Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of the city of Los Angeles. It sits at an elevation of 305 ft (93 m). It had a population of roughly 85,000 residents in 2020. Downtown is LA’s urban center where the cutting-edge and the classic sit side-by-side. It is packed with enough dazzling highlights and compelling features to keep even the most determined visitor busy.

Night Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 2010 by artist Davida Nemeroff and curator Mieke Marple. The gallery is known for exhibiting emerging and established artists, both local and international, across a range of mediums including painting, sculpture, installation, video, and performance.

Japanese American National Museum promotes understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the Japanese American experience. The over 150,000 objects that comprise the JANM permanent collection chronicle the Japanese American experience in its entirety from early immigration to the present.

The African American Firefighter Museum is dedicated to collecting, conserving, and sharing the heritage of African-American firefighters through collaboration and education. The AAFFM features vintage fire equipment and apparatus, memorabilia, histories and photos of pioneering African-American firefighters in Los Angeles.

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles is a contemporary art museum with two locations in greater Los Angeles, California. The museum's exhibits consist primarily of American and European contemporary art created after 1940. Since the museum's inception, MOCA's programming has been defined by its multi-disciplinary approach to contemporary art.

The Grammy Museum is an interactive, educational museum devoted to the history and winners of the Grammy Awards. It is dedicated to cultivating a greater understanding of the history and significance of music through exhibits, education, grants, preservation initiatives, and public programming.

Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles, a communal space in the Arts District that links art and architecture with a dynamic events program, is the first West Coast outpost of Hauser & Wirth, the international gallery devoted to contemporary art and modern masters.