The Valley

Suiho En (“Garden of Water and Fragrance”) is a 6.5-acre authentic Japanese garden fashioned after “stroll gardens” constructed during the 18th and 19th centuries for Japanese Feudal lords. This San Fernando Valley gem was created by Dr. Koichi Kawana to provide beauty, relaxation, inspiration and a better understanding of Japanese culture using reclaimed water. Dr. Kawana designed more than one dozen major Japanese gardens in the United States, including the botanical gardens at LACMA.

Pasadena

The Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA)

Established in 1971, the Pacific Asia Museum is one of only four U.S. institutions dedicated to the arts and culture of Asia and the Pacific Islands, serving the greater Southern California region. The museum’s mission is to further encourage intercultural understanding through the arts of Asia and the Pacific Islands. The outstanding permanent collection of more than 15,000 works of art tells compelling stories about the lives of people across Asia and the Pacific region, from ancient times to today. The Pacific Asia Museum is housed in a Qing Dynasty inspired mansion, with galleries that surround a courtyard garden. The Pacific Asia Museum building is a California State Historic Landmark and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

The Pacific Asia Museum

Neighboring Regions

The Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) is the only museum in the United States that exclusively features modern and contemporary Latin American Art. The museum is located in the East Village Arts District of Long Beach and serves the greater Los Angeles area. Since its founding in 1996, MOLAA has doubled its size, added a 15,000 square-foot sculpture garden and expanded its permanent collection, ranging from works by Tamayo and Matta to Cruz-Diez, Los Carpinteros and Tunga.

The Watts Labor Community Action Committee (WLCAC) is a non-profit, community-based, human social services organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of South Central Los Angeles residents. The heart of the WLCAC is “The Center,” a seven-acre cultural theme park that houses an interactive community space, special event venues, exhibition tourism facilities and administrative headquarters. Highlights of the WLCAC’s Civil Rights Museum journey include “Countdown to Eternity” (an exhibit on the civil rights movement of the 60s as led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) and a full-scale replica of a Mississippi Delta Road, which doubles as a backdrop for the Bones & Blues at the Boneyard concert series.