Located south of downtown Los Angeles, the California Science Center is an exciting science museum and hands-on activities facility situated in the historic Exposition Park.  The Exposition Park is home to other museums and attractions including the California African American Museum, Natural Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles Sports Arena, and the Rose Garden.  The California Science Center itself is home to an IMAX theater, permanent attractions, and seasonal exhibits.

Some of the amazing exhibits in the California Science Center include Creative World, World of Life, Air and Space Exhibits, and the World of Ecology, which will be finished in 2010.  Creative World allows visitors to explore the inventions and environments humans create in order to to establish their needs for communication, transportations, and structures.  The World of Life is an exhibit that teaches people about how people, plants, animals, and the tiny living cells all work to survive.  Air and Space Exhibits allow people to explore aerospace artifacts and the scientific principles that make aircraft and spacecraft possible.  The World of Ecology will allow visitors to discover the Earth’s complex environments and how the planet is shaped by unique geophysical and biological processes.  The California Science Center is also home to special exhibits, the Science Court, and the Science Plaza.

]]> http://www.zumatimes.com/2009/08/the-california-science-center/feed/ 0 http://www.zumatimes.com/2009/08/los-angeles-county-museum-of-art/ http://www.zumatimes.com/2009/08/los-angeles-county-museum-of-art/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:32:18 +0000 admin http://www.zumatimes.com/?p=5 Founded in 1910 as part of the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science, and Art, the Los Angeles Museum of Art has since become an independent museum home to over 100,000 pieces of both ancient and contemporary art, making it the largest art museum in the western United States.  The museum attracts nearly one million visitors every year through its vast collections, exhibits, public programs, and research facilities.  LACMA holds its beautiful artwork in its seven-building complex on 20 acres of land located in the heart of Los Angeles.  Currently, the museum is also undergoing construction and development in an attempt to expand the museum. Today, the museum is most well known for its expansive collections in Asian art, Latin American art, featuring artists including Diego River, Frida Kahlo, and Jose Clemente Orozco, as well as Islamic art, which is one of the most significant collections in the world.

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When LACMA was first established in 1910 as part of the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science, and Art in Exposition Park, the museum did not hold its own collection of art, but rather featured only lent collections of art.  Over the next few decades, community support allowed the museum to gain its own collection and continue to expand it over the years.    Throughout the years, the museum acquired art from around the world, and in 1961, LACMA was established as an individual museum.

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