museums

At long last, Southern California’s signature industry has a museum all its own. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opened this week in the old, and now completely refurbished and repurposed, May Company building on the Miracle Mile. NBC4’s Conan Nolan talks with Jessica Niebel, the collections curator at the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

Kids 12 and under will receive free admission at art, cultural, and science museums and historical sites in San Diego throughout October

Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama broke ground at the site of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago’s Jackson Park on Tuesday.

The premier institution for movies and movie-making debuts on the Miracle Mile next month; book your spot today to see the film-fun magic.

Tourist attractions and enterprising tour guides are using technology to emulate the look, feel and taste of a trip to Japan.

Rep. Adam Schiff announced that the proposed federal budget for fiscal year 2022 will include $950,000 in funding to support construction and development of the Armenian American Museum and Cultural Center of California in downtown Glendale.

There’s no shame in wanting to get that perfect selfie and The Selfie Market has proven that to be true with a huge interactive artistic space. “California Live” visits the museum based in San Francisco to walk through the 10 different rooms inspired by the world of music.

Soapy, super-fun orbs take the spotlight at the educational museum over several summer weeks.

Starting June 10, a new exhibit at the museum will feature a collection from SuperMonsterCity!, containing “a magnificent collection of 300+ action figures, posters, games and more.”

With two major events in the same weekend, the international arts scene signaled it has no intention of letting yet another year get canceled by Covid.  

The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens will reopen its art galleries Saturday after more than one year of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.  Attendance will be limited to 50% of capacity, and visitors must obtain tickets in advance at huntington.org.  Available for viewing will be the newly restored masterpiece of 18th- century British portraiture, “The Blue...

Ann Burroughs showed us why an exhibit that sits at the heart of LA’s Japanese American National Museum is one of the reasons the museum officially reopened its doors after months of Covid-related closure. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on April 16, 2021.

Southern Californians finally got the chance to enjoy some of the things they missed and love the most, from theme parks to pro sports to museums like the LACMA. Jonathan Gonzalez reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on April 1, 2021.

Your ’80s-era zoom-zoom dreams are coming true: The TV star car will be a part of the museum’s high-end auto repository.

The California Science Center was closed for more than a year, but it finally opened its doors this weekend. Kim Tobin reports for NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on March 27, 2021.

A pair of Exposition Park museums will reopen their doors Saturday after year-long closures prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but capacity will be limited and advance tickets are required.

SoCal Museums and the California Association of Museums have partnered on the project, an urgent reminder for people to mask-up.