The largest art museum in the western U.S.
Since its inception in 1965, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has been devoted to collecting art with a broad historical and geographical remit, reflecting Los Angeles’s rich cultural heritage and diverse population. LACMA holds more than 150,000 objects that illuminate 6,000 years of global art history and is particularly celebrated for its contemporary program. A world-class museum and a vital cultural center for Southern California, it shares the vast collections through a range of regional, national and global partnerships. The 20-acre campus on Wilshire Boulevard, situated between the ocean and downtown, attracts more than 1 million visitors a year. In 2026, LACMA is set to gain a landmark new building designed by Peter Zumthor, the David Geffen Galleries, presenting non-hierarchical displays of the encyclopedic collection across a single level.
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