List of museums in Los Angeles

This list of museums in Los Angeles is a list of museums located within the City of Los Angeles, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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Defunct museums

 * Animal Museum, closed May 2017
 * ARCO Center for Visual Art, closed in 1984
 * Children's Museum of Los Angeles, closed in 2000
 * Hollywood Erotic Museum, closed in 2006
 * Sports Museum of Los Angeles, closed in 2016
 * VIVA Art Center – Valley Institute of Visual Art, Sherman Oaks, closed in 2011
 * Wells Fargo History Museum (Los Angeles), closed in 2020