|
Arts and Museums
The list of some beautiful museums in Southern California:
Los Angeles County Museum of Arts: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90036
323 857-6000 |
http://www.lacma.org/
J. Paul Getty Museum: 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1679
(310) 440-7300
http://www.getty.edu/museum/
Museum of Tolerance: Simon Wiesenthal Plaza, 9786 West Pico Blvd (southeast corner of Pico Boulevard and Roxbury Drive), Los Angeles, CA 90035 | 310-553-8403
http://www.museumoftolerance.com/site/c.tmL6KfNVLtH/b.9052747/k.BEE4/Home.htm
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles: 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Phone: (213) 763-DINO
http://www.nhm.org/site/
Norton Simon Museum:411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91105 Tel: (626) 449-6840
http://nortonsimon.org/
Huntington Library and Botanical Garden located at 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, CA 91108
Tel: 626.405.2100
http://www.huntington.org/
Bowers Museum located at 2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana, CA 92706 Tel: (714) 567-3600
http://www.bowers.org/
Laguna Art Museum located at 307 Cliff Dr., Laguna Beach, CA 927651 Tel: (949) 494-8971
http://lagunaartmuseum.org/
Japanese American National Museum: 100 N Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Tel:(213) 625-0414
http://www.janm.org/visit/
Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
The Pacific Southwest
Railway Museum Association, Inc. is dedicated to preserving the physical
legacy, historical context, cultural landscape and experience of rail
transportation. Programs address the historical, social, economic and technical
impact of railroading with particular emphasis on railroads of San Diego County
and the larger systems with which they connected in the United States and
Mexico.
Pacific
Southwest Railway Museum – Dedicated to preserving the railroad history of the
pacific southwest and San Diego (psrm.org)
Campo Depot – 750 Depot Street, Campo, CA 91906 Tel: (619)
478-9937 -Weekends only
La Mesa Depot – 4695 Nebo Drive, La Mesa, CA 91941 Tel: (619)-465-7776
Recorded Information The Autry National Center of the American West Museum: 4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027-1462 Located northeast of downtown, across from the Los Angeles Zoo.
http://theautry.org/
The historic Southwest Museum Mt. Washington Campus: 234 Museum Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90065 Tel: 323.221.2164Open Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Free Admission
http://theautry.org/mt-washington
The International Printing Museum – 315 W. Torrance Blvd., Carson, CA 90745 The International Printing Museum is a public non-profit organization and was founded in 1988 by David Jacobson and Ernest A. Lindner and features The Lindner Collection of Antique Printing Machinery. It’s fascinating place to visit. Open Saturdays and by appointments on other days. Tel:(310) 515-7166 mail@printmuseum.org The International Printing Museum Collection and Printing Presses — International Printing Museum (printmuseum.org)
Wikipedia list of museums in Los Angeles:
Classic Arts Showcase was inspired by Lloyd E. Rigler. It was his love of the performing arts and his determination to bring the finest classic arts performances into millions of American homes – at no cost to the viewer – that made this dream a reality.
The Classical Arts Showcase shares a lot of rare classical arts performances for all to enjoy. the staff are certainly experts in compiling all good performances and definitely very inspiring and a pleasure for our senses.
http://www.classicartsshowcase.org/
An alphabetical order of musical instruments according to
country listed by Wikipedia:
National Music Instruments List:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_instruments_%28music%29
List of musical instruments by type in Wikipedia :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_instruments Wildlife photography: There are many websites and information available on the internet, here are few good examples.
AMA-Academy of Model aeronautics for the radio-control model enthusiasts: http://www.modelaircraft.org/
California
Indian Basketry:
https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=24035
Literature: Making bows:
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Bow-Out-of-a-Ribbon
Ceramics supplies and information:
Aftosa was founded in 1983 and has been supporting ceramic and glass artists for over 31 years. 1776 Wright Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804 Toll Free: 1-800-231-0397
http://www.aftosa.com/
Gardening and plants:
http://gardening.about.com/library/bl_A_to_Z_Plants.htm
Knitting information and supplies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knitting
https://www.anniescatalog.com/?source=BBRAND1
Cheryl Brunette, an expert in teaching knitting has a video
online series about “How to knit a sweater 101”; subscribe and follow the online detailed instructions
to complete a child size sweater include learning knitting techniques that will turn out to be the
size and shape that is planned.
https://howtoknitasweater.com/
Needlepoint and embroidery:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needlepoint
http://www.needlepoint.com/learn/beginners/
Painting supplies:
http://painting.about.com/od/paintingforbeginners/ig/painting-techniques/
Visit artist Stefan Baumann's website http://www.stefanbaumann.com/ Kodak photo tips:
Sewing and Quilting Supplies and information:
Sewing and quilting:
http://www.nancysnotions.com/
http://makezine.com/craftzine/
https://www.fabric.com/
https://www.fairfieldworld.com/store/?fwp_search=cotton%20batting&fwp_category=batting
Small World Workshops, Inc.(SWWI) Sewing group help to sew “Trip Around the World Quilt” for kids in need. SWWI is accepting unused cotton fabric for making similar quilts.
Please email smallworldworkshop@yahoo.com for details
Soap making resources and suppliers:
http://millersoap.com/soapallveg.html by long time soap expert Kathy Miller
http://www.brambleberry.com/
http://www.bulkapothecary.com/
Stained Glass free patterns:
http://www.sg-patterns.com/free-stained-glass-patterns.html
Weaving :
http://www.cottonclouds.com/index.asp
http://www.woolery.com/store/pc/home.asp
Well Read Book Club
http://www.wellread.org/
Wikipedia has a list of the National parks of the United States, it’s listed in alphabetical order under the park name: Preserve our environment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_the_United_States
|