# Things to Do in Los Angeles

Museums, performance venues and landmarks within the City of Los Angeles proper, not the separately incorporated cities that surround it. · community starter list

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.

**Where:** [Third Platz](/.md) / [United States](/united-states.md) / Los Angeles
**Updated:** 2026-08-20 12:08:58

1. **[Griffith Observatory](/e/griffith-observatory---1009.md)** (attraction) — 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. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffith_Observatory, https://griffithobservatory.lacity.gov/visit/
2. **[The Getty Center](/e/the-getty-center---1010.md)** (attraction) — 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. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getty_Center, https://www.getty.edu/visit/center/
3. **[Getty Villa](/e/getty-villa---1011.md)** (attraction) — 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. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/news/the-getty-villa-is-finally-back-open-after-the-palisades-fire-062725, https://www.getty.edu/news/getty-villa-museum-to-reopen-june-27-following-palisades-fire-closure/
4. **[The Broad](/e/the-broad---1012.md)** (attraction) — 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. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Broad, https://www.thebroad.org/about/broad
5. **[Walt Disney Concert Hall](/e/walt-disney-concert-hall---1013.md)** (attraction) — 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. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Concert_Hall, https://www.laphil.com/about/our-venues/about-the-walt-disney-concert-hall
6. **[Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)](/e/los-angeles-county-museum-of-art-lacma---1014.md)** (attraction) — 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. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art, https://www.lacma.org/visit
7. **[Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County](/e/natural-history-museum-of-los-angeles-county---1015.md)** (attraction) — County natural history museum in Exposition Park, open since 1913; its collection holds nearly 35 million specimens and artifacts spanning 4.5 billion years. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_History_Museum_of_Los_Angeles_County, https://nhm.org/about-exposition-park
8. **[California Science Center](/e/california-science-center---1016.md)** (attraction) — Free science museum in Exposition Park, renamed from the California Museum of Science and Industry in 1998; permanent galleries include the Space Shuttle Endeavour. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/06/24/governor-newsom-welcomes-first-public-preview-of-california-science-centers-new-air-and-space-center-ahead-of-november-opening/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Science_Center
9. **[Watts Towers](/e/watts-towers---1017.md)** (attraction) — 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. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_Towers, https://www.wattstowers.org/about-us
10. **[TCL Chinese Theatre](/e/tcl-chinese-theatre---1018.md)** (attraction) — 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. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grauman%27s_Chinese_Theatre, https://theatrelibrary.org/tcl-chinese-theatre/

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