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• The Getty Villa
  Please note that advance, timed tickets are required to visit the Getty Villa.
  
  Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity
  Ongoing
  Over 180 ancient glass objects from the collection of Erwin Oppenländer are featured in this exhibition. The Oppenländer collection, which the Getty acquired in 2003, is remarkable for its cultural and chronological breadth. It includes works made in Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Greek world, and the Roman Empire, and spans the entire period of ancient glass production, from its origins in Mesopotamia in about 2500 B.C. to Byzantine and Islamic glass of the eleventh century A.D. Also notable in the Oppenländer collection is the variety of ancient glassmaking techniques, such as casting, core forming, mosaic, inflation, mold blowing, cameo carving, incising, and cutting. All these techniques are still used by glass artists today.
  
  17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades
  Tel: (1-310) 440 7300
• The GRAMMY Museum
  The GRAMMY Museum occupies four floors of exhibit space in the heart of L.A. This one-of-a-kind entertainment campus provides Los Angeles’ residents, commuters, guests and tourists with a world-class sports and entertainment destination. The Museum itself uses a dynamic combination of exhibits, public events, and educational programming to explore, celebrate, and experience the enduring legacies of all forms of recorded music, the creative process of music-making, the art and technology of the recording process, and the history of the GRAMMY Awards, the premier recognition of recorded music accomplishment. The Museum’s four floors of cutting edge experiences, films, and exhibits offer an exciting, multimedia, and interactive celebration of the power of music. This one-of-a-kind visitor experience is engaging, educational, celebratory and inspirational.
  
  800 W. Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles
  Tel: (1-213) 765 6800
  
• Norton Simon Museum of Art
  Lessons of the Cherry Blossoms
  Until September 3, 2012
  In 1912, over 3,000 cherry trees were bestowed upon Washington, D.C., by Tokyo in an effort to enhance the growing friendship between the United States and Japan. The trees were planted along the Tidal Basin in West Potomac Park, where they continue to be admired every spring during cherry–blossom season. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of this diplomatic gift, the Norton Simon Museum presents Lessons of the Cherry Blossom: Japanese Woodblock Prints. The exhibition features 16 prints from the Museum’s permanent collection, several of which have not been on view before, including three rare sets of uncut double prints by Utagawa Hiroshige and works by Totoya Hokkei and Chōbunsai Eishi. Two prints from Katsushika Hokusai’s Rare Views of Famous Bridges series, which have been in storage for over 30 years, are also being exhibited.
  
  411 West Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena
  Tel: (1-626) 449 6840