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Stay the Night And Discover What LA Museums Have To Offer

It goes without saying that we live in one of the grandest and culturally diverse areas in the nation with the best collection of museums on the West Coast. So the Los Angeles Tourism and Convention Board is inviting everyone to experience the beauty and culture that Los Angeles and its museums have to offer.

Between Oct. 1 and Nov. 11, visitors who book 2 or more nights through discoverLosAngeles.com to stay at one of the participating Los Angeles area hotels receive 2 free admissions and museum store discounts at 30 participating museums to celebrate "Museums LA." You get to stay, play and discover!

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(Photo Credit: Los Angeles County Museum Of Art)

Participating Hotels include: Hotel Wilshire, Hotel Palomar, JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Loews Hollywood Hotel, W Hollywood, Custom Hotel, Doubletree by Hilton Hotel San Pedro, Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, Warner Center Marriott Woodland Hills and SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills.

Participating Museums include: America Tropical Interpretive Center, Autry National Center, Avila Adobe, California African American Museum, California Science Center, Chinese American Museum, Craft and Folk Art Museum, El Pueblo Firehouse Museum, Fowler Museum at UCLA, Getty Center, Getty Villa, GRAMMY® Museum, Hammer Museum, Heritage Square Museum, Hollywood Museum, Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Museum of the Holocaust, Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Latin American Art, Museum of Tolerance, Natural History Museum, Pacific Asia Museum, Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, Paley Center for Media, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Petersen Automotive Museum, Santa Monica Museum of Art and the Skirball Cultural Center & Museum.

So take a small vacation and discover the beauty within your own Los Angeles back yard. You just may be surprised at what you find.

Desiree Eaglin loves to explore all that Southern California has to offer. She blogs at Sarcastic, Funny and Brutally Honest. You can find her on Twitter too.

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