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Sightseeing Attractions in California
Burlingame
Museum of Pez Memorabilia
- Pez candy was created by Austrian Eduard Haas in
1927, as a mint for adults trying to quit smoking
(Pez is the abbreviation of peppermint in German:
PfeffErminZ). Character heads were added to Pez dispensers
in 1952. Currently there are hundreds of different
models (there is some disagreement on the total).
Pez-lover Gary Doss has most of them, ordered in neat
rows in his Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia.
www.spectrumnet.com/pez
Culver
City
Museum of Jurassic Technology
The Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles,
California is an educational institution dedicated
to the advancement of knowledge and the public appreciation
of the Lower Jurassic. www.mjt.org
El
Segundo
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Aquarium
of the Pacific |
Long
Beach
Celebrating
the planet’s largest and most diverse body of
water, the Aquarium of the
Pacific is a world-class, new breed aquarium.
More than a million gallons of Pacific salt water
is required to fill 17 major habitats and 30 smaller
exhibits at the Aquarium Of The Pacific. More than
12,000 live marine specimens representing 550 species
reside at the huge, world-class aquarium. The largest habitat utilizes 350,000 gallons
of salt water. www.aquariumofpacific.org
Los
Angeles
The J. Paul Getty Museum collects and exhibits
Greek and Roman antiquities, European painting, drawings,
manuscripts, sculpture, decorative arts, and European
and American photographs and offers a range of special
exhibitions and educational programs. www.getty.edu
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles is home to one of the country's finest
collections of American and European art created since
1940. MOCA currently holds approximately 5,000 objects
in all visual media, ranging from masterpieces of
Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art to recent works
by young and emerging artists. www.moca.org
San
Diego
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From traditional holiday parades and festivals to the migration of California gray whales along the Pacific coast, a visit to San Diego during the winter offers a wealth of free, fun and festive experiences. Visitors to the region can escape overcast skies and the wintry cold for San Diego's brilliant sunshine and temperate climate and enjoy diverse wintertime experiences. [Go Now]
The San Diego
Automotive Museum showcases over 80 classic
and historically significant vehicles from horseless
carriages to 50s favorites, from muscle cars to motorcycles
- even innovations of the future! Spectacular rotating
special exhibits take stage throughout the year. www.sdautomuseum.org
San
Francisco
Set in Golden Gate Park, the de
Young Museum is San Francisco's oldest
public museum, dating back to the 1894 Midwinter Exposition.
The de Young Museum houses American art, African art,
Oceanic art, art of the Americas, and textiles. www.thinker.org/deyoung
Housed
within the walls of San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, the Exploratorium is a collage of over 650 science, art, and human perception exhibits. www.exploratorium.edu
The Legion
of Honor museum
displays an impressive collection of 4,000 years of
ancient and European art in an unforgettable setting
overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. www.thinker.org/legion |
