Best Museum Pomona Near Me

4worldlovers: As attendees create their masterpieces, a dj will provide a multi-genre curated playlist to set the VIBE.

All guests will also have access to the current museum exhibit by

LAM x Mandala Tequila Tasting Bar (21+ with valid ID), and the META Quest 2 Virtual Reality (VR) Art Experience.

The event will take place at the Latino Art Musem, a non profit organization founded in 2001 located inside the Founders Building in the heart of the Downtown Pomona Arts Colony. Prior or post the event, guests may experience the "Walk The Beat" that takes place every fourth saturday of the month which includes 3,500+ visitors in attendance, 75 street vendors, 50+ local business and 10 nightclubs.

**All Minors Below the age of 14 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian**

4worldlovers: Pomona, CA – From the beginning, Wally Parks envisioned a museum as THE place to view and learn about hot rods, customs, race cars, and speed records, and discover the stories of the people who made them possible.


Since 1998, the Museum has been a separate organization with its own governing Board of Directors who direct the Museum’s vision, purpose, and activities. The Museum is an independent California non-profit 501(c)(3) educational and cultural organization.


The Museum’s mission is to celebrate the impact of motorsports on American culture. The Museum collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets the vehicles, stories and artifacts that represent America’s affection for, and the influence of, automotive speed and style in all its forms.

The Museum’s collection includes dragsters, land speed vehicles, race cars, customs, hot rods and a changing array of one-of-a-kind vehicles that tell the story of American hot rodding. We are located in a historic Art Deco style exposition building on the grounds of the Los Angeles County Fairplex, which is also home to In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip. The National Hot Rod Association has had a continuous presence here since it’s very first event, the Southern California Championships, were held at this drag strip on an April weekend in 1953. Today, the NHRA starts its season here with the Winternationals and concludes the season with the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals.

The Museum is open year-round and features thirty-thousand sq. feet of permanent and changing exhibitions. As you explore this site you’ll find more information on a variety of programs and events we present throughout the year, including our Hot Rod Reunions in Bowling Green, Kentucky and Bakersfield, California.

4worldlovers:
The Palomares family lived in the house for seventeen years. In 1867, Francisco Palomares, the son of Ygnacio Palomares (who built the home), and his wife Donna Lujardo Alvarado, moved to La Casa Primera where they stayed until Francisco passed in 1882. While living there, Francisco discovered the first artesian well in the valley and began planting orange trees. Some of them survive on the site today. In 1874, Francisco, Cyrus Burdick, and P.C. Tonner formed the Old Settlement Water Company. The original open canal or ‘zanja’, crossed Old Settlers Lane and continued to a reservoir near Holt Ave. Portions of the stone-lined ditch are still visible today.