L.A. Lights Tour


L.A. Lights Tour
The Los Angeles landscape is bright with lights we love: Sheila Klein's vintage L.A. light pole sculpture, an original Thomas Edison bulb behind glass at the Huntington Library, the trippy and futuristic Triforium, & more.
We're happy to share our L.A. Lights Tour with you, featuring public sculptures, museums & streetlights worth observing.
View the map & find out what's on our tour.Â
Not local? There's still a lot to see.
Special hat tip to L.A.'s resident streetlight expert and writer, India Aurora Mandelkern.

On the tour:
VALLEY RELICS MUSEUMÂ Vintage neon sign collection.
URBAN LIGHTÂ Public sculpture, LACMA, Wilshire Blvd.
VERMONICAÂ Public sculpture, Santa Monica at Lyman Place.
WILSHIRE LANTERNS Cast iron behemoths near MacArthur Park
MUSEUM OF NEON ARTÂ Electric art collection.
RAVENHILL STUDIOÂ By appointment.
HUNTINGTON LIBRARYÂ Edison bulbs now on view.
TRIFORIUMÂ Public sculpture, Fletcher Bowron Square.
STREETLIGHTING MUSEUMÂ History of L.A. streetlights. By appt.
THE OLYMPIC SPECIALÂ Quintessential L.A. lamp. Along Olympic Blvd.
SOUTHWEST #1806Â Rare single versions of a once ubiquitous streetlight, Long Beach Blvd at Tenaya Ave.
THE FORUM Arena by Charles Luckman with Johnson & Nielsen.
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Visit our L.A. LIGHTS TOUR gallery for historical photos & links.Â