• Guggenheim Museum of Art
   
  Focusing on art of the 20th century and beyond, the museum in New York is the heart of an international network of museums. Its circular architecture is one of the most famous buildings in the world.
   
  
  http://www.guggenheim.org/

   
• Bowers Museum of Cultural Art
   
  The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art is a highly acclaimed institution of cultural art that has organized some of the largest and most culturally significant exhibitions in the country.

   

  http://www.bowers.org/

• Craft and Folk Art Museum
   
  "Folk art offers cultural insights not readily seen in other art forms since it is created with an awareness of, and a connection to tradition and community.  The process of creating folk art is a varied and dynamic one that builds on traditional methods or ideas, but also includes individual creativity and contemporary influences. This artistic merger of social order and individual creativity offers incredible insight into global and local values and beliefs." The Craft and Folk Art Museum is located across the street from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

   

   http://www.cafam.org/

• Grand Central Art Center (GCAC)

  CSUF's Grand Central Art Center is located in the Artists Village in Santa Ana. Contemporary art is shown there.
  

   http://www.grandcentralartcenter.com

• Guggenheim Gallery

  The Guggenheim Gallery is located at Chapman University.

   

   
  http://www.chapman.edu/art/guggenheim.asp
   

• Hammer Museum

  The Hammer Museum is run by UCLA. It collects and exhibits contemporary art.

  http://hammer.ucla.edu/

   

  
  Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
   

• LACMA is one of the most major art museums in the United States. They offer both exhbitions of art in their permanent collections as well as temporary or traveling shows of art from ancient to modern times from around the world.

  http://www.lacma.org/

• Louvre Museum

  The Louvre Museum is located in Paris, France. It is one of the largest and most important art museums in the world.

  http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp?bmLocale=en

   

• Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met)

  The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) is a vast and complex museum, one of our country's and world's treasures. They display multiple exhibitions consecutively representing art from all over the world.
  

  http://www.metmuseum.org/

• Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA)

  Located on Grand Street in the center of downtown Los Angeles, MoCA is a dynamic museum that represents the exciting world of the art of our time.
  
  
  http://www.moca.org/
   

• Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

  The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an important museum in New York with an eclectic array of exhibitions.
  

   http://www.moma.org/

• Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA)

  Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA) is an artist cooperative located in the Santa Ana Artists Village. Local artists run the gallery and take turns diplaying their artwork.
  

   http://www.occca.org/

   

• Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA)

  The Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) is located at Fashion Island in Newport Beach. It displays art from its permanent collection as well as traveling exhibitions.
  

   http://www.occca.org/

   

• The Getty Museum and the Getty Villa (The Getty)

  The Getty is a vast cultural resource made up of two museums, a research institute, and observation Institute. Located in Los Angeles and surrounded by an amazing garden, it is free to visit. It holds a vast collection of different kinds of art from all times and places.
  

   http://www.getty.edu/

   

• Watts Towers

  The Watts Towers were built by Simon Rodia, an immigrant from Italy, in Watts, Los Angeles. He independently created huge, fanciful towers made of cement, steel, and decorated with found objects including bits of ceramic tile, shells, and broken glass. His extrordinary folk art is cherished by the world.
  
  
  http://www.wattstowers.us/

   
• Whitney Museum of American Art
  
  

• The Whitney Museum of American Art is in Manhattan, New York. It is a very important museum with a wonderful collection and offers engaging exhibitions of art.  

             http://Whitney.org/