GRAMMY Museum

Four floors of music history with interactive exhibits

Address 800 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles
Phone 213-765-6800
Website www.grammymuseum.org

Four floors of music history at L.A. LIVE, next to the Staples Center. Rotating exhibits cover the history and craft of recorded music from Delta blues to hip-hop, with listening stations, interactive mixing boards, and archive footage. The permanent collection is impressively broad — costumes, instruments, handwritten lyrics — and the 200-seat theater hosts intimate live performances and interviews.

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