Museum of Tolerance - Los Angeles

TRAVEL BY NIC…….The Perpetual Tourist!

Museum of Tolerance – 9786 W Pico Blvd

Since my daughter was starting to learn about WWI and the Nazi’s, I had heard that this would be a great museum to take her to.  Admission was $15.50 per adult & $11.50 per student with free parking available under the Museum complex.

I had been to the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC  and I found the Museum of Tolerance different from what I was expecting.  As you enter the museum you learn about the intolerance that is still happening today and intolerance that has happened throughout time in all area’s of the world.  The portion of the tour that is about the Nazi’s is very well done.  It’s a timed walking tour.  They let a few people in at a time where you go from station to station learning about the rise of Hitler until you end a room that resembles a gas chamber.  Each stations has historic video of the Nazi movement. 

There were not as many actual items from Holocaust survivors as compared to the Holocaust Museum. (Rooms of shoes, hair, etc were VERY moving to me).  We were not disappointed because The Museum of Tolerance was VERY informative.  Your heart breaks when you reach the end and hear the horror stories spoken in narrative from Jewish survivors.

We were not allowed to take photos in the museum.  Even though this was a tour that weighs heavy on your heart, I did have a great time spending the day with my daughter.

The Original Marty’s, Home of the Combo- 10558 W Pico, Los Angeles, CA

So I asked one of the guides at the Museum of Tolerance where to eat and he suggested Marty’s!  Just a small hamburger stand with some tables set up outside.  It was a GREAT burger!  There wasn’t that much going on around the place and yet I was surprised how many folks came walking up at 3pm to pick up their combo!  So if you find yourself on Pico and want a tasty burger made right in front of you…..I suggest Marty's!