Norton Simon Museum
Rodin at the door, a sculpture-ringed pond out back, European paintings somewhere in between.
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European paintings, tapestries, and Asian woodblock prints share space with a generous outdoor sculpture garden. The 1969 curvilinear building sits on the Rose Parade route along Colorado Boulevard — its brown tile exterior has appeared in New Year's Day broadcasts for decades. An onsite theater runs film programs daily alongside year-round lectures and live performances.
What to look for
- Rodin sculptures clustered near the main entrance
- The large pond with sculptures arranged through the surrounding landscape
- The brown tile exterior along Colorado Boulevard — the same view seen in Rose Parade TV broadcasts
The Norton Simon Theater shows films daily; check the calendar for lectures or performances before your visit.
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More to see in Los Angeles
- Hollywood Walk of Fame2,850 names pressed into pink terrazzo underfoot — actors, inventors, fictional characters, all at six-foot intervals for 1.3 miles.
- Dolby TheatreThe red carpet runs up these stairs every awards season — where Hollywood officially crowns its year.
- SoFi StadiumA million-square-foot canopy embedded with 27,000 LED pucks bright enough to be seen from planes descending into LAX.
- Hollywood SignA 1923 real-estate billboard that refused to come down — and ended up owning the word "Hollywood" itself.
- U.S. Bank TowerLA sold the sky above a fire-gutted library to fund its own rebuilding — and got its second-tallest tower in the bargain.
- Rose BowlA century-old sunken oval where the 1994 World Cup Final was settled — and the 2028 Olympics will return to do it again.