#borzoi id pack

[sleepiestdreamer]

Borzoi ID pack :

Names —

Hound , Boro , Bozo , Hunt , Fur , Fang , Muzzle , Zoi , Wolfe , Hunter , Gnaw , Bite , Pup , Bore , Atri , Beau , Bax , Rarity , Bear .

Pronouns —

Borz/brozoi , Pup/pups , Dog/dogs , Hunt/hunts , Russian/russians , Bite/bites , Fur/furs , Soft/softs , Long/longs , Sight/hound .

Titles —

The Russian hunting dog , [prn] who hunts wolves , [prn] who is a sighthound , The intelligent dog , [prn] who is an independent dog , [prn] who is rare .

Genders —

Borzoigender , Weirdzoigender , Borzoilector , Pupgender , Dogbonegender , Doggen , Doglexic , Fangic , Cannix .

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Dog ID Pack

Pronouns. bark/barks, woof/woofs, wag/wags, play/plays, toy/toys, fluff/fluffs, yip/yips, dog/dogs, pup/pups, canine/canines, fang/fangs, claw/claws, bite/bites, growl/growls, mutt/mutts, hound/hounds, paw/paws, grr/grrs, puppy/puppys, husky/huskys, chihuahua/chihuahuas, pug/pugs, corgi/corgis, dalmatian/dalmatians, pitbull/pitbulls, bulldog/bulldogs, beagle/beagles, poodle/poodles, pomeranian/pomeranians, terrier/terriers, greyhound/greyhounds, borzoi/borzois, samoyed/samoyeds, shiba/shibas

Labels. doggyrainic, yarnpuppic, excuppace, pupsleepyic, snorpupcomfic, carineeic, canisanesic, dogstimmic, sodapup, cuddlepupgender, pupicerolic, playfulpuptoyic, chocolabic, puerpupvir, dobermanpupgender, olddogphotoic, pupfangic, softpupic, wildpup, flufwarmcudoggender, sugarypupgender, dalmatianpupgender, excitixplorepuppic

DOG ID PACK

PRONOUNS ... bark/barks, woof/woofs, wag/wags, play/plays, toy/toys, fluff/fluffs, yip/yips, dog/dogs, pup/pups, canine/canines, fang/fangs, claw/claws, bite/bites, growl/growls, mutt/mutts, hound/hounds, paw/paws, grr/grrs, puppy/puppys, husky/huskys, chihuahua/chihuahuas, pug/pugs, corgi/corgis, dalmatian/dalmatians, pitbull/pitbulls, bulldog/bulldogs, beagle/beagles, poodle/poodles, pomeranian/pomeranians, terrier/terriers, greyhound/greyhounds, borzoi/borzois, samoyed/samoyeds, shiba/shibas

LABELS ... doggyrainic, yarnpuppic, excuppace, pupsleepyic, snorpupcomfic, carineeic, canisanesic, dogstimmic, sodapup, cuddlepupgender, pupicerolic, playfulpuptoyic, chocolabic, puerpupvir, dobermanpupgender, olddogphotoic, pupfangic, softpupic, wildpup, flufwarmcudoggender, sugarypupgender, dalmatianpupgender, excitixplorepuppic

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You have the BEST stories! Can you tell me a bedtime story?

i will tell you a story friends, and probably you will regret asking me to do so, because its not really a very restful story. i….dont really have any of those.

this is the story of how steve and a horse almost gave me a heart attack. back when i was a kid, cars were a thing that existed but were mostly really really expensive, so horses were still a common sight on the streets of brooklyn. most of these horses were exceedingly large, calm animals; they hauled around big carts of stuff on crowded streets. back then, milk was delivered to your doorstep by a milkman. the milkman who worked our block was mr. davies, and he was this very nice older black gentleman. i mention that he’s black because racism was Very Much A Thing (oh how times have changed). but mr davies always had peppermint candies in his pockets to give to thunderhead, his horse, and he would always give one to stevie and i if he saw us. so stevie loved mr davies, and if anyone was being disrespectful towards him because he was black, stevie would pretty much blow his top. mr davies loved steve for it, of course. but since mr daives didnt want to get steve in trouble, he’d usually whistle me over (if i wasnt already there) to haul steve off before he did something drastic. mr davies was great like that. 

anyway, mr davies was around every morning dropping off milk with thunderhead. thunderhead was this huge dapple grey horse, i think a percheron?? a big draft horse, with hooves about the size of a dinner plate. aside from her size, her name was probably the most intimidating thing about her, because she was the most mild-mannered horse ive ever met. she would let all the little neighborhood kids climb all over her, and mr davies would usually let two or three of us ride on her back down the street. she never really noticed the extra weight. i think that if mr davies ever slept in, thunderhead would go walk his route without him. she loved stevie too–but for very different reasons. steve’s hair apparently looked exactly like hay to her, so she’d wander over and start lipping the top of his head. she never nipped or anything, but steve always got amusingly flaily when she did it, and i always suspected she thought it was funny.

one boiling hot summer morning, steve and i were sitting on the front steps of our building, just wasting time. it was early, but already awfully hot out, so when mr davies rounded the corner, steve decided to go meet him, but i stayed on the steps. it was hot. i didnt wanna move. 

anyway, steve went trotting down the block, said hi to old mrs mckinnon, who was on her way to get groceries, and was about a hundred feet away from mr davies and thunderhead when the wind picked up. it was a very nice refreshingly cool breeze, which picked up some of the debris–old newspapers and leaves and such–hanging around and tossed it across the road. 

now, if you know horses, you know that sometimes they get terrified by utterly ridiculous things. im told many horses nowadays think plastic bags are the minions of evil, and horses back then were much the same. id never seen thunderhead scared before, but i guess a bit of newspaper whipped in front of her and was the spitting image of Pony Satan himself, because her eyes went white around the edges and she took off running. mr davies was around back of the cart, getting milk out, so there was nobody at the reins to stop her. she went tearing down the block, the cart bouncing along behind, like there was a pack of slavering borzoi chasing after. and of course she was headed right at steve and old mrs mckinnon. 

steve, being the brave little idiot he was, didnt run; old mrs mckinnon wouldnt be able to get out of the way in time, so he stood his ground, flung his arms out, and waited to get trampled by a rogue milk cart. all of us there thought we were gonna be scraping tiny blonde guy off the pavement, because thunderhead just kept going. 

but about ten feet away from steve, thunderhead must have recognized him, because she went to a screeching stop. four feet down, all her knees locked, skiddin on the cobblestones. normally, she’d probably have been able to stop in that distance, but she was still harnessed to that heavy milk cart, so instead she plowed right into stevie, chest first. 

he went flying. he mustve gone about six feet through the air, and he hit the ground and just laid there like a sack of really dead potatoes. i thought he must have broken his little toothpick spine. poor thunderhead looked just as scared as i was, because she got her feet back under her and crept up on him like the cart wasnt jangling right behind her. she dropped her nose down and started whuffing and lipping at his hair, and he popped up like a damn weasel. little moron was fine. he nearly gave me and mr davies and old mrs mckinnon and thunderhead all a heart attack, but he was fine. 

and mr davies gave him his whole bag of peppermints, and mrs mckinnon gave him a chocolate, so he didnt even learn to not do stupid shit like that.

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For Freaks and Geeks: The Ultimate LA Museum Crawl

Packed with exhibits on 3D art, iconic sculptures, technological wonders and even weed, the Los angeles Museum Trail is as wonderful as it is whacky.

Culture U.S.A. Joanna Lobo | POSTED ON: October 11, 2019

  The Broad has a collection of contemporary art from the 1950s to the present. Photo By: Santi Visalli/Archive Photos/Getty images

A house atop a hill, close to the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, looks like just another secluded, luxurious bungalow. But step inside, and it reveals itself to be the super quirky Hollywood Sculpture Garden, an exhibition space filled with 3D paintings, metallic sculptures, and paint-splattered ties and jeans. As Angelenos would say, “It’s such an LA thing.”

What defines this culturally rich city, however, is open to interpretation by its hundreds of cultural spaces. There are the iconic institutions that are worth a trip in their own right: the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Broad Museum, the Getty Center, and Griffith Observatory. Then there are temporary exhibitions, eclectic personal collections and historic homes, exploring everything from death to disgusting food.

Just this year, there have been exhibitions dedicated to fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, and Louis Vuitton, the latter included early 20th-century special-order trunks, Art Deco perfume bottles, and window displays. August saw the launch of Weedmaps Museum of Weed, which explored the history of marijuana through interactive exhibits, art installations, and historical artefacts. If you, too, love museums, there are a host of options to choose from here. We’ve picked a mix of mainstream and quirky places to visit for a well-rounded trip.

  A Good Day to Die

A bright neon sun, visible even in sunlight, appears like a warning outside the Museum of Death on Hollywood Boulevard. It says “die” and below that “death is everywhere,” and drives home the fact with a few skulls, a skeleton and a hangman’s noose. The museum began as a hobby for JD Healy and Catherine Shultz, who wrote letters to serial killers, and exhibited these and related artwork once a year. Now, it covers different aspects of death such as hangings, suicides, serials killers, famous assassinations, funeral services, cannibalism, and taxidermy, and it requires some time. Also handy is an empty stomach and steely resolve when viewing the severed head of French serial killer Henri Landru, shrivelled organs, gory pictures of hangings (a postcard set), crime scene photos and stuffed pets. Small televisions screen documentaries related to death, murder and misery. Museum of Death is open Sunday–Thursday, 10 a.m.–8 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m.–9 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.–10 p.m. Admission $17/Rs1,200.

  One of LA’s most popular landmarks is Chris Burden’s Urban Light installation at LACMA (top-left); Robby Gordon’s Hollywood Sculpture Garden (right) has life-like installations and sculptures; Velveteria Museum (bottom-left) exhibits paintings with black velvet as their base. Photos By: Robert Landau/Alamy/Indiapicture (trees), SuperStock/Super Stock/Dinodia photo library (velvet); Photo courtesy: Hollywood Sculpture Gardeen (sculpture)

Art with a View

The Hollywood Sculpture Garden in the Hollywood Hills is a less dreary experience. Robby Gordon, a former veterinarian, showcases his collection of art on the walls and ceilings, in passages and in the bathroom. In the garden, a rocky path leads to colourful bulldogs, metal sculptures which look like they’re straight out of Transformers, intertwined figures, yarn art, colourful mannequins and more. Visits are by appointment only, and Gordon enjoys taking people to his studio, handing out glasses to view 3D paintings, and showing off the view of downtown LA. All of the artwork is for sale. Hollywood Sculpture Garden is open by appointment; email drrobbygordon@gmail.com.

  Elvis in Velvet

In Chinatown, collectors Caren Anderson and Carl Baldwin exhibit a fraction of their 3,000 velvet paintings at the Velveteria Museum. Velvet paintings are categorised as those in which velvet (usually black in colour) is used as a support or base. Fuchsia curtains part to reveal 400 velvet paintings from different styles and eras, some vintage and some modern. Elvis hangs out with Jesus and Miley Cyrus, a vintage collection of naked women lie in the adult’s-only backroom, and a black-lit room reveals a wonderland of bright clowns, the devil, naked women, and painted unicorns. Velveteria Museum is open Wednesday–Monday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Admission $10/Rs700.

    Jeff Koons’ “Michael Jackson and Bubbles” (right) porcelain sculpture is a popular draw at the Broad which also displays Andy Warhol’s iconic Campbell’s Soup Can (left). Photos By: Joanna Lobo (sculpture); Photo Courtesy: The Broad (soup can)

Technology and History

One of the city’s strangest museums, The Museum of Jurassic Technology, has a name as vague as its exhibits. Founder David Wilson’s collection of curiosities is difficult to pinpoint. The oddities on display have some historical significance even if they are completely disconnected from each other. A maze of dimly lit corridors leads to different rooms and exhibits sealed behind wood and glass. There are letters to the astronomers at Mt. Wilson Observatory, the string game cat’s cradle and its collectors, micro-mosaics, collections from LA trailer parks, and models of staircases.

Meanwhile, at the Borzoi Kabinet Theater, you have to wear 3D glasses to view the rotating program of films. Hidden away is the Tula Tea Room, a reconstruction of the study of Tsar Nicolas II from the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. This opens up to a green courtyard where a few birds fly about, and the two resident dogs warily eye visitors from their perches. It’s the perfect spot to sit, sip complimentary Georgian black tea, and reflect on the canines of the Soviet space program, beautifully immortalised in oil paints at the museum’s gallery. Museum of Jurassic Technology is open Thursday, 2 p.m.–8 p.m.; Friday–Sunday, noon – 6 p.m. Admission $10/Rs700.

  The Museum as Art

Philanthropist J. Paul Getty’s Getty Center is a piece of architectural art in itself. Modern white buildings lead out to a landscaped garden, offering peace and great views. Architect Richard Meir designed the campus in a way that allows for ample natural light, which reflects off the stone walls. The art is from the medieval era, spanning European and American history. Their current displays include an in-depth look at a 19th-century French chandelier that resembles a hot-air balloon, 18th century pastel portraits, and a selection of historic cameras, including the first mass-market digital camera. Getty Center is open Tuesday–Friday, 10 a.m.– 5.30 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Admission is free.

  Broadly around

  Weedmaps Museum of Weeds took visitors through the history of cannabis with its trippy exhibits. Photo By: John Sciulli/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty images

Downtown LA

The Broad houses one of the world’s most prominent collections of postwar and contemporary art. There’s Jeff Koons’ giant balloon animals, Andy Warhol’s “Campbell’s Soup Can,” and a corner for Roy Lichtenstein’s pop-art. The Downtown LA (DTLA) icon is a sensory overload, the peak of which is a precious 30 seconds inside the Yayoi Kusama’s magical “Infinity Mirrored Room.” The Broad is surrounded by evidence of DTLA’s transition into the city’s artistic hub: the walls of former industrial buildings sport commissioned murals and graffiti. Once dilapidated spaces now house art galleries, wineries, breweries, and restaurants. Hauser & Wirth, for example, is an arts centre with a restaurant, chicken coop, garden and bookstore, all in a former flour mill. The gallery hosts screenings, family activities, and a rotating collection of exhibitions. Nearby, the non-profit Art Share LA offers residencies and support to artists. The Broad is open Tuesday and Wednesday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.; Thursday and Friday, 11 a.m.–8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.–8 p.m.; and Sunday 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Admission is free, but special exhibits are $18/Rs1,300. Hauser & Wirth is open Tuesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Admission is free.

  Black Pride

Supporting artists is the guiding philosophy of the Underground Museum, possibly LA’s most understated such space. Run by a black art collective, the Underground includes a gallery, an intimate bookshop, a theatre, a meeting space, a yoga studio, and an organic market. The focus is on black excellence, and it’s no surprise that past visitors include Beyoncé and Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors. It has also hosted the mobile Free Black Women’s Library, where people read and swap books. It may be low-key, but the Underground is LA too: an open space that informs and educates, even as it entertains. Underground Museum is open Wednesday–Sunday, noon–7 p.m. Admission is free.

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Master list 01 :

ID PACKS —

Creepy cat / cat in the void

God of death

Liminal spaces

Fallen / monstrous angel

Wolf boys

Hybrid kids

Animal crossing

Lavender (flower)

Margarita Blankenheim

Technology

Violinist / Antonio + wine / casino

Masc/neu love

Doll + secrets

Teddy bear

Starflesh

o5 council

Biblically accurate angel

Madoka Magica

Deimos

Harpy eagle + victorian

Horror eyes

Apostle

Franziska Von Karma

Zombie

Clover + cutecore

Borzoi

Masc/neu cryptid deer

Angel wings

Neu / fem sleepy barn rat

Masc Marble Hornets

Divine machinery

Creepy

Gaggleland

Nao Egokoro

Prototype

[sleepiestdreamer]

Could I please have a borzoi ID pack if you have time? Thank you!

I'm assuming you mean the dog? I don't know much about it, so I based it on what I found off Google..

Your ID pack will be posted at 20:00 (BST) today

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For Freaks and Geeks: The Ultimate LA Museum Crawl

Packed with exhibits on 3D art, iconic sculptures, technological wonders and even weed, the Los angeles Museum Trail is as wonderful as it is whacky.

Culture U.S.A. Joanna Lobo | POSTED ON: October 11, 2019

  The Broad has a collection of contemporary art from the 1950s to the present. Photo By: Santi Visalli/Archive Photos/Getty images

A house atop a hill, close to the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, looks like just another secluded, luxurious bungalow. But step inside, and it reveals itself to be the super quirky Hollywood Sculpture Garden, an exhibition space filled with 3D paintings, metallic sculptures, and paint-splattered ties and jeans. As Angelenos would say, “It’s such an LA thing.”

What defines this culturally rich city, however, is open to interpretation by its hundreds of cultural spaces. There are the iconic institutions that are worth a trip in their own right: the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Broad Museum, the Getty Center, and Griffith Observatory. Then there are temporary exhibitions, eclectic personal collections and historic homes, exploring everything from death to disgusting food.

Just this year, there have been exhibitions dedicated to fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, and Louis Vuitton, the latter included early 20th-century special-order trunks, Art Deco perfume bottles, and window displays. August saw the launch of Weedmaps Museum of Weed, which explored the history of marijuana through interactive exhibits, art installations, and historical artefacts. If you, too, love museums, there are a host of options to choose from here. We’ve picked a mix of mainstream and quirky places to visit for a well-rounded trip.

  A Good Day to Die

A bright neon sun, visible even in sunlight, appears like a warning outside the Museum of Death on Hollywood Boulevard. It says “die” and below that “death is everywhere,” and drives home the fact with a few skulls, a skeleton and a hangman’s noose. The museum began as a hobby for JD Healy and Catherine Shultz, who wrote letters to serial killers, and exhibited these and related artwork once a year. Now, it covers different aspects of death such as hangings, suicides, serials killers, famous assassinations, funeral services, cannibalism, and taxidermy, and it requires some time. Also handy is an empty stomach and steely resolve when viewing the severed head of French serial killer Henri Landru, shrivelled organs, gory pictures of hangings (a postcard set), crime scene photos and stuffed pets. Small televisions screen documentaries related to death, murder and misery. Museum of Death is open Sunday–Thursday, 10 a.m.–8 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m.–9 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.–10 p.m. Admission $17/Rs1,200.

  One of LA’s most popular landmarks is Chris Burden’s Urban Light installation at LACMA (top-left); Robby Gordon’s Hollywood Sculpture Garden (right) has life-like installations and sculptures; Velveteria Museum (bottom-left) exhibits paintings with black velvet as their base. Photos By: Robert Landau/Alamy/Indiapicture (trees), SuperStock/Super Stock/Dinodia photo library (velvet); Photo courtesy: Hollywood Sculpture Gardeen (sculpture)

Art with a View

The Hollywood Sculpture Garden in the Hollywood Hills is a less dreary experience. Robby Gordon, a former veterinarian, showcases his collection of art on the walls and ceilings, in passages and in the bathroom. In the garden, a rocky path leads to colourful bulldogs, metal sculptures which look like they’re straight out of Transformers, intertwined figures, yarn art, colourful mannequins and more. Visits are by appointment only, and Gordon enjoys taking people to his studio, handing out glasses to view 3D paintings, and showing off the view of downtown LA. All of the artwork is for sale. Hollywood Sculpture Garden is open by appointment; email drrobbygordon@gmail.com.

  Elvis in Velvet

In Chinatown, collectors Caren Anderson and Carl Baldwin exhibit a fraction of their 3,000 velvet paintings at the Velveteria Museum. Velvet paintings are categorised as those in which velvet (usually black in colour) is used as a support or base. Fuchsia curtains part to reveal 400 velvet paintings from different styles and eras, some vintage and some modern. Elvis hangs out with Jesus and Miley Cyrus, a vintage collection of naked women lie in the adult’s-only backroom, and a black-lit room reveals a wonderland of bright clowns, the devil, naked women, and painted unicorns. Velveteria Museum is open Wednesday–Monday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Admission $10/Rs700.

    Jeff Koons’ “Michael Jackson and Bubbles” (right) porcelain sculpture is a popular draw at the Broad which also displays Andy Warhol’s iconic Campbell’s Soup Can (left). Photos By: Joanna Lobo (sculpture); Photo Courtesy: The Broad (soup can)

Technology and History

One of the city’s strangest museums, The Museum of Jurassic Technology, has a name as vague as its exhibits. Founder David Wilson’s collection of curiosities is difficult to pinpoint. The oddities on display have some historical significance even if they are completely disconnected from each other. A maze of dimly lit corridors leads to different rooms and exhibits sealed behind wood and glass. There are letters to the astronomers at Mt. Wilson Observatory, the string game cat’s cradle and its collectors, micro-mosaics, collections from LA trailer parks, and models of staircases.

Meanwhile, at the Borzoi Kabinet Theater, you have to wear 3D glasses to view the rotating program of films. Hidden away is the Tula Tea Room, a reconstruction of the study of Tsar Nicolas II from the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. This opens up to a green courtyard where a few birds fly about, and the two resident dogs warily eye visitors from their perches. It’s the perfect spot to sit, sip complimentary Georgian black tea, and reflect on the canines of the Soviet space program, beautifully immortalised in oil paints at the museum’s gallery. Museum of Jurassic Technology is open Thursday, 2 p.m.–8 p.m.; Friday–Sunday, noon – 6 p.m. Admission $10/Rs700.

  The Museum as Art

Philanthropist J. Paul Getty’s Getty Center is a piece of architectural art in itself. Modern white buildings lead out to a landscaped garden, offering peace and great views. Architect Richard Meir designed the campus in a way that allows for ample natural light, which reflects off the stone walls. The art is from the medieval era, spanning European and American history. Their current displays include an in-depth look at a 19th-century French chandelier that resembles a hot-air balloon, 18th century pastel portraits, and a selection of historic cameras, including the first mass-market digital camera. Getty Center is open Tuesday–Friday, 10 a.m.– 5.30 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Admission is free.

  Broadly around

  Weedmaps Museum of Weeds took visitors through the history of cannabis with its trippy exhibits. Photo By: John Sciulli/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty images

Downtown LA

The Broad houses one of the world’s most prominent collections of postwar and contemporary art. There’s Jeff Koons’ giant balloon animals, Andy Warhol’s “Campbell’s Soup Can,” and a corner for Roy Lichtenstein’s pop-art. The Downtown LA (DTLA) icon is a sensory overload, the peak of which is a precious 30 seconds inside the Yayoi Kusama’s magical “Infinity Mirrored Room.” The Broad is surrounded by evidence of DTLA’s transition into the city’s artistic hub: the walls of former industrial buildings sport commissioned murals and graffiti. Once dilapidated spaces now house art galleries, wineries, breweries, and restaurants. Hauser & Wirth, for example, is an arts centre with a restaurant, chicken coop, garden and bookstore, all in a former flour mill. The gallery hosts screenings, family activities, and a rotating collection of exhibitions. Nearby, the non-profit Art Share LA offers residencies and support to artists. The Broad is open Tuesday and Wednesday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.; Thursday and Friday, 11 a.m.–8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.–8 p.m.; and Sunday 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Admission is free, but special exhibits are $18/Rs1,300. Hauser & Wirth is open Tuesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Admission is free.

  Black Pride

Supporting artists is the guiding philosophy of the Underground Museum, possibly LA’s most understated such space. Run by a black art collective, the Underground includes a gallery, an intimate bookshop, a theatre, a meeting space, a yoga studio, and an organic market. The focus is on black excellence, and it’s no surprise that past visitors include Beyoncé and Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors. It has also hosted the mobile Free Black Women’s Library, where people read and swap books. It may be low-key, but the Underground is LA too: an open space that informs and educates, even as it entertains. Underground Museum is open Wednesday–Sunday, noon–7 p.m. Admission is free.

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For Freaks and Geeks: The Ultimate LA Museum Crawl

Packed with exhibits on 3D art, iconic sculptures, technological wonders and even weed, the Los angeles Museum Trail is as wonderful as it is whacky.

Culture U.S.A. Joanna Lobo | POSTED ON: October 11, 2019

  The Broad has a collection of contemporary art from the 1950s to the present. Photo By: Santi Visalli/Archive Photos/Getty images

A house atop a hill, close to the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, looks like just another secluded, luxurious bungalow. But step inside, and it reveals itself to be the super quirky Hollywood Sculpture Garden, an exhibition space filled with 3D paintings, metallic sculptures, and paint-splattered ties and jeans. As Angelenos would say, “It’s such an LA thing.”

What defines this culturally rich city, however, is open to interpretation by its hundreds of cultural spaces. There are the iconic institutions that are worth a trip in their own right: the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Broad Museum, the Getty Center, and Griffith Observatory. Then there are temporary exhibitions, eclectic personal collections and historic homes, exploring everything from death to disgusting food.

Just this year, there have been exhibitions dedicated to fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, and Louis Vuitton, the latter included early 20th-century special-order trunks, Art Deco perfume bottles, and window displays. August saw the launch of Weedmaps Museum of Weed, which explored the history of marijuana through interactive exhibits, art installations, and historical artefacts. If you, too, love museums, there are a host of options to choose from here. We’ve picked a mix of mainstream and quirky places to visit for a well-rounded trip.

  A Good Day to Die

A bright neon sun, visible even in sunlight, appears like a warning outside the Museum of Death on Hollywood Boulevard. It says “die” and below that “death is everywhere,” and drives home the fact with a few skulls, a skeleton and a hangman’s noose. The museum began as a hobby for JD Healy and Catherine Shultz, who wrote letters to serial killers, and exhibited these and related artwork once a year. Now, it covers different aspects of death such as hangings, suicides, serials killers, famous assassinations, funeral services, cannibalism, and taxidermy, and it requires some time. Also handy is an empty stomach and steely resolve when viewing the severed head of French serial killer Henri Landru, shrivelled organs, gory pictures of hangings (a postcard set), crime scene photos and stuffed pets. Small televisions screen documentaries related to death, murder and misery. Museum of Death is open Sunday–Thursday, 10 a.m.–8 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m.–9 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.–10 p.m. Admission $17/Rs1,200.

  One of LA’s most popular landmarks is Chris Burden’s Urban Light installation at LACMA (top-left); Robby Gordon’s Hollywood Sculpture Garden (right) has life-like installations and sculptures; Velveteria Museum (bottom-left) exhibits paintings with black velvet as their base. Photos By: Robert Landau/Alamy/Indiapicture (trees), SuperStock/Super Stock/Dinodia photo library (velvet); Photo courtesy: Hollywood Sculpture Gardeen (sculpture)

Art with a View

The Hollywood Sculpture Garden in the Hollywood Hills is a less dreary experience. Robby Gordon, a former veterinarian, showcases his collection of art on the walls and ceilings, in passages and in the bathroom. In the garden, a rocky path leads to colourful bulldogs, metal sculptures which look like they’re straight out of Transformers, intertwined figures, yarn art, colourful mannequins and more. Visits are by appointment only, and Gordon enjoys taking people to his studio, handing out glasses to view 3D paintings, and showing off the view of downtown LA. All of the artwork is for sale. Hollywood Sculpture Garden is open by appointment; email drrobbygordon@gmail.com.

  Elvis in Velvet

In Chinatown, collectors Caren Anderson and Carl Baldwin exhibit a fraction of their 3,000 velvet paintings at the Velveteria Museum. Velvet paintings are categorised as those in which velvet (usually black in colour) is used as a support or base. Fuchsia curtains part to reveal 400 velvet paintings from different styles and eras, some vintage and some modern. Elvis hangs out with Jesus and Miley Cyrus, a vintage collection of naked women lie in the adult’s-only backroom, and a black-lit room reveals a wonderland of bright clowns, the devil, naked women, and painted unicorns. Velveteria Museum is open Wednesday–Monday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Admission $10/Rs700.

    Jeff Koons’ “Michael Jackson and Bubbles” (right) porcelain sculpture is a popular draw at the Broad which also displays Andy Warhol’s iconic Campbell’s Soup Can (left). Photos By: Joanna Lobo (sculpture); Photo Courtesy: The Broad (soup can)

Technology and History

One of the city’s strangest museums, The Museum of Jurassic Technology, has a name as vague as its exhibits. Founder David Wilson’s collection of curiosities is difficult to pinpoint. The oddities on display have some historical significance even if they are completely disconnected from each other. A maze of dimly lit corridors leads to different rooms and exhibits sealed behind wood and glass. There are letters to the astronomers at Mt. Wilson Observatory, the string game cat’s cradle and its collectors, micro-mosaics, collections from LA trailer parks, and models of staircases.

Meanwhile, at the Borzoi Kabinet Theater, you have to wear 3D glasses to view the rotating program of films. Hidden away is the Tula Tea Room, a reconstruction of the study of Tsar Nicolas II from the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. This opens up to a green courtyard where a few birds fly about, and the two resident dogs warily eye visitors from their perches. It’s the perfect spot to sit, sip complimentary Georgian black tea, and reflect on the canines of the Soviet space program, beautifully immortalised in oil paints at the museum’s gallery. Museum of Jurassic Technology is open Thursday, 2 p.m.–8 p.m.; Friday–Sunday, noon – 6 p.m. Admission $10/Rs700.

  The Museum as Art

Philanthropist J. Paul Getty’s Getty Center is a piece of architectural art in itself. Modern white buildings lead out to a landscaped garden, offering peace and great views. Architect Richard Meir designed the campus in a way that allows for ample natural light, which reflects off the stone walls. The art is from the medieval era, spanning European and American history. Their current displays include an in-depth look at a 19th-century French chandelier that resembles a hot-air balloon, 18th century pastel portraits, and a selection of historic cameras, including the first mass-market digital camera. Getty Center is open Tuesday–Friday, 10 a.m.– 5.30 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Admission is free.

  Broadly around

  Weedmaps Museum of Weeds took visitors through the history of cannabis with its trippy exhibits. Photo By: John Sciulli/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty images

Downtown LA

The Broad houses one of the world’s most prominent collections of postwar and contemporary art. There’s Jeff Koons’ giant balloon animals, Andy Warhol’s “Campbell’s Soup Can,” and a corner for Roy Lichtenstein’s pop-art. The Downtown LA (DTLA) icon is a sensory overload, the peak of which is a precious 30 seconds inside the Yayoi Kusama’s magical “Infinity Mirrored Room.” The Broad is surrounded by evidence of DTLA’s transition into the city’s artistic hub: the walls of former industrial buildings sport commissioned murals and graffiti. Once dilapidated spaces now house art galleries, wineries, breweries, and restaurants. Hauser & Wirth, for example, is an arts centre with a restaurant, chicken coop, garden and bookstore, all in a former flour mill. The gallery hosts screenings, family activities, and a rotating collection of exhibitions. Nearby, the non-profit Art Share LA offers residencies and support to artists. The Broad is open Tuesday and Wednesday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.; Thursday and Friday, 11 a.m.–8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.–8 p.m.; and Sunday 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Admission is free, but special exhibits are $18/Rs1,300. Hauser & Wirth is open Tuesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Admission is free.

  Black Pride

Supporting artists is the guiding philosophy of the Underground Museum, possibly LA’s most understated such space. Run by a black art collective, the Underground includes a gallery, an intimate bookshop, a theatre, a meeting space, a yoga studio, and an organic market. The focus is on black excellence, and it’s no surprise that past visitors include Beyoncé and Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors. It has also hosted the mobile Free Black Women’s Library, where people read and swap books. It may be low-key, but the Underground is LA too: an open space that informs and educates, even as it entertains. Underground Museum is open Wednesday–Sunday, noon–7 p.m. Admission is free.

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