayed in a spare contemporary building are 1,000 works from a private art collection spanning seven centuries of European painting and sculpture and 2,00 years of Asian sculpture."
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