Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Transportation to/from tours to the conference hotel is not provided. Pre-registration required. Further details will be provided to registrants prior to the tour.

All program items subject to change.

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM 

#MESCaround Downtown LA

Location: Meet at Registration Desk, Omni LA Hotel 2nd Floor

Cost: $15 (includes LA Metro ticket)

Description: Museum Educators of Southern California (MESC) invites museum professionals across California for an excursion throughout downtown Los Angeles, as we ride the LA Metro to 3 different mystery sites. Experience Los Angeles, connect to one another, and explore new ways to interpret and collaborate through this curated experience. 

 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM 

Resources Center of the Autry Museum of the American West

Location: Resources Center, Autry Museum of the American West (Burbank)

Cost: $10 (includes lunch)

Description: Tour the Autry’s new collections-care, research, and education center, opening in 2021. Autry staff will share considerations for the stewardship of its Native collections and welcoming audiences, including Native community members, students, and scholars—all to transform the 21st-century function of museum facilities and programming.

 

 

9:30 AM - 2:30 PM 

Regional Tours at Various Museums

With the widespread nature of Los Angeles, CAM is offering suggestions to pair your pre-conference tours by region. Select the tours below "a la carte," or make the most of your time in LA by attending multiple tours while in a given region! See the options below.

Downtown Los Angeles Regional Tours

Consider attending both of these tours while in the DTLA region!

9:00AM - 10:30AM

Downtown Tour: A Trip Through LA History

Location: LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes

Cost: $10

Description: Take a trip through Los Angeles history by exploring the grounds and exhibits of LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes. Located in the city's first "skyscraper' built in 1883, you'll visit the museum's historical exhibits and new Afro-Latino show while viewing the museum's two buildings, paseo walkway and Village complex.

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

 Downtown Tour: Little Tokyo History Through the JANM Collection

Location: Japanese American National Museum

Cost: $25

Description: Explore the history of Little Tokyo through the collection of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM). We’ll start off with an architectural tour of the museum’s historic building, formerly the Los Angeles Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, followed by a behind-the-scenes look at artifacts that showcase the rich history of the neighborhood.

Westside Los Angeles Regional Tours, Option 1

Consider attending tours at both the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Skirball Cultural Center while in the Westside region!

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Westside Tour: From Michelangelo to de Kooning

Location: J. Paul Getty Museum

Cost: $10

Description: Begin with a behind-the-scenes visit to the Getty’s Paintings Conservation Studio to learn about an infamous work by abstract expressionist Willem de Kooning that is currently in the studio. Afterwards, explore an exhibition of rare drawings by Michelangelo from a single collection in the Netherlands with the Getty’s Senior Curator of Drawings.

Image: Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475 – 1564). The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, about 1530. Black and red chalk with pen and brown ink over stylus; 27.9 × 39.4 cm (11 × 15 1/2 in.), 93.GB.51. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM 

Westside Tour: Curator-led tour of El Sueño Americano | The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer

Location: Skirball Cultural Center

Cost: $10

Description: Responding to the dehumanizing treatment migrants face in detention, Tom Kiefer carefully arranged and photographed objects seized and discarded by border officials. Moved by the untold stories these objects embody, Kiefer commemorates them in photographs akin to portraits, salvaging and preserving traces of human journeys cut short.
*Please only choose one Skirball tour.

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM 

Westside Tour: Noah’s Ark Behind the Scenes / First Look at the Nursery

Location: Skirball Cultural Center

Cost: $10

Description: Join us for a tour of Noah’s Ark and a preview of the new Nursery. Inspired by the ancient flood story, which has parallels in diverse cultures around the world, Noah’s Ark is a fully immersive gallery featuring hundreds of handcrafted animals, all made from recycled materials and everyday objects.
*Please only choose one Skirball tour.

Westside Los Angeles Regional Tours, Option 2

Consider attending both of these tours while in the Westside region!

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Westside Tour: Behind-the-Scenes of the Anne Exhibit

Location: Museum of Tolerance

Cost: $10

Description: Take a behind-the-scenes tour of the Museum of Tolerance’s Anne exhibit, an extraordinary new immersive exhibit on the life of Anne Frank. Anne’s story, told in her own words, comes to life through rare artifacts, documents, and photographs. Learn little known facts about her time in hiding. Also, hear from Holocaust Survivor Betty Cohen who was hidden in Holland.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM 

Westside Tour: Curator-Led Tour of Paul McCarthy: Head Space, Drawings 1963–2019

Location: Hammer Museum at UCLA

Cost: $10

Description: Gain a new perspective on the work of legendary Los Angeles-based artist Paul McCarthy in the first comprehensive survey in the United States of his drawings and works on paper. 

Exposition Park Regional Tours

Consider attending multiple tours while in Exposition Park!

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Exposition Park Tour: Performing Arts and Dinosaur Puppets at the Natural History Museum of LA County

Location: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC)

Cost: $5 Early Bird / $10 after January 10

Description: NHMLAC’s Performing Arts Program would like to invite you to roar in our T.rex! See the workings of our life-sized (albeit juvenile) T.rex and Triceratops puppets, discover the science behind their design, and learn how we use a variety of puppets and art programs to inspire our community.

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM 

Exposition Park Tour: Behind the Kelp Curtain

Location: California Science Center

Cost: $5 Early Bird / $10 after January 10

Description: Peek behind the scenes of our living collections. See what it takes to provide top-notch environments and care for our more than 200 species of animals and introduce yourself to a few of our scaled, feathered and furry friends!

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM 

Exposition Park Tour: California African American Museum

Location: California African American Museum

Cost: $5 Early Bird / $10 after January 10

Description: Tour CAAM's exhibitions about African American art, history and culture in the west, including the acclaimed "Cross Colours: Black Fashion in the 20th Century," the first exhibition to examine how this groundbreaking brand has permeated popular culture and how fashion can be used to tell history anew.

Miracle Mile Regional Tours

Consider attending multiple tours while in the Miracle Mile region!

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Miracle Mile Tour: Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Sneak Peek

Location: Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Cost: $5 Early Bird / $10 after January 10

Description: Come tour the Renzo Piano-designed Academy Museum of Motion Pictures before its 2020 public opening.

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM 

Miracle Mile Tour: Outdoor Art and Architecture at LACMA

Location: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Cost: $5 Early Bird / $10 after January 10

Description: This tour is an overview of LACMA's iconic outdoor works: Chris Burden's Urban Light, Michael Heizer's Levitated Mass, and Robert Irwin's Primal Palm Garden. Special attention is also given to the architect Renzo Piano, who designed the Broad Contemporary Art Museum and the Resnick Pavilion.

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM 

Miracle Mile Tour: La Brea Tar Pits Behind-the-Scenes

Location: La Brea Tar Pits

Cost: $5 Early Bird / $10 after January 10

Description: The La Brea Tar Pits invites you to explore the science of paleontology through a behind-the-scenes tour of the Excavation Site, Fossil Lab, Collections, and how we engage our guests at this unique site.