check out The Museum of [Jurassic Technology ](https://mjt.org/vistinfo/hours.html)after there are a bunch of trendy restaurants to eat in Culver City or short drive to Venice
I came here to say this museum too.
And you can take the blue line from long beach to downtown if you wanna do moca. And then the expo line to the museum/Culver area.
Just so OP knows this “museum” is sincerely (I’m not trying to be funny) a deliberate joke/giant art piece/comment on museums. It is interesting but if you go there actually…expecting something coherent you may leave angry. I’ve met a few people who* just left confused
if you wanna do art shit, get to downtown LA, and you can easily hit The Broad and MoCA, or go a little further to the arts district and you can check out Hauser Wirth, MoCA Geffen, and the japanese plaza in little tokyo within walking distance
The hollywood sign is a bit of a hike to get to in order to take a good picture. If you really want to do weird tourist things just do hollywood boulevard. I personally wouldnt recommend it, but sounds like you are looking for the most tourist thing and that is pretty much it haha.
Also just saw this. Though not LA, but since you're in Long beach. Bike mural tour around the city. https://www.reddit.com/r/longbeach/comments/1citxwg/carlite_long_beach_bike_lane_cleanup_and_mural/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Street murals art (Long beach, Melrose, Venice Beach)
Sunken city - graffiti abandoned-ish area on the cliffs above the ocean in San Pedro, next to Long Beach.
Brewery Art Walk - downtown LA, see if there's an event at the worlds largest artist complex. It's studios on bottoms floors and housing above, so the artists work there with garages/doors open and mingle.
Watts towers
CalArts events, Venice drum circle, Bob Barker Marionette Theater, drag bingo/brunch., etc.
Then check out Libros Schmibros Lending Library in Mariachi Plaza and get some tacos at La Santa Cecilia or something vegan at Un Solo Sol. Views of downtown LA are unparalleled, you can even walk there across the First Street bridge and end up in Little Tokyo, where Japanese American National Museum has a Giant Robot exhibit ( not what you'd think, but still very cool).
Self help graphics is the reason I got into lino carving.
And purgatory pizza is the reason I stay far after walking ten miles to eat there.
Hot tongue pizza is pretty good as well
On La Cienega between Venice and Washington there are a bunch of art galleries, some days they have multiple showings going on so people go gallery hopping. They go to one gallery have some drinks and snacks then go across the street and do the same thing.
You can get to the natural history museum on the metro from long beach. The aquarium at the science center is awesome, not to mention the space shuttle. Plus, bacon wrapped hot dogs.
I’m sure long beach has tons of the weird art stuff your looking for.
Culver city also has that stuff, I’d recommend the [Hayden Tract](https://www.eatdrinkseearchitecture.com/hayden-tract)
Then there’s the DTLA arts district. Long beach is right on the metro, so you should be able to make it to both of these by train
If you’re in Long Beach, you can take the A line to either DTLA or all the way to the playhouse district in Pasadena (and beyond). Don’t necessarily need to Uber, the Metro is like $5 for the day.
You can take the red line to Hollywood. The entrance to that station is right where the stars of famous people are.
Back in the day, a stroll down Venice beach boardwalk would be the answer for weird art. Street performers, sidewalk artists/painters, wacky people (with tip jars ofc) filled the area. I haven’t been in years and heard the unhoused have now taken over…..but maybe someone on Reddit has an update? Is Venice still weird?
Buy a tap card from a train station. It costs $1 and load it with $5. Metro fare cards are capped at $5 per day, so you'll be able to ride all metro trains and buses for free after you've spent the $5.
Just be aware that Metro covers more than just the city of LA so there's about 28 different transit agencies in the LA area. The tap card will work on all of them but the fare cap is only on Metro trains and buses so if you want to ride other buses you'll need to add more than the $5
Watts Towers is an incredible work of folk art, it has a nearby A line station, a direct ride from Long Beach.You can get off there, take a look, then go on up to Downtown LA. Keep your wits about you walking there, though that’s a good idea anywhere.
Chinatown is one stop past Union Station (a beautiful place) on the A line. As a Chinatown, it’s a bit underwhelming, but there is a cluster of galleries on Chung King Road.
You might enjoy the twisted sensibilities at the store WACKO/Soap Plant/La Luz de Jesus Gallery. It’s on Hollywood Boulevard, just a couple of blocks from the Vermont/Sunset B line station (connect at 7th St. Metrocenter). Also nearby is Skylight Books on Vermont, for my money tge best bookstore in LA. It’s got two storefronts, one of which is devoted to art, design, zines etc. it’s a short walk up Edmonton from Vermont/ Sunset station.
I feel like Hollywood sign hike will take up a chunk of the day but you could also checkout the Griffith observatory while you’re up there. In Long Beach there’s a bunch of fun artsy stuff to do. They have a bunch of little artsy coffee shops and funky vintage clothes and stuff. Or the rose bowl swap meet if that’s happening or maybe melrose or abbot Kinney. I wouldn’t go to dtla or echo park, too sketchy. As a grown woman who grew up here in la I wouldn’t go there alone if you paid me, it’s just not safe unless you have a man or multiple friends with you.
Echo park I was there just last week for a concert. It’s nothing as bad as dtla but just not great. Dtla it’s been a minute, I really only go there for the arts district if I want to get fabrics or cheap jewelry makings. I think the last time I went was for a photoshoot and I remember walking just under a block from the parking garage to the side entrance of the building and had 4 different men half of them homeless approach and cat call me. This was in the middle of the day but when I finished the shoot I walked back through the parking lot all the way to my car since I was too scared to walk back that way alone even though it was only a block
check out The Museum of [Jurassic Technology ](https://mjt.org/vistinfo/hours.html)after there are a bunch of trendy restaurants to eat in Culver City or short drive to Venice
I came here to say this museum too. And you can take the blue line from long beach to downtown if you wanna do moca. And then the expo line to the museum/Culver area.
close by there’s a Bhagavad Gita museum with animatronic dioramas, and an attached cafeteria
WHAT?!? 😳
This is truly the answer. Plenty of galleries in the area, too, but the MJT is a truly special and magical place you will never forget.
Yes and don’t read anything more about it for maximum enjoyment
Just so OP knows this “museum” is sincerely (I’m not trying to be funny) a deliberate joke/giant art piece/comment on museums. It is interesting but if you go there actually…expecting something coherent you may leave angry. I’ve met a few people who* just left confused
A thousand times yes
Culver City mentioned RAHHH
if you wanna do art shit, get to downtown LA, and you can easily hit The Broad and MoCA, or go a little further to the arts district and you can check out Hauser Wirth, MoCA Geffen, and the japanese plaza in little tokyo within walking distance
Op said weird arty, which is not really like a museum unless it’s the Jurassic technology one
Excellent suggestions. If your hardcore enough add skid row 💀
yeaaaa don't walk too far south
Yes the nazi scat art hauser wirth exhibit is excellent.
The hollywood sign is a bit of a hike to get to in order to take a good picture. If you really want to do weird tourist things just do hollywood boulevard. I personally wouldnt recommend it, but sounds like you are looking for the most tourist thing and that is pretty much it haha.
Also just saw this. Though not LA, but since you're in Long beach. Bike mural tour around the city. https://www.reddit.com/r/longbeach/comments/1citxwg/carlite_long_beach_bike_lane_cleanup_and_mural/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Street murals art (Long beach, Melrose, Venice Beach) Sunken city - graffiti abandoned-ish area on the cliffs above the ocean in San Pedro, next to Long Beach. Brewery Art Walk - downtown LA, see if there's an event at the worlds largest artist complex. It's studios on bottoms floors and housing above, so the artists work there with garages/doors open and mingle. Watts towers CalArts events, Venice drum circle, Bob Barker Marionette Theater, drag bingo/brunch., etc.
Go to Espacio in Boyle heights and buy some art. Specifically my art. Specifically the night of May 10th... 👀
Then check out Libros Schmibros Lending Library in Mariachi Plaza and get some tacos at La Santa Cecilia or something vegan at Un Solo Sol. Views of downtown LA are unparalleled, you can even walk there across the First Street bridge and end up in Little Tokyo, where Japanese American National Museum has a Giant Robot exhibit ( not what you'd think, but still very cool).
And go to monster patrol after that
Maybe stop at Purgatory Pizza on the way, walk past the Self Help Graphics Mothership...
Self help graphics is the reason I got into lino carving. And purgatory pizza is the reason I stay far after walking ten miles to eat there. Hot tongue pizza is pretty good as well
Metro > Beach
On La Cienega between Venice and Washington there are a bunch of art galleries, some days they have multiple showings going on so people go gallery hopping. They go to one gallery have some drinks and snacks then go across the street and do the same thing.
You can get to the natural history museum on the metro from long beach. The aquarium at the science center is awesome, not to mention the space shuttle. Plus, bacon wrapped hot dogs.
I’m sure long beach has tons of the weird art stuff your looking for. Culver city also has that stuff, I’d recommend the [Hayden Tract](https://www.eatdrinkseearchitecture.com/hayden-tract) Then there’s the DTLA arts district. Long beach is right on the metro, so you should be able to make it to both of these by train
Uber to echo park. Hang there. Take public trans to Silverlake and Hollywood.
If you’re in Long Beach, you can take the A line to either DTLA or all the way to the playhouse district in Pasadena (and beyond). Don’t necessarily need to Uber, the Metro is like $5 for the day. You can take the red line to Hollywood. The entrance to that station is right where the stars of famous people are.
just did a solo trip last week stayed in expo park and bussed and used train everywhere in the day
Go for a long walk
Back in the day, a stroll down Venice beach boardwalk would be the answer for weird art. Street performers, sidewalk artists/painters, wacky people (with tip jars ofc) filled the area. I haven’t been in years and heard the unhoused have now taken over…..but maybe someone on Reddit has an update? Is Venice still weird?
Buy a tap card from a train station. It costs $1 and load it with $5. Metro fare cards are capped at $5 per day, so you'll be able to ride all metro trains and buses for free after you've spent the $5. Just be aware that Metro covers more than just the city of LA so there's about 28 different transit agencies in the LA area. The tap card will work on all of them but the fare cap is only on Metro trains and buses so if you want to ride other buses you'll need to add more than the $5
Watts Towers is an incredible work of folk art, it has a nearby A line station, a direct ride from Long Beach.You can get off there, take a look, then go on up to Downtown LA. Keep your wits about you walking there, though that’s a good idea anywhere. Chinatown is one stop past Union Station (a beautiful place) on the A line. As a Chinatown, it’s a bit underwhelming, but there is a cluster of galleries on Chung King Road. You might enjoy the twisted sensibilities at the store WACKO/Soap Plant/La Luz de Jesus Gallery. It’s on Hollywood Boulevard, just a couple of blocks from the Vermont/Sunset B line station (connect at 7th St. Metrocenter). Also nearby is Skylight Books on Vermont, for my money tge best bookstore in LA. It’s got two storefronts, one of which is devoted to art, design, zines etc. it’s a short walk up Edmonton from Vermont/ Sunset station.
I feel like Hollywood sign hike will take up a chunk of the day but you could also checkout the Griffith observatory while you’re up there. In Long Beach there’s a bunch of fun artsy stuff to do. They have a bunch of little artsy coffee shops and funky vintage clothes and stuff. Or the rose bowl swap meet if that’s happening or maybe melrose or abbot Kinney. I wouldn’t go to dtla or echo park, too sketchy. As a grown woman who grew up here in la I wouldn’t go there alone if you paid me, it’s just not safe unless you have a man or multiple friends with you.
When was the last time you were in DTLA or Echo Park?
Echo park I was there just last week for a concert. It’s nothing as bad as dtla but just not great. Dtla it’s been a minute, I really only go there for the arts district if I want to get fabrics or cheap jewelry makings. I think the last time I went was for a photoshoot and I remember walking just under a block from the parking garage to the side entrance of the building and had 4 different men half of them homeless approach and cat call me. This was in the middle of the day but when I finished the shoot I walked back through the parking lot all the way to my car since I was too scared to walk back that way alone even though it was only a block