The Autry Museum of the American West
A museum in Los Angeles, California, called the Autry Museum of the American West is devoted to studying a comprehensive history of the American West. The 1988-founded museum offers a wide range of public programs, including talks, movies, plays, festivals, concerts for kids, and music, in addition to doing research, scholarship, and educational outreach. It draws roughly 150,000 visits a year to its two websites.
The Irene Helen Jones Parks Gallery of Art and the Gamble Firearms Gallery in its main building underwent a thorough overhaul and renovation in 2013. The new structure allowed material to be exhibited in relation to themes rather than chronology, and paintings were shown next to crafts, photography, video, and other components in new relationships in its linked opening exhibit for the Parks Gallery, Art of the West.
It's a great idea to take youngsters to the Autry Museum in Griffith Park to learn about California's past. This place provides children with an overview of the history of what made the West so wild and how it was tamed, from early settlers to the era of sheriffs and gunslingers, Annie Oakley to cowboy flicks, Chinatown to the Gold Rush.
Google Rating: 4.6/5.0
Hours: Tues.–Sun., 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Admission: $6 for kids (3-12); $14 for adults; kids under 3 are free; admission is free the second Tuesday if of each month.
Location: 4700 Western Heritage Way (across the street from the LA Zoo)Los Angeles
Website: theautry.org
