Things to Do in Los Angeles
Looking for things to do in Los Angeles? This list of 10 includes Griffith Observatory (Los Feliz, Los Angeles). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, so voting decides it from here.
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Griffith Observatory
attractionLos Feliz, Los Angeles
Free public observatory on Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park, open since 1935. Its 12-inch Zeiss telescope has drawn more than 9 million viewers, among the most-used telescopes worldwide.
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The Getty Center
attractionBrentwood, Los Angeles
Free art museum on a hilltop Brentwood campus that opened in 1997; the $1.3 billion complex draws about 1.8 million visitors a year to see European art and photography.
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Getty Villa
attractionPacific Palisades, Los Angeles
Getty's antiquities museum in Pacific Palisades, near Malibu; closed by the January 2025 Palisades Fire, which killed 44% of its trees, then reopened to visitors on June 27, 2025.
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The Broad
attractionDowntown, Los Angeles
Free contemporary art museum on Grand Avenue downtown; opened in 2015 and holds close to 2,000 postwar and contemporary artworks from the Broad collection.
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Walt Disney Concert Hall
attractionDowntown, Los Angeles
Frank Gehry-designed concert hall in downtown LA's Bunker Hill area; opened in October 2003 as home to the LA Philharmonic, seating 2,265 in its main auditorium.
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
attractionMiracle Mile, Los Angeles
The largest art museum in the western US, on Wilshire Boulevard in Miracle Mile; founded in 1961, its collection holds more than 120,000 objects spanning art history.
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Exposition Park, Los Angeles
County natural history museum in Exposition Park, open since 1913; its collection holds nearly 35 million specimens and artifacts spanning 4.5 billion years.
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California Science Center
attractionExposition Park, Los Angeles
Free science museum in Exposition Park, renamed from the California Museum of Science and Industry in 1998; permanent galleries include the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
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Watts Towers
attractionWatts, Los Angeles
Seventeen mosaic steel sculptures in Watts, built alone over 33 years (1921-1954) by Italian immigrant Sabato Rodia; the tallest stands 99.5 feet and is a National Historic Landmark.
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TCL Chinese Theatre
attractionHollywood, Los Angeles
Ornate 1927 movie palace on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; its forecourt holds nearly 200 celebrity hand- and footprint blocks in concrete, a Hollywood tradition since it opened.
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