Skirball Cultural Center, Cultural center and museum in Los Angeles, United States.
The Skirball Cultural Center operates as a nonprofit institution with exhibition galleries, performance theaters, educational classrooms, outdoor courtyards, and gardens designed by architect Moshe Safdie on North Sepulveda Boulevard.
The center opened in 1996 on a campus in the Santa Monica Mountains, relocating the Skirball Museum originally founded in 1972 at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion to this new facility.
The core exhibition 'Visions and Values: Jewish Life from Antiquity to America' traces over 4,000 years of Jewish history through more than 30,000 artifacts, documents, photographs, and multimedia installations.
The center is open Tuesday through Friday from 12:00 to 17:00 and Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00, with wheelchair accessible facilities and admission fees of thirteen dollars for adults.
The Noah's Ark exhibit features life-sized interactive animal sculptures and a rainbow mist installation created by environmental artist Ned Kahn, attracting approximately 60,000 schoolchildren annually for educational programs.
Location: Los Angeles
Inception: 1996
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible
Fee: Yes
Address: 2701 North Sepulveda Boulevard 90049 Los Angeles
Opening Hours: Tuesday-Friday 12:00-17:00; Saturday,Sunday 10:00-17:00; July 04 off; September 16 off; November 10-11 off; November 23 off;
Phone: +13104404500
Website: https://skirball.org
GPS coordinates: 34.12456,-118.47907
Latest update: November 24, 2025 17:32
This collection brings together major works by architect Moshe Safdie, whose practice is distinguished by particular attention to natural light, outdoor spaces, and the integration of buildings into their surroundings. From Montreal to Singapore, through Jerusalem and several American cities, his projects demonstrate an approach that seeks to reconcile contemporary needs with respect for local contexts. Among the featured works are Habitat 67 in Montreal, an experimental residential complex composed of stacked concrete modules offering each unit its own terrace, and the Marina Bay Sands complex in Singapore with its three towers connected by a 340-meter terrace. The collection also includes several museums such as the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, and the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. Other projects like the Salt Lake City Public Library, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, or the Khalsa Heritage Memorial Complex in India illustrate the diversity of architectural programs entrusted to Safdie throughout his career.
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