The Getty Villa Malibu
After eight years and $ 275,000,000, is the beautiful Villa Getty again welcome guests. A ticket is still one of the most coveted places in the city. Built in 1974 on the edge of a Malibu bluff with sweeping views of the sea, was a first century Roman country house buried by the eruption of Mount modeled. Vesuvius in 79 AD AD.
the museum's permanent exhibition includes the Greek, Roman and Etruscan more than 1,200 works in 23 galleriesorganized by subject and five additional galleries for changing exhibitions. Exhibitions range from everyday objects such as coins, jewelry, modern, interactive exhibits, the most important moments in the history of the ancient Mediterranean illustrate.
Highlights include the statue of a youth Victorios, a large bronze found in a shipwreck Adriatic, stored in a special room with air conditioning to get the metal, and a beautiful amphitheater of 450 seats in the open, where visitorscan rest. called in a hands-on area Family Forum, the children can take part in art activities.
A museum for an enlightening experience, I recommend you rent a player $ 3 very getty audio guide. Admission to the Getty Villa is free but advance booking is required and can be obtained online or by phone (310/440-7300).
Grauman's Chinese Theatre
This is one of the most beautiful movie palaces in the world and one of the most beautiful in Hollywood. Outrageously designed withauthentic and simulated Chinese embellishments, Grauman's Theater is designed to impress. Original Chinese heavenly doves at the top of the facade of the theater and 2 columns once supported a temple of the Ming Dynasty.
Visitors by the millions flock to the theater for its famous court entrance, where stars like Elizabeth Taylor, PAYL Newman, Ginger Rogers and about 160 other set their signatures and hand-/footprints concrete. It is not always the hands and feet: Betty Grable turned legs, the footPrints of famous horses, Bob Hope nose brand, Whoopi Goldberg's dreadlocks, and more. (310/464-8111)
Griffith Observatory
Rebel made world famous in the movie "Without a Cause bronze domes have Griffith Observatory Hollywood Hills landmarks since 1935. Most people do not go in, they came to this place, on the southern slope of Mount Hollywood for the city view unparalleled. In warm nights, with the twinkling lights below, this is one of the most romantic placesLA
The main dome was a planetarium, in which said projection shows reveal the stars and planets smog hidden to the naked eye from city lights. Other performances will take excursions into space to search for extraterrestrial life, or examine the causes of earthquakes and earthquake-moon.
The next room holds exhibits of Science galaxies, meteorites and other space objects, including a telescope on the sun, a Foucault pendulum and the earth and moon globes trained6 meters in diameter. In a clear night you can watch the sky through the powerful 12-inch telescope. (323/664-1181).
Author Name: Kenneth Ng
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