Velaslavasay Panorama, Los Angeles

Name: Velaslavasay Panorama
Address: 1122 W 24th St, Los Angeles, 90007, United States
Telephone: +1 213-746-2166

#444 among attractions in Los Angeles

Museum, Art museum, Specialty museum, Entertainment

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The Velaslavasay Panorama is an exhibition hall, theatre and gardens in Los Angeles, California, featuring the only painted, 360-degree panorama created in the United States since the nineteenth century. The Velaslavasay Panorama was originally established by artist Sara Velas in 2000 at the Tswuun-Tswuun Rotunda on Hollywood Boulevard. The museum's name combines Velas’ last name with her mother's maiden name, Asay. In 2004, its original venue threatened with demolition, the panorama moved to its present location at the Union Theatre in Historical West Adams. ()

Coordinates: 34°2'3"N, 118°17'6"W

Address

1122 W 24th StSouth Los Angeles (University Park)Los Angeles 90007 United States

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+1 213-746-2166

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Velaslavasay Panorama – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Memorial Interchange, Uytengsu Aquatics Center, Shrine Auditorium, St. John's Cathedral.

0.7 miNE
Bridge
Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Memorial Interchange, Los Angeles
18 min walk • The Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Memorial Interchange, also known as the Harbor–Santa Monica Freeway Interchange, is a three-level cloverstack interchange that serves as the junction between the Harbor and Santa Monica Freeways at the southern edge of Downtown Los Angeles, California.
0.7 miS
Watersports, Swimming pool, Swimming
Uytengsu Aquatics Center, Los Angeles
19 min walk • The Uytengsu Aquatics Center is a 2,500-seat outdoor aquatics venue located on the campus of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, USA. The facility features two pools: a long course pool, and a diving well with towers. The facility is the home pool for the USC Trojans swimming and diving teams.
0.8 miS
Concerts and shows, Theater, Concert hall
Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles
20 min walk • The Shrine Auditorium is a landmark large-event venue in Los Angeles, California. It is also the headquarters of the Al Malaikah Temple, a division of the Shriners. It was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1975, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
0.7 miSE
Church, Romanesque architecture
St. John's Cathedral, Los Angeles
18 min walk • St. John's Cathedral is an Episcopal church near downtown Los Angeles that serves as both a parish church and the cathedral church of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, an area covering five and a half counties. Though St. John's was formed in 1890, the current Romanesque Revival architectural style church was built in 1925.
0.8 miS
Sacred and religious sites
Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles
20 min walk • The Shrine Exposition Hall is a multi-purpose event facility located in Los Angeles, California, adjacent to the Shrine Auditorium. It features 54,000 square feet of exhibit and meeting space—34,000 in the main level and 20,000 in an open mezzanine. The Exposition Hall has a capacity of 5,000 patrons.
0.9 miS
Monuments and statues, Sculpture
Tommy Trojan, Los Angeles
24 min walk • Tommy Trojan, officially known as the Trojan Shrine, is one of the most recognizable figures of school pride at the University of Southern California.
0.6 miSE
Church, Spanish colonial revival architecture
St. Vincent de Paul Church, Los Angeles
17 min walk • St. Vincent de Paul Church is a Roman Catholic parish and Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in the South Los Angeles section of Los Angeles, California. The church was built in the 1920s and designed by architect Albert C. Martin, Sr. Paid for by local oilman Edward L.
0.6 miSE
Memorial, Victorian architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
Stimson House, Los Angeles
16 min walk • Stimson House is a Richardsonian Romanesque mansion in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. Built in 1891, it was the home of lumber and banking millionaire Thomas Douglas Stimson.
0.5 miSE
Street
Doheny Drive, Los Angeles
13 min walk • Doheny Drive is a north–south thoroughfare mostly through Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, in Los Angeles County, California. It is named for Edward L. Doheny, an early 20th century oil tycoon based in Los Angeles.
0.8 miN
Church, Romanesque architecture, Neo-renaissance architecture
First Church of Christ Scientist, Los Angeles
20 min walk • The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1912, is a historic Christian Science church edifice located at 1366 South Alvarado Street in Pico-Union, Los Angeles, California.
0.9 miNW
Cemetery
Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles
24 min walk • Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery is a cemetery in Los Angeles at 1831 West Washington Boulevard in the Pico-Union district, southwest of Downtown.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Velaslavasay Panorama?

Nearby attractions include Birthplace of Adlai E. Stevenson II, Los Angeles (6 min walk), Miller and Herriott House, Los Angeles (7 min walk), ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles (8 min walk), Forthmann House, Los Angeles (9 min walk).

How to get to Velaslavasay Panorama by public transport?

The nearest stations to Velaslavasay Panorama:

Bus

Vermont & 24th • Lines: 204 (10 min walk)
Vermont & Adams • Lines: 204, 754 (10 min walk)

Light rail

LATTC/Ortho Institute • Lines: E (19 min walk)
Grand/LATTC • Lines: A (24 min walk)