Southern California Museums

Ethnicity and Culture
These are museums about general ethnicity and culture, or focus on a specific ethnicities and cultures, or those that have featured exhibits on the topic.

African American

Dora Nelson African American Art and History Museum, Perris (art, ethnic, religion, San Bernardino County)

Asian / Asian American

Chinese American Museum, Los Angeles (ethnic, LA County)

European American

Italian American Museum, Los Angeles (ethnic, LA County)

Native California / Native American

Autry National Center of the American West, Los Angeles (entertainment, ethnic, LA County, Native American)

Avila Adobe, Los Angeles (architecture, CA history, ethnic, LA County)

El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, Los Angeles (CA history, ethnic, LA County)

Perris Valley Museum, Perris (railroad, architecture, Native American, Riverside County)

San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands (geology, Native American, natural history, San Bernadino County)

Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Los Angeles (ethnic, LA County, Native American)

Other

Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (art, culture, LA County, West LA)