Museums / Galleries, Santa Monica
Fodor's Review:
Named after a stop on the Red Trolley line that once shuttled between Downtown and the Santa Monica Pier, Bergamot Station is now a depot for intriguing art. The industrial facades house more than a dozen art galleries, shops, a café, and a museum. The galleries cover many kinds of media: photography, jewelry, and paintings from somber to lurid. (www.bergamotstation.com). Inside a cavernous, steel-beamed warehouse, the Santa Monica Museum of Art (310/586-6488. www.smmoa.org) showcases exhibits of emerging artists. It's open Tuesday-Saturday 11-6, with a $3 suggested donation. The museum also presents evening salons with artists, performers, and speakers.
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