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Hammer Museum UCLA ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER:
10899 Wilshire Blvd., Westwood - 310-443-7000.
Located in the heart of Westwood Village, the facility includes approximately 14,000 square feet of exhibition space as well as an open-air courtyard which is used for outdoor performances and community events. The Armand Hammer Collection features primarily Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings by worldrenowned artists including Claude Monet, Edouard Manet, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec and Vincent Van Gogh. The Museum offers an array of cultural programs for audiences of all ages, including Sunday Afternoons for Kids, which are workshops designed for children aged 8–13. In addition, the museum houses the UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, which is composed of more than 45,000 prints, drawings, photographs and artists’ books dating from the Renaissance to the present. The Courtyard Café offers a variety of snacks and beverages, and the Gallery Bookstore carries books, jewelry, prints, posters, and children’s literature and gifts. The Museum is open Tuesday–Wednesday and Friday–Saturday from 11:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m., until 9:00 p.m. on Thursday; and until 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. Closed Monday. Admission is $5.00 for adults, $3.00 for seniors and UCLA Alumni Association Members. Free for museum members, UCLA students, faculty/staff with ID, and children under 17. Admission is free for all visitors on Thursdays. Parking under the Museum is $3.00 for the first three hours with validation. Visit www.hammer.ucla.edu.

FOWLER MUSEUM OF CULTURAL HISTORY celebrates the world’s diverse cultures and rich visual arts, especially those of Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and the Americas, past and present. A variety of exhibitions draw upon the disciplines of art history, anthropology, folklore, archaeology and ethnomusicology. Multimedia and interactive displays accompany written information on each exhibit. Three galleries showcase changing exhibitions, some of them traveling throughout the country. The fourth gallery permanently houses European, English, and American silver dating from the 17th century. The Museum is open Wednesday–Sunday from noon–5:00 p.m., and Thursday until 8:00 p.m. Closed Monday and Tuesday. Admission is free. Call (310) 825-4361 for general information. Visit www.fmch.ucla.edu for more information.

The Hannah Carter Japanese Garden The HANNAH CARTER JAPANESE GARDEN is an authentic, oneacre Kyoto-style garden located one mile from campus in Bel Air. Major structures in the garden including the main gate, teahouse, bridges and shrine were built in Japan and reassembled here. Antique stone carvings, water basins and lanterns, as well as the 5-tier pagoda, and key symbolic rocks are also from Japan. A focal point of the garden is the pond with colorful koi swimming among the water lilies. The staff and volunteers coordinate docent-guided tours for schools, garden clubs, retirement homes and campus departments. One hour self guided tours are available by reservation only on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday between 10:00 a.m.– 3:00 p.m. Call 310-794-0320 or visit gardens@support.ucla.edu for more information.

MATHIAS BOTANICAL GARDENS, seven acres at the southeast corner of campus, contain a beautiful teaching and research collection of about 5,000 species of plants of the world. It is a lovely area for picnics. Included are a native section, desert, garden, lath-house, and experimental field. Adjoining is the plant physiology building, with glass houses and growth chambers.

The herbarium contains a teaching and research collection of about 250,000 specimens representative of the flora of the world, with special collections of ornamental species cultivated in Southern California. Open Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. — 310-825-1260.

Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden
Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden provides a quiet refuge in an outdoor setting

The FRANKLIN D. MURPHY SCULPTURE GARDEN,on the north end of campus, is one of the most distinguished outdoor sculpture gardens in the country. The five-acre garden features over 70 sculptures. Major artists of the 19th and 20th century are represented, including works by Matisse, Rodin, Lipschitz, Moore, Calder, Arp and Miro. To schedule a tour, call 310-443-7040.

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