US History Extra Credit Museum Opportunities
For extra credit, you can attend up to 3 museums per semester. In order to show that you have gone to a
location, you must turn in a ticket stub and do a 1 ½ page write up on your experience. (If there are no
tickets, as with the Getty, bring a verification form or a picture of you at the location) The “write up” will
answer the questions at the bottom and must be typed.
First Semester
Foundations
Mission San Juan Capistrano
26801 Ortega Hwy
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
(949) 234-1300
www.missionsjc.com/
San Diego Museum of Man
1350 El Prado
Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 239-2001
www.museumofman.org/index.html
Southwest Museum-American Indian
234 Museum Dr
Los Angeles, CA 90065
(323) 221-2164
southwestmuseum.org
Griffith Park Campus
Autry National Center
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA, 90027-1462
http://www.autrynationalcenter.org/visit.php
Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits
5801 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 934-PAGE (7243)
www.tarpits.org/
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007
(213) 763-DINO
http://www.nhm.org/
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and
Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
626-405-2100
http://www.huntington.org/default.aspx
Industrialization
Riverside Metropolitan Museum
3580 MISSION INN AVENUE
RIVERSIDE, CA 92501 • 951-826-5273
www.riversideca.gov/museum/
Jensen Alvarado Ranch
307 Briggs Street
Riverside CA 92519
Phone: (951) 369-6055
http://www.riversidecountyparks.org/parkdirectory/all-parks/jensen-alvarado/
Orange Empire Railway Museum
2201 S. A Street
Perris 92570
951-657-2605
www.oerm.org/
Las Angelitas del Pueblo
130 Paseo de la Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213.628.1274
www.lasangelitas.org/
Travel Town Transportation Museum
5200 Zoo Dr. Los Angeles, CA 90027
Operations: (323) 662-5874
http://www.laparks.org/grifmet/tt/index.htm
Bowers Museum
2002 North Main Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
www.bowers.org/
Heritage Square Museum
3800 Homer Street
Los Angeles, California 90031
Tel. 323-225-2700
www.heritagesquare.org/
Wells Fargo History Museum
333 South Grand Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(213) 253-7166
WFMUSEUM.LA@wellsfargo.com
Chinese American Museum
425 North Los Angeles Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
www.camla.org
San Bernardino County Museum
(909)307-2669
2024 Orange Tree Lane
Redlands, California 92374
www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us
Los Angeles Maritime Museum
Berth 84
Foot of 6th Street
San Pedro, CA 90731
Phone: 310-548-7618
www.lamaritimemuseum.org/
Maritime Museum of San Diego
1492 North Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101
www.sdmaritime.com/
Pacific Railway Museum
Campo Depot
State Highway 94 & Forrest Gate Road
Campo, California
(619) 478-9937
www.sdrm.org/
Western American Railway Museum
685 North First Street
Barstow, CA 92311
www.barstowrailmuseum.org/
In Between Wars
Petersen Automotive Museum
6060 Wilshire Blvd.(at Fairfax,)
Los Angeles, CA 90036
www.petersen.org/
Paley Center for Media
465 North Beverly Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
www.paleycenter.org/
Marconi Automotive Museum
1302 Industrial Drive,
Tustin, California 92780
714.258.3001
www.marconimuseum.org/
nethercuttcollection.org/
Sports Museum of Los Angeles
1900 S. Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90007
www.sportsmuseumla.com/
Gamble House
4 Westmoreland Place,
Pasadena, Calif.
www.gamblehouse.org
Architecture & Design Museum
5900 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90036
http://aplusd.org
Nethercutt Museum
15151 Bledsoe Street
Sylmar, CA 91342
*If you have any other ideas of a place to visit, let me know first!
*Check to make sure the place you want to visit is open!
Write-up Questions to be answered in your 1 ½ page summary:
1. Name of the place you chose to visit
2. Date of your visit
3. Did you enjoy your visit?
4. Would you suggest other students/adults visit this LA spot?
5. Name some of the highlights of your day.
6. What did you see?
7. What did this exhibit/museum try to show/demonstrate?
8. What are 3 things you learned?
US History Extra Credit Museum Opportunities
For extra credit, you can attend up to 3 museums per semester. In order to show that you have gone to a
location, you must turn in a ticket stub and do a 1 ½ page write up on your experience. (If there are no
tickets, as with the Getty, bring a verification form or a picture of you at the location) The “write up” will
answer the questions at the bottom and must be typed.
Second Semester
WWII
March Air Museum
22550 Van Buren Blvd
Riverside, CA 92518
http://209.160.64.210/~marchair/index.php?option
=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
Planes of Fame Air Museum
7000 Merrill Ave. #17
Chino, CA 91710
(909) 597-3722
www.planesoffame.org/museuminfo.php?site=Chi
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Palm Springs Air Museum
745 North Gene Autry Trail
Palm Springs, California 92262
760-778-6262 ext: 222
http://www.air-museum.org/
www.atomictestingmuseum.org/
USS Midway Museum
910 N. Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101
619.544.9600
www.midway.org
Japanese American National Museum
www.janm.org
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California 90012
phone: 213.625.0414
Manzanar National Historic Site
www.nps.gov/manz/
Museum of Tolerance
www.museumoftolerance.com
9786 W Pico Blvd
Los Angeles
(310) 553-8403
San Diego Air and Space Museum
2001 Pan American Plaza
Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 234-8291
www.aerospacemuseum.org/
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
6435 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90048
www.lamoth.org/
Atomic Testing Museum
755 E. Flamingo Rd.
Las Vegas, NV 89119
Telephone: (702) 794-5161
Post-WWII
Los Angeles Police Historical Society
6045 York Blvd
Los Angeles, 90042
www.laphs.com/
Korean American Museum
3727 West Sixth Street, Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA, 90020
213.388.4229
www.kamuseum.org
Fender Center for the Museum of Performing
Arts
365 N Main Street
Corona, CA 92880
951.735.2440
www.fendermuseum.com
California African American Museum
600 State Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
Main Number: (213) 744-7432
www.caamuseum.org/
McDonald’s Historic Site
1398 N. "E" Street
San Bernardino, CA 92405
(909) 415-7798
http://www.route-66.com/mcdonalds/
Barstow Route 66 Museum
681 N. First Avenue
Barstow, CA. 92311
760-255-1890
www.route66museum.org/
Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace
18001 Yorba Linda Blvd
Yorba Linda, Ca 92886
http://www.nixonlibraryfoundation.org/index.php
?src=
Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation &
Library
40 Presidential Drive
Simi Valley, California 93065
800-410-8354
http://www.reaganfoundation.org/
*If you have any other ideas of a place to visit, let me know first!
*Check to make sure the place you want to visit is open!
Write-up Questions to be answered in your 1 ½ page summary:
1. Name of the place you chose to visit
2. Date of your visit
3. Did you enjoy your visit?
4. Would you suggest other students/adults visit this LA spot?
5. Name some of the highlights of your day.
6. What did you see?
7. What did this exhibit/museum try to show/demonstrate?
8. What are 3 things you learned?