Over the course of two weeks, more than 100,000 of you came to our Facebook page and voted for your favorite people, places and things in this city. And now that winners have been officially announced via our latest print edition (you can pick up a copy at any of the 500 locations listed here), we will be rolling out all 30 winners online–one a day for the next month.
Gypsy Rose in the MOLAA lobby during an exhibit last year. Photo by Sarah Bennett
Best Museum
Museum of Latin American Art
Opening its doors in 1996, MOLAA is a gem not just for Long Beach, but for the nation as a whole–after all, it’s the only museum exclusively dedicated to modern and contemporary Latin American art in the country. The art they provide has a spectrum that most museums can only dream of–one day you might find street artist Chaz Bojórquez or pop artist M. Tony Peralta or landscape artist David Alfaro Siqueiros or…But you will always find an indispenable look at our neighbors to the south and their influence on the art world.
Museum of Latin American Art is located at 628 Alamitos Ave., (562) 437-1689, www.molaa.com
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