Day Trips & Outings

Art

The Broad

The Getty Center - Art and Architecture - Ask for the Art Detective Cards and check out the Family Room

The Getty Villa - Art from Ancient Rome and Greece

LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) - Ask for the Family Guide and Art Tote at the Welcome Center

NexGenLA - FREE membership for L.A. County residents 17 years and younger + one guest to visit LACMA at any time

MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) - Teen program runs through the school year

Norton Simon Museum

USC Pacific Asia Museum - Links to art projects you can do at home

Gardens

Descanso Gardens

The Arboretum (Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden)

The Huntington

Hiking & Wilderness

Big Santa Anita Canyon (includes Chantry Flat) - Closed due to the Bobcat Fire

Eaton Canyon Nature Area

Monrovia Canyon Park - Closed due to mudslides 

History

The Arboretum - Historical buildings from Arcadia's past (studied in 3rd grade)

The Autry in Griffith Park - Westward Expansion (studied in 4th grade)

Japanese American National Museum - Take the Gold Line to Little Tokyo/Arts District

La Purisima Mission State Park - Missions (studied in 4th grade) - Try to join a ranger tour.

Mission San Juan Capistrano - Amtrak stop is called San Juan Capistrano - Missions (studied in 4th grade)

Olvera Street - Original center of Los Angeles (same time as the Missions - studied in 4th grade)

Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site - Ranchos (studied in 4th grade)

Outdoor Concerts & Events

FREE Concerts & Movies in the Park (Arcadia's City Hall West Lawn) - Thursday evenings in the summer. Movies start after the concerts. (June 23-August 4, 2022)

Pasadena Pops Summer Concert Series (at the L.A. Arboretum)

Hollywood Bowl 

Parks

Lacy Park (San Marino)

Science

California Science Center - See the Space Shuttle Endeavour, movies in the IMAX theater, attend summer camps, and more

Discovery Cube

Griffith Observatory - Make time to see a movie and walk along the trails

Columbia Memorial Space Center - Learn all about space through hands-on activities and try coding a robot

Tidepooling

*Remember that nothing can be removed from marine preserves, not even a shell!

Corona del Mar Beach - Also check out the neighboring "Little Corona" (Marine Life Refuge) for marine life pools and ranger tours

Crystal Cove State Park

Leo Cabrillo State Park

Main Beach, Laguna