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The Getty Center vs Norton Simon Museum
Both are rated very highly by experts. Overall, The Getty Center is preferred by most professionals compared to Norton Simon Museum. The Getty Center comes in at 94 with approval from 10 publications like Condé Nast Traveler, Lonely Planet and Afar Magazine.
The Getty Center
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1200 Getty Center Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90049
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Fodor's
"With its curving walls and isolated hilltop perch, the Getty Center resembles a pristine fortified city of its own."
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Concierge
"This is architect Richard Meier's masterwork, a stunning 110-acre modernist complex in the Santa Monica Mountains housing the Getty Museum and other foundation buildings."
Lonely Planet
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"A stellar art collection (everything from Renaissance to David Hockney), Richard Meier’s cutting-edge architecture, and the visual splendor of seasonally changing gardens."
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Travel + Leisure
"Since L.A. lacks the piazzas and promenades of other major cities, the Getty Center is more than just a museum."
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Michelin Guide
3 Stars
"A gleaming cluster of low-lying buildings holds one of the nation's most extensive facilities for the study, conservation and presentation of visual art."
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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
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"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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