Noah's Ark at the Skirball

Save

Similar · Kidspace Children's Museum

Similar · California Science Center

Photo: tracie7779 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Flickr

🎨 Museum · Los Angeles

2.5 hours · $$ · Reservation required

age fit

0–1 yr

★ 4.0

1–3 yrs

★ 5.0

3–5 yrs

★ 5.0

5–10 yrs

★ 3.0

🚗
About 45 min drive
From Arcadia · Parking: Free lot at the center
🍼
Stroller-friendly
Flat surfaces — bring the stroller
🌳
Lots of shade
Rain-OK · Handles heat
⏱️
Typical visit: 2.5 hours
Best seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall · Winter

Noah's Ark at the Skirball is the most inventive children's gallery in Los Angeles: a life-size wooden ark filled with hundreds of animals made from recycled materials that kids can rock, pull, climb and operate, with jobs like loading the ark and making rain; out the stern is an outdoor rainbow courtyard.

💡 Tips

Admission is about $18 for adults, $13 for ages 2–12, and the whole museum is free on Thursdays; Noah's Ark always requires a timed ticket booked online, and weekends often sell out. The 10am opening slot is the quietest. The Getty Center is 5 minutes away.

What this place offers

✓Noah's Ark

✓hands-on

✓climbing

✓recycled-material animals

✓indoor

✓outdoor courtyard

✓restrooms

Featured in these guides

This weekend's weather in Los Angeles

Forecast at the destination itself (coast and hills often differ from home)

☁️

Sat 10/17

Overcast · 72–89°F · 0% rain

☀️

Sun 10/18

Sunny · 72–85°F · 0% rain

Location

Los Angeles, California

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

🎨 Museum · Los Angeles

What this place offers

Featured in these guides

This weekend's weather in Los Angeles

Location

More like this

Kidspace Children's Museum

Pretend City Children's Museum

California Science Center

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles