Wheelchair-Accessible Museums in California

6 museums in California are listed on Accessible America with an accessibility summary. Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in Los Angeles and Exploratorium in San Francisco lead the list. Scores are out of 5 and count only features a source confirmed: parking, entrance, restrooms, paths, seating and loaners. Every page lists where the accessible parking is, which entrance is step-free, what the paths are made of and what you can borrow at the desk.

• Griffith Observatory (Los Angeles) – accessibility score 5/5 – A free public observatory on Mount Hollywood. All four public levels are reachable by elevator or ramp, and both theaters have wheelchair seating.
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (Los Angeles) – accessibility score 4.8/5 – The largest art museum in the western U.S., on Wilshire Boulevard. Every gallery, restroom and outdoor space is wheelchair accessible.
• Exploratorium (San Francisco) – accessibility score 4.3/5 – A hands-on science museum on Pier 15. Every gallery is reachable by wheelchair, and all public doors have automatic openers.
• California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco) – accessibility score 4/5 – California Academy of Sciences is a San Francisco, CA museum that gives Accessible America travelers a concrete, plan-ahead stop with visitor facilities, colle…
• Getty Villa Museum (Pacific Palisades) – Greek and Roman art in a re-created Roman country house above the Pacific. Free entry by reservation, with loaner wheelchairs and accessible restrooms.
• The Getty Center (Los Angeles) – A free art museum on a Los Angeles hilltop, reached by a wheelchair-accessible tram with elevators throughout and free wheelchair loans at the entrance.

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