20+ Museums to Visit Via Metrolink
Explore these zoos, museums and botanical gardens which offer year-round opportunities to create connections and inspire creativity while teaching visitors all about the past, present and future.
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Los Angeles
The GRAMMY Museum
L.A. Union StationThe GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live is an interactive and educational landmark in downtown Los Angeles devoted to showcasing the history of music and the winners of the Grammy Awards.
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Sylmar
Discovery Cube LA
Burbank - Downtown StationEducation and fun collide at this hi-tech learning, hands-on experience center!
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Los Angeles
Heritage Square Museum
L.A. Union StationThis museum offers an experience with living history and remarkable open-air architecture in Los Angeles's Montecito Heights neighborhood.
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Mission Hills
Mission San Fernando Rey de España
Sylmar / San Fernando StationThis historic destination is rich in beauty and culture.
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Camarillo
Camarillo Ranch House
Camarillo StationImmerse yourself in another era when you enjoy this 19th-century style Victorian house's docent-guided tours.
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Glendale
Museum of Neon Art
Glendale StationThe Museum of Neon Art is the only museum in the world devoted exclusively to art in electric media, exhibiting electric and fine art.
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Simi Valley
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Moorpark StationLearn more about this president's life at his official presidential library.
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Chino
Planes of Fame Air Museum
Ontario - East StationWitness rare and historic aircraft on the ground and in the air at Planes of Fame Air Museum.
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Los Angeles
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
L.A. Union StationFind a new appreciation for history, spanning all the way to the prehistoric era at this phenomenal Los Angeles attraction. *L.A. County Residents get free Museum Admission from 3–5 pm Monday through Friday!*
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Riverside
March Field Air Museum
Moreno Valley / March Field StationExpand your understanding of humanity's history with flight and aviation.
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Los Angeles
The Museum of Contemporary Art
L.A. Union StationThe Museum’s permanent collections and rotating exhibitions showcase innovative and influential post-1940s American and European art.
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Perris
Southern California Railway Museum
Perris - Downtown StationExplore the West's largest collection of railway locomotives, passenger and freight cars, streetcars, interurban electric cars and buildings.
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Oxnard
Mullin Automotive Museum
Ventura - East StationCar fans and automotive design enthusiasts will love this incredible collection of 20th-century French cars.
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San Bernardino
Original McDonald's Site & Museum
San Bernardino - Downtown StationThis true piece of American corporate business history is memorialized at the site of the original McDonald's.
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Los Angeles
Walt Disney's Carolwood Barn
Burbank - Downtown StationThe Walt Disney Carolwood barn is a museum dedicated to showcasing Walt Disney's love of trains and model railroading in Griffith Park.
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Family
Sylmar
Wildlife Learning Center
Sylmar / San Fernando StationExperience the wonder of animals from around the world in this SoCal treasure nestled in a San Fernando Valley olive grove.
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Newhall
William S. Hart Museum
Newhall StationThe museum is open the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month. Admission is free.
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Santa Ana
Bowers Museum
Santa Ana StationThe museum's permanent collection includes more than 100,000 objects.
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Riverside
UC Riverside Botanical Garden
Riverside - Hunter Park / UCR StationExplore 40 acres of botanical gardens containing more than 3,500 plant species from around the world.
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Camarillo
The Commemorative Air Force Southern California Wing
Camarillo StationTake a ride in a WWII-era plane or just take in the history at this combination airfield and museum dedicated to preserving the history of military aircraft and the men who piloted them.
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Buena Park
Knott's Berry Farm Independence Hall
Buena Park StationKnott's Independence Hall is a free exhibit across the street from Knott's Berry Farm, showcasing an exact, brick-by-brick replica of the original historical Philadelphia landmark.
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San Juan Capistrano
Mission San Juan Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano StationThis former Spanish mission was founded in 1776 in colonial Las Californias by Spanish Catholic missionaries of the Franciscan Order.
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Ventura
Ventura Botanical Gardens
Ventura - Downtown / Beach StationThese botanical gardens offer guided and themed tours amid 160-plus plant species, plus scenic city and ocean views.
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Oceanside
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia
Oceanside StationThe Mission San Luis Rey de Francia holds the title “King of the Missions,” due to its spacious expansiveness, architectural beauty, and picturesque Oceanside surroundings.