The Queen Mary

The Long Beach Museum of Art, located within the historic 1911 Elizabeth Milbank Anderson House, is known for rotating exhibitions of its permanent collection, which features more than 3,200 works of American and European art. Visiting and special exhibitions are showcased in the adjacent Pavilion. There’s also a secondary LBMA location with dynamic installations at LBMA Downtown, which houses resident artists.

The Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) is the only museum in the country fully dedicated to modern and contemporary Latin American and Latinx art. The space features a sprawling sculpture garden and massive indoor gallery in what was formerly an early-1900s silent film studio. MOLAA, with its vaulted ceilings and uniquely beautiful wooden floors, is a work of art in itself. It’s also conveniently located across the street from the Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum (PIEAM), the only museum in the contiguous United States to focus on transporting visitors to the Pacific Islands of Oceania in an artistic intercultural exchange.

In the Southern California/Baja Gallery, you can meet giant sea bass, leopard sharks, eels, seals, sea lions, white abalone, and other species found locally or in Baja. Explore the cold-water habitats of the Northern Pacific Gallery to meet playful sea otters, diving birds, sea jellies, giant spider crabs, and other animals. Travel through the Tropical Pacific Gallery to see colorful fish and other species that inhabit those warm tropical waters.