California African American Museum — Attraction in Los Angeles

The California African American Museum is drop dead unbelievable. The quality of the art is world class. The spacious open feeling of the lobby is fabulous. The quality of the presentation of the art in each of the four galleries is fabulous. The the first one called Visibly Invisible is just a knock out. It is all about albinism in Tanzania and in Jamaica and to a lesser degree in the United States. The people are discriminated against because they are albino. It is gripping touching and incredibly informative. The prejudice and literal hacking away of body parts for sale to witch doctors is beyond shocking to learn that this is happening on earth today. Beyond words for sure. The next gallery Curvature: Lines and Shapes is a quite interesting style. Several of my artist friends I would like to come see this one. I will be encouraging them to this location as soon as possible. The art is a bit abstract here for me, but of great quality. I enjoyed it very much. The next gallery show was titled Lookin' Back In Front Of Me had selected pieces of art from the works of Mark Steven Greenfield. He was a director of the Watts Towers Museum Arts Center. Asa supporter of the arts and local artists for decades, his range of work is eye opening and wonderful. The next gallery had even more incredible history and art of Los Angeles. All I can say at this time is that I was overwhelmed at the quality of this gallery and the art therein. Oh yes. It's...

I give my honest opinion. Not trying to satisfy everyone's optimism. Lol just Honest. I was expecting more considering its an AFRICAN AMERICAN museum. All the commentators/ narrators were Asian. I ddnt see REAL AA HISTORY. from slavery Artifacts, to Black panther memoirs, to all FAMOUS BLACK INVENTORS, OR black Politicals who made history. Nothing!!! Who built the White House? Others were mentioned but ...who was that?? Only W.E.B Du Bois was acknowledged but minutia. No Harriet Tubman, No Martin Luther King, No Rosa Parks, No Fredrick douglass, No George Washinton Carver, No Thurgood Marshall, No Madam CJ Walker,...etc I mean I could go for days. The one in Atlanta is better. More art, important black heros and inventors, Art work, artifacts, acknowledgment of the people who paved the way for us. Figurines, Art, Slavery chains and all kind of stuff. This one is just blah. I really didn't learn anything. Alot of blankets I the walls which didn't speak to me at all. Where's the REAL STUFF CALIFORNIA? LOL. We walked in, walked through about 8mins and...

I am so glad this museum has opened up since Covid. I made it a point for my family and I to visit this museum when visiting Los Angeles and it was a great idea!

As soon as you walk in, there's a great big beautiful open vestibule. The young lady who sat at the desk was so kind and greeted us warmly. We were able to visit the 4 exhibition rooms uninterrupted. The sign's were clear. Certain exhibition rooms had signs to let you know how many people were allowed at a time.

We picked a good time to go because we were able to view the rooms we wanted without restrictions. They had great exhibitions, exhibitions with detailed narratives beside them all. One room even had a short film playing so that you could stand and view. It was 2 to 4 minutes long.

I would definitely recommend this museum to anyone visiting this area, it's...