Museum Dioramas

Natural History Museum is set to dive into L.A.'s cultural scene

2013-05-31 10:00:00

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County's famous fin whale is enjoying a rare quiet morning — one last moment of serenity before its surroundings change completely. The 63-foot whale skeleton, which hung horizontally for more than 60...

Review: Petra Schilder invokes another era at Carter & Citizen

2013-03-01 13:04:00

Dutch artist Petra Schilder’s exhibition at Carter & Citizen revitalizes a mostly bygone way of life. In the intimate gallery, Schilder has painstakingly constructed a replica of a Dutch smuiger, or fireplace, out of hand-painted ceramic tiles....

Stepping down in time | The Petersen Automotive Museum vault

2012-12-25 18:23:55

Petersen Automotive Museum to keep vault open; new chairman named

2013-01-11 06:00:00

Ever since the Petersen Automotive Museum opened the doors to its downstairs vault to the public, the institution has had a steady line of people trying to get in. For that reason, the museum said it will keep the vault open indefinitely. Petersen...

Weekend Escape: Ely brings Nevada's Old West to life

2012-11-18 00:00:00

Motorists have plenty of reasons to stop in Las Vegas, but for those whose final destination is Ely, Nev., the most important is gas. That's because the three-hour drive north on U.S. 93 is filled with so much nothing that they'll start to ask...

Review: 'Charles R. Knight' by Richard Milner

2012-07-22 00:00:00

-------------------- Charles R. Knight The Artist Who Saw Through Time Richard Milner Abrams: $40, 180 pp. -------------------- Although his is not a household name, Charles R. Knight (1874-1953) created paintings of dinosaurs, saber-toothed cats,...

Southern California Close-Ups: Downtown Los Angeles

2012-03-30 13:52:00

First published on Jan. 30, 2011. Revised and expanded in early 2012. The tourists think big. Arriving in Southern California, they expect to conquer Disneyland and Hollywood, perhaps on the same day, in between the surfing and snowboarding. Then they...

Southern California Close-up: Westside of Los Angeles

2012-06-05 10:03:00

First published on Sept. 25, 2011. Revised and expanded in early 2012. You're an outsider heading to the Westside of Los Angeles -- not the beach cities, but Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Westwood and the nearby well-heeled neighborhoods south of the Santa...

Counter Intelligence: Cooks County, fresher than modern

2012-03-23 14:25:00

We all understand what a modernist restaurant is in 2012, from the reverse encapsulations, to the liquid nitrogen, to the skinless chicken breasts as soft as butter. We have been well-versed in the future, even if most of us have never tasted that kind of...

Pop music review: Mariachi El Bronx at the Natural History Museum

2012-01-08 21:36:28

Shining a light on Light and Space art

2011-09-18 00:00:00

The artists associated with Light and Space, the movement dedicated to investigating patterns of visual perception and attention that began in Southern Californa in the 1960s, are an unruly bunch. Most reject the label out of hand. Two of the movement'...

Louis Daguerre and his daguerreotype saluted by Google

2011-11-18 16:36:40

This diorama in the museum depicts the life-like, full-sized figures of Lt. Colonel George F. McFarland, his wife and two children. Dragged into the north door of the seminary as Confederates raced in the south door, McFarland had to have one of his legs amputated.

2013-04-20 00:00:00

Open since 1998, the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center highlights the history of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and other tribes through film, dioramas, interactive computer displays, and arts and crafts collections.

2013-04-09 09:41:42

One of the many famous dioramas offered by the American Museum of Natural History

2012-11-08 16:39:37