Take a journey of discovery through the world’s largest ocean at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California. Explore our exhibits, and discover sunny Southern California and Baja, the frigid waters of the North Pacific, and the colorful reefs of the...

The Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA) is a museum located in Long Beach, California featuring various pieces of contemporary Latin American art. It is the only museum of its kind in the western United States. The museum was founded by Dr. Robert Gumbiner and...

Bigger, faster and more powerful than her predecessor the ship Titanic, the RMS Queen Mary lived a long life that included 1,001 successful Atlantic crossings. Built at the John Brown shipyard on the Clyde, Scotland, in 1937, the Queen Mary held the record for the...

The museum occupies the historic 1912 Elizabeth Milbank Anderson house and carriage house (both attributed to architect Charles Alonzo Rich[1]) and a new two-story pavilion, and includes oceanfront gardens. Strengths in the permanent collection include American...

The mission of our museum is to collect, preserve, and display the deeply rich history of the Long Beach Fire Department. Our collection has grown over time from little more than an idea and one old fire truck to a collection that can show the evolution of fire...

The Drum Barracks is the last remaining original American Civil War era military facility in the Los Angeles area. Located in the Wilmington section of Los Angeles, near the Port of Los Angeles, it has been designated as a California Historic Landmark, a Los Angeles...

The Banning Museum was built in 1864 by Phineas Banning the founder of Wilmington, CA. Eleven of the twenty-three rooms of the Greek Revival style residence are carefully restored in Victorian period style and open to the public.

The EBM Japanese Garden was established in 1981 through the generosity of Loraine Miller Collins in memory of her late husband. The 1.3 acre site boasts a large koi pond, tea house, and dry garden. The garden hosts public education events during the year including:...

The archive contains more than 100,000 items including documents, maps, photographs, books, scrapbooks, yearbooks, architectural pieces, textiles, uniforms, advertising, menus, postcards, blueprints, publications, phone and address directories, historical...

Rancho Los Alamitos takes its name from a Mexican land grant in southwestern Los Angeles County and northwestern Orange County. Los Alamitos means the Little Cottonwoods or Poplars in Spanish, after the native Fremont Cottonwood (Populus fremontii) trees there....