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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County vs The Museum of Contemporary Art
Both are praised by reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County scores significantly higher than The Museum of Contemporary Art. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County comes in at #4 in Los Angeles with praise from 7 reviews such as Time Out, Travel + Leisure and Frommer'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."
The Museum of Contemporary Art
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250 S Grand Ave, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA 90012
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"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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"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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