Norton Simon Museum

"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." Full review

"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."

"Rodin’s The Thinker is only a mind-teasing overture to the full symphony of art in store at this exquisite museum." Full review

"Visit industrialist Norton Simon’s huge collection of fine art, including works by Degas, Renoir, Gauguin, and Cézanne." Full review

"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." Full review