The best arts & culture spots in Santa Clarita

Educational museum with a focus on kids offers over 100 hands-on exhibits, plus special programs.

2500 N Main St (Santa Ana)

Famous Hollywood sidewalk area emblazoned with stars & celebrity names since 1960.

Hollywood Boulevard, Vine St (Los Angeles)

Historic landmark site featuring soaring steel towers adorned with glass, shells & colorful tiles.

1727 E 107th St (Los Angeles)

Miniature, mile-long train ride that circles the Travel Town Train Museum in Griffith Park.

5200 Zoo Dr (Los Angeles)

Soul on Fire Dance is an adult-only OC studio built for expression and community, with trauma-informed instructors and a proudly…

622 N Main St (Santa Ana)

The Los Angeles Museum of Love takes you and your person through a low-tech journey of loneliness, romance, intimacy, maybe a little storm,…

4320 Melrose Ave (Los Angeles)

Skip the doomscroll and wander Bowers Museum this week, where The American Quilt: Cloth and Commerce is in full stitch through August 30,…

2002 N Main St (Santa Ana)

Whether you’re a railfan or just need a low-key weekend plan, Santa Susana Railroad Depot & Museum delivers local history with indoor and…

Santa Susana Depot, 6503 Katherine Rd (Simi Valley)

Need a little visual pick-me-up between errands this week? Santiago Park Mural is a roughly 300-foot acrylic burst by Roberto Del Hoyo that…

Santiago Creek Bike Trail (Santa Ana)

Tom Ward Artist Mural Painter turns empty walls into stories, collaborating with you to design and paint one of a kind murals across SoCal…

2950 W Central Ave Ste 18 (Santa Ana)

This art deco landmark from 1935 features a high-tech planetarium, public telescopes & city views.

2800 E Observatory Rd (Los Angeles)

Presidential history displays, a former Air Force One, a replica Oval Office & Reagan's burial site.

40 Presidential Dr (Simi Valley)

From T. rex skeletons to an insect zoo, popular attraction holds more than 35-million artifacts.

900 Exposition Blvd (Los Angeles)

Free museum dedicated to the art, culture, and history of the San Fernando Valley, with a sculpture garden.

18904 Nordhoff St (Northridge)

Modern art museum with a honeycomb-like facade housing rotating exhibits, plus a shop & restaurant.

221 S Grand Ave (Los Angeles)

Affiliated with the Church of Scientology, museum examines psychiatry from a skeptic's perspective.

6616 Sunset Blvd (Los Angeles)

Contemporary Latin American art & educational programs featured at a museum with a sculpture garden.

628 Alamitos Ave (Long Beach)

This 20-acre campus with diverse collections spanning art history also offers screenings & concerts.

5905 Wilshire Blvd (Los Angeles)

This dance school has classes in traditional & modern styles, plus fitness workouts such as Zumba.

324 Redondo Ave (Long Beach)

One of Anaheim's first buildings, this Victorian home hosts tours on the first Saturday of each month.

400 N West St (Anaheim)

Enduring theater in a neo-classical building showcasing well-known musicals & other productions.

3050 E Los Angeles Ave (Simi Valley)

Museum & a cafe on a bluff-top site featuring galleries with works by Southern California artists.

2300 E Ocean Blvd (Long Beach)

The story of the Chumash people is told through museum exhibits & guided hikes in a 432-acre park.

3290 Lang Ranch Pkwy (Thousand Oaks)

Films & other educational exhibits on the Holocaust & ways to confront modern-day discrimination.

9786 W Pico Blvd (Los Angeles)

Quaint open-house destination featuring 2 historic homes, plus a barn and a fig tree.

400 N West St (Anaheim)

Clean, intimate venue for plays, comedy, musical performances and other shows.

24266 Main St

Public artwork consisting of a large rock balanced on a steel supports over a walkway.

5905 Wilshire Blvd (Los Angeles)

Old Hollywood photos, props & more displayed in Cecil B. DeMille's former office, a 1901 barn.

2100 Highland Ave (Los Angeles)

Iconic contemporary art museum with a vast collection of multimedia works produced since 1940.

250 S Grand Ave (Los Angeles)

Famous, sizable free museum highlighting American & European art, architecture & manicured gardens.

1200 Getty Center Dr (Los Angeles)

Monthly tours are offered at this historic home of a woman doctor with displays & artifacts.

120 W Civic Center Dr (Santa Ana)

Novelty & vintage memorabilia store also featuring a small museum for Ouija boards, oddities & more.

3204 W Magnolia Blvd (Burbank)

Gallery with a permanent collection of historical works & special exhibits of edgy contemporary art.

10899 Wilshire Blvd (Los Angeles)

Tours and exhibits devoted to the life and work of L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology.

6331 Hollywood Blvd #100 (Los Angeles)

A dazzling, French baroque-style movie palace from 1931, preserved & available for special events.

615 S Broadway (Los Angeles)

Opened in 1995, this unusual museum explores death-related topics such as crime scenes and serial killers.

6363 Selma Ave (Los Angeles)

Small museum displaying art, textiles & artifacts from the Pacific Islands, especially Micronesia.

695 Alamitos Ave (Long Beach)

Community, colorful center for the arts hosting classes, cultural events and theatrical entertainment.

3540 N Mission Rd (Los Angeles)

Spacious museum featuring exhibits with artwork & artifacts, plus a cafe & children's activities.

Griffith Park, 4700 Western Heritage Way (Los Angeles)