Los Angeles does culture on its own terms. You can spend the morning among Warhols and Basquiats, wander through a former flour mill filled with contemporary art, catch a Tarantino-programmed double feature or watch a film beneath the stars at Hollywood Forever. From landmark museums to cult cinemas and modernist architecture, these are some of our favourite places to tap into LA's creative side.
Art, film, architecture – LA style
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures – Central LA
The Academy’s vast film archive fills a three-level Stories of Cinema exhibition inside a restored 1939 landmark and Renzo Piano sphere.
Brain Dead Studios – Fairfax District
35mm repertory screenings, Slammers café and location-exclusive Brain Dead drops come together inside a Fairfax fashion-and-cinema hub.
Eames House – Pacific Palisades
Charles and Ray Eames’ intact home-studio, with preserved interiors, original collections and guided tours of a landmark Modernist house.
Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles – Downtown LA
Free museum-scale contemporary art in a restored flour mill, with vast galleries, artist commissions, a productive garden and Manuela restaurant.
Hollywood Forever Cemetery – Central LA
Outdoor Cinespia films and a major Día de los Muertos festival unfold among Hollywood legends’ graves at this historic cemetery.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art – Central LA
Peter Zumthor’s new David Geffen Galleries reframe LACMA’s 155,000-object collection, from Urban Light to 6,000 years of art.
Los Feliz – Los Feliz
American Cinematheque-programmed Cinema 1 brings 35mm repertory screenings, filmmaker Q&As and special events to a 1935 movie house.
Neutra VDL Studio and Residences – Silver Lake
Tour Neutra’s 1932 glass house, 1940 Garden House and 1964 VDL II together on their original site, guided by Cal Poly Pomona.
New Beverly Cinema – Fairfax District
Quentin Tarantino’s celluloid-only cinema screens nightly themed double features from 35mm and 16mm prints, often from his collection.
Schindler House – Central LA
Walk through Schindler’s 1922 living-laboratory: original home, studio, MAK exhibitions, audio tours and modernist architecture in use.
Stahl House – Hollywood Hills
Stand inside the glass-walled living-room corner made famous by Julius Shulman, with the Stahl House cantilevering above the basin.
TCL Chinese Theatre – Hollywood
Stand among nearly 200 celebrity handprints, footprints and playful imprints in the original Forecourt of the Stars at TCL Chinese Theatre.
The Getty Center – Brentwood
Skylit Richard Meier galleries, Rembrandt to Van Gogh, LA views and Robert Irwin’s seasonal Central Garden — with free admission.
The Huntington Library – San Marino
Rare books, The Blue Boy and 130 acres of themed gardens combine in one remarkable campus of manuscripts, art and walkable landscapes.
Walt Disney Concert Hall – Downtown LA
Hear the LA Phil in Frank Gehry’s stainless-steel concert hall, with vineyard seating, Douglas fir acoustics and a 6,134-pipe organ.
