Museum of Jurassic Technology
Museum of Jurassic Technology is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 40 m. Mount Lukens stands 1,547 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Center for Land Use Interpretation, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 8.7 miles off.
The story
The Museum of Jurassic Technology at 9341 Venice Boulevard in the Palms district of Los Angeles, California, United States, was founded by David Hildebrand Wilson and Diana Drake Wilson in 1988. While it calls itself "an educational institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and the public appreciation of the Lower Jurassic", the relevance of the term "Lower Jurassic" to the museum's collections is left unexplained, and "Jurassic Technology" is likewise undefined (the dawn of technology generally being understood as occurring millions of years after the Jurassic).
The museum's collection includes a mixture of artistic, scientific, ethnographic, and historic items, as well as some unclassifiable exhibits; the diversity evokes the cabinets of curiosities that were the 16th-century predecessors of modern natural-history museums. The factual claims of many of the museum's exhibits strain credibility, provoking an array of interpretations. David Hildebrand Wilson received a MacArthur Foundation fellowship in 2001. On July 8, 2025, a fire broke out in the museum, causing significant smoke damage to several exhibits. The museum reopened in early August 2025.
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Dates from 1987.
Wikidata Q1954749, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1924
- Height
- 7.5 m
- Elevation
- 40.3 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Center for Land Use Interpretation: 0.0 mi
- Wende Museum of the Cold War: 1.1 mi
- Museum of Tolerance: 2.0 mi
- Martyrs Memorial and Museum of the Holocaust: 3.0 mi
- Museum of Flying: 3.1 mi
- Media Park: 0.1 mi
- Platform Park: 0.5 mi
- Woodbine Park: 0.8 mi
- Reynier Park: 0.8 mi
- Doctor Paul Carlson Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
- A Moment in Time: 0.2 mi
- Town Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Hal Roach Studios: 0.5 mi
- Olympic Marathon Winners: 1.0 mi
- Civil War Union Camp Latham: 1.4 mi
- Light Wave: 0.3 mi
- Quotation Courtyard: 0.3 mi
- La Ballona: 0.3 mi
- Bloom Dimension: 0.4 mi
- Synchronicities: 0.4 mi
- Sony Pictures Studio Tour: 0.8 mi
- Jeanne French's Car: 1.6 mi
- Tembo's residence: 2.7 mi
- Rodeo drive Steps: 2.9 mi
- Rodeo Drive Sign: 2.9 mi
- Motor Avenue Urban Garden: 0.9 mi
- Culver City Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Kaizuka Meditation Garden: 1.3 mi
- Doris' Japanese Garden: 1.5 mi
- Funkmeyer New Reality Garden: 1.9 mi
- Baldwin Hills: 1.0 mi
- Briar Summit: 7.1 mi
- Olive Hill: 7.7 mi
- Maltman peak: 7.9 mi
- Burbank Peak: 8.4 mi
- La Brea Green Belt: 2.5 mi
- Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve: 4.3 mi
- Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve: 4.9 mi
- LA City Open Space: 5.2 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 5.2 mi
- Lake Side: 1.8 mi
- Garden Grove: 1.8 mi
- Blue Lagoon: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Central: 2.0 mi
- Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
- Temescal Falls: 8.6 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 10.9 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 19.1 mi
- Millard Falls: 19.7 mi
- Ribbon Rocks Falls: 20.3 mi
- Mother's Beach: 4.7 mi
- Palisades Beach: 6.8 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 8.2 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 9.1 mi
- Castle Rock Beach: 9.7 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 3.9 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 11.0 mi
- Eagle Spring: 11.3 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 18.8 mi
- Fascination Spring: 18.9 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 17.6 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.1 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.4 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.5 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 21.1 mi
- Spa Palace: 7.5 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Museum of Jurassic Technology. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lukens | NNE 28° | 1,546.6 m | 19.0 mi |
| Echo Mountain | NE 51° | 968 m | 20.3 mi |
| Verdugo Peak | NNE 27° | 951.6 m | 14.6 mi |
| Wella's Peak | NE 41° | 910 m | 19.8 mi |
| Limerock Peak | N 6° | 905 m | 20.3 mi |
| Saddle Peak | WNW 284° | 851 m | 15.3 mi |
| Tongva Peak | NNE 33° | 803 m | 14.2 mi |
| Calabasas Peak | WNW 292° | 657 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:11 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 58 | 60 | 62 | 64 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 67 | 61 | 57 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Culver City, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/323743997
Day trips start here
- Culver City · 2 mi
- Beverly Hills · 4 mi
- Los Angeles/West · 4 mi
- West Hollywood · 4 mi
- Westchester · 4 mi
- Los Angeles/Wilshire · 5 mi
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