Sights and landmarks in Santa Monica
105 sights worth seeing in Santa Monica: landmarks, galleries, monuments and viewpoints.
Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first. Showing the top 40 of 105.

Sights and landmarks in Santa Monica
SeeArt galleryBergamot Station Arts Center
Over 30 art galleries, including the Santa Monica Museum of Art.
Mon 9AM-4PM, Tue-Fri 9AM-5PM, Sat 10AM-5PM (Individual galleries may have different hours)Free
SeeMuseum of Flying
Centered around artifacts from the Douglas Aircraft Company, which used to manufacture iconic aircraft like the DC-3 at the Santa Monica Airport. It includes many aircraft in static display, from a replica Wright Flyer to World War II fighters to the microjet which appeared in the James Bond film Octopussy. "Rides" in a full-motion flight simulator are $8 each.
Closed · opens 10 am tomorrowAdult $10
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View Decks at Santa Monica Airport (KSMO)
Open air-decks with picnic tables. Watch and photograph the airplanes as they come and go at the airport. Listen to Air Traffic Control on loudspeakers. Bring a picnic lunch. Also, Clover Park, at the corner of 25th Street and Ocean Park Boulevard, has a viewing area with a telescope focused on the runway.
dawn-dusk, dailyFree
SeeMuseumEames House
The Eames House (also known as Case Study House No. 8) is a historic house museum at 203 Chautauqua Boulevard in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. Designed in the mid-century modern style, the house was constructed in 1949 by Eames Office designers Charles and Ray Eames for themselves.
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Santa Monica
Santa Monica (also known as Saint Monica) is an Art Deco sculpture by Eugene Morahan (1869–1949) installed in Santa Monica's Palisades Park, overlooking the Pacific Ocean in California.
Built 1935
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The Gables Beach Club Street Mosaic (former enterance)
description:en=* street level, mosaic, of multi-colored, ceramic tiles for former ground level entrance of ocean front, "The Gables", beach club.
Wheelchair accessible
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Exuberant Birds: Parrot Pole
https://locate.publicartarchive.org/art/Exuberant-Birds-Perching-Bird-Pole
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California Heritage Museum
2612 Main Street
Closed · opens 11 am tomorrow
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Ten Women Gallery
2719 Main St
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West Coaster
380 Santa Monica Pier
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Bruce Lurie Gallery
608 Santa Monica Blvd
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Camera Obscura Art Lab
1450 Ocean Ave
SeeAttractionCarousel Park
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Cayton Children's Museum
395 Santa Monica Pl Ste 374 Level 3
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Dorado 806 Projects
806 Broadway
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Museum of Flying
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Peter Fetterman Photographic
2525 Michigan Ave Ste A1
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Santa Monica History Museum
1350 7th St
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L.A. Art Exchange
922 Santa Monica Blvd
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Leslie Sacks Gallery
2525 Michigan Ave
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SMC's Pete and Susan Barrett Art Gallery
1310 11th St
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Saatchi Art
1655 26th St # 100
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Venice Institute of Contemporary Art
536 Sunset Ave
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Art Client Services
1112 Montana Ave
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Christopher Grimes Gallery
916 Colorado Ave
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Christopher John Gallery
2928 Santa Monica Blvd
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Kevin Barry Art Advisory
2525 Michigan Ave
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Latin American Masters
2525 Michigan Ave Ste E2
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M Hanks Gallery
3008 Main St
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bG Gallery
2525 Michigan Ave #A2
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Adamm's Stained Glass & Gallery
1426 4th St
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Art One Gallery
1331 3rd Street Promenade
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Beramont Station Galleries
2525 Michigan Ave
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Beyond The Lines Gallery
2525 Michigan Ave
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Copro Gallery
2525 Michigan Avenue #T5
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Dirt Beauty
2401 Ashland Ave
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Galerie XII Los Angeles
2525 Michigan Ave
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Gallery 169
169 W Channel Rd
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Gallery 612
612 Santa Monica Blvd
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Gallery KM
2903 Santa Monica Blvd
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