Museums
Long Beach Museum of Art

Long Beach Museum of Art is a nationally recognized art museum situated on a magnificent bluff-top site overlooking Long Beach Harbor and the Pacific Ocean, in Long Beach, California. It showcases some of the rarest collections of American and European art, spanning more than 300 years.

The building that houses the LBMA was constructed in 1912 to be the summer home of New York philanthropist Elizabeth Milbank Anderson. The house later served as a private social club and a World War II officers club before eventually becoming the museum in 1957. The present LBMA campus includes the historic Anderson house and carriage house, oceanfront gardens, and a newer pavilion with two floors of expansive gallery space for changing exhibitions. The historic buildings house the administrative offices, café and the museum store.

The LBMA’s prized permanent collection includes approximately 5,000 paintings, drawings, works on paper, sculptures, rare furnishings and accessories, American decorative arts, early 20th Century European art, California Modernism and contemporary art, including the largest art video archive in the country.

The museum also undertakes extensive educational programs for children and adults, musical programs, festivals, and other special events.

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