Long Beach Museum of Art (LBMA)

A small but focused museum by the ocean, plus another downtown

Spread across two locations – LBMA Ocean and LBMA Downtown – the Long Beach Museum of Art hosts between two and three rotating exhibitions at any given time, in addition to LBMA Ocean’s permanent collection of crafts, dedicated space for community artwork (including childrens’ art), and Claire’s Restaurant, which overlook the Pacific Ocean from Junipero Beach.

LBMA Ocean’s large rotating exhibition space recently hosted an expansive exhibition of Keith Haring’s work, spread across the building’s two floors and multiple rooms, including everything from posters and paintings to sketches, dioramas, albums, and notes. This building is only blocks away from the Aquarium of the Pacific.