Art isn't meant to just engage your eyes. Great art moves you, speaks to you, and inspires you to want to learn more about it. That's exactly what you will experience when you visit the Long Beach Museum of Art. Featuring some of the most impressive pieces of work rendered in various media, this popular attraction embraces both the creations and the creators of art. The museum itself qualifies as a unique piece of art in its own right, as its stunning construction and design allow the building to be situated atop a bluff which offers an equally mesmerizing view of Long Beach Harbor.
Ever wonder how California assimilated the cultures of the Native Americans, the Mexicans and the Spanish? Connect all of the individual influences and learn about how they helped shape the California that we know today when you visit the Rancho Los Alamitos. This attraction has earned a spot on the National Register of Historic Places not just for its cultural significance, but also for maintaining its historic ranch, ranch house and gardens that date all the way back to 1800.
Get your groove back in a big way when you stop into Fingerprints, Long Beach's favorite record store. This unique establishment masterfully combines the vintage appeal of vinyl record albums, posters and even CDs and infuses them with thoroughly modern attitude. You can tell that the employees have an obvious passion for music in general and, more specifically, this highly appealing establishment. In addition to offering a deep inventory of hard-to-find titles, there are frequent in-store musical performances, so make sure to check their website and sign up for their newsletter to get the latest details on who's playing next at Fingerprints.