UCLA Meteorite Gallery — Attraction in Los Angeles

This is one of those awesome hidden opportunities LA has to offer! This is a FREE tiny museum that is in a single room in the UCLA campus. It’s very small, but it’s pretty amazing! You get a chance to see some meteorites up close and personal, touch them and even use a provided magnet to prove their magnetism!

You probably won’t spend too long here, but the campus is beautiful. I’d recommend seeing the (also free) Fowler Museum which is a short 8 minute walk away also on campus. There are other things to see here too like the botanical gardens and a sculpture garden. We also did the (again FREE) Hammer museum a...

We were fortunate to talk with the curator. He was very enthusiastic and told us stories about the origins and travels of the meteorite samples. The collection is a portion of those available for research. While there a group of visiting elementary students came through. They were excited to see the displays and had lots of questions answered. This is a rare gem at UCLA and an important...

I found the Gallery very interesting with meteorite pieces from all over the world. There were explanations, pictures, some one could touch and some cut thinly with the light shining through them. The rest of the corridor was also intetesting with specimen of semi-precious stones and movies about space activities....