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Skip the Line: Petersen Automotive Museum General Admission Ticket
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Skip the Line: Petersen Automotive Museum General Admission Ticket

By Petersen Automotive Museum
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Ages 0-99, max of 10 per group
Duration: 24h
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  • Admission
  • Entry/Admission - Petersen Automotive Museum
  • Guaranteed to skip the lines
What's not included
  • The listed price does not include a $17 parking fee, payable at the time of departure
  • The listed price does not include an optional $28 Vault Tour, subject to capacity


If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 35172P1

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Wheelchair accessible—if assistance is required, passenger must provide their own assistant
  • The Petersen Automotive Museum strives to exceed ADA requirements whenever possible, and offers a variety of accessible features. If visitors require additional accessible resources, such as interpreters or touch-based tours, please call Visitor Services at (323) 930-CARS during museum hours at least two weeks prior to visiting.
  • Limited wheelchairs available for checkout on a first-come, first-served basis, no advance reservations for wheelchairs
  • Tickets are non-refundable, but may redeemed on any date within one year from date of purchase
  • Museum is located at 6060 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers

  • All sales are final and incur 100% cancellation penalties.

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What you can expect during your visit
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
  • Gear/equipment sanitized between use
  • Face masks required for travelers in public areas
  • Social distancing enforced throughout experience
  • Safety precautions are provided by the property and are not checked by Tripadvisor for accuracy.

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Petersen Automotive Museum
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Los Angeles, California
  • kjr135
    kjr135
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    Amazing Inside Tesla Exhibit. The rest of the museum is good too...
    I toured the entire main museum. However, I went through the Inside Tesla exhibit three full times. The quality of displays and historical significance is unprecedented in an automotive museum. The Tesla exhibit alone by itself is worth the visit. The display has one of the two remaining T-Zeros, Elon's Founders #1 Roadster, an early Model S prototype, and new prototypes not yet in mass production like the Cybertruck, next gen Roadster and Optimus Bot. There is even SpaceX and NASA artifacts that are one of a kind. I would provide my highest recommendation for a visit for the Tesla exhibit and the rest of the museum is good too.
  • G3127UUaa
    G3127UUaa
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    Not worth the money. Don't go.
    The first floor is an advertisement for Elon Musk. The price is a robbery for the value. Rude staff.
  • TonyFi18
    TonyFi18
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    Visit one of the finest Auto Museums in the World
    If you are visiting Los Angeles, love history, art and stunning automobiles The Peterson is a must visit experience. The Museum offers year round exhibits that feature everything that the best of perfect historic autos has to offer. Revisit decades of represented collections from foreign to American antiques and classics.
  • FoxFrancis
    FoxFrancis
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    Great Museum
    This museum was awesome! I recommend paying to tour the Cault where you can see the Pope mobile, the Bat-cycle, and countless cool cars. In the regular museum, you can see really famous cars like Michael Kenton’s Vat car. Really great time. Also, the museum has a really nice restaurant rant.
  • KiwiFlashpackers
    KiwiFlashpackers
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    Deceptive Admission fee
    I went to the car museum this morning after viewing its website where it stated it had a display of 250+ cars including some mustangs and AC Cobras I wanted to see. I purchased my admission ticket at the counter for $19.95 and went in to see the displays. On level 2&3 are about 25 really interesting cars all well displayed. On the level 1 is a Tesla display which felt like an advertorial for Elon Musk. I asked where the rest of the cars were and I was told they were in the Vault which is an additional $25. At no time when I paid for my ticket was I told I would only be seeing 10% of the cars or was even offered the vault option. This is really deceptive advertising It’s a bit like going to see a movie for $20 and only getting to see half of it and being told to see the rest was $25 extra. The display is not worth the $19.95 and I was too annoyed to pay to see the vault cars
  • Gareth C
    Gareth C
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    Expensive
    A little underwhelmed. I’d read so much about this museum being amazing but it didn’t really live up to the hype. The main museum is $20 to get in which is good value. I’m not sure how they justify charging another $25 to walk round the vault. The vault has some great cars, but they’re all jammed in and there’s very little information about any of them. If I were doing it again I’d skip the vault. There are three floors to the museum, and what is there is fantastic, I just thought there would be more. The bottom floor is all Tesla stuff and was of no real interest to me. Great cafe Including parking it cost me $62. I was there less than 2 hours so it’s an expensive trip.
  • themontanatravelgirl
    themontanatravelgirl
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    So-so compared to other car museums.
    Frankly compared to some other car museums I’ve been to, it wasn’t all that impressive. The most interesting cars were the movie/tv cars. I guess I expected more since it is such a touted museum but maybe that is just because of where it is located.
  • Eric N
    Eric N
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    Best museum ever!!!! Beautiful inside and out.
    Unbelievable amount of rare cars, fun cars, concept car, everything. Take the vault tour. If you can find Larry the volunteer docent, use him in enhance your visit. He knows everything about every car. If you’re on the fence jump off, it’s a great day. All of the docents are very helpful.
  • Jodium-Adventures
    Jodium-Adventures
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    Nice automotives.
    They have a wide range of different vehicles on display. From modern racing cars and motorcycles to movie vehicles and Formula 1 cars. It really feels like a museum. The vehicle-art in the adjecent gallery comes off as a bit easy and cheap. The electric vehicle part of the museum on the lowest floor comes over as marketing for Tesla. Its includes the rocket and robot part of Tesla, which has nothing to do with automotives.
  • Bobbbbbbbbbb
    Bobbbbbbbbbb
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    But too much of a Tesla advert
    Great exhibits and some fun interaction. Found the final floor a bit weird though as it’s blatantly an uncritical advert for Tesla - fine to accept their sponsorship but you need to be clear about whether you are a museum or an advert.
  • Explorer82247
    Explorer82247
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    Worth the visit!!
    The visit exceeded our expectations! This car museum is definitely worth taking the time to visit. We loved their exhibits of the "movie" cars, McClaren race cars, and all the concept cars. The museum is very well done.
  • Wikumj
    Wikumj
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    Great even for people who are not into cars!
    My wife and I are not into cars at all but even we found this museum an excellent way to spend a couple of hours. The exhibits are very well presented and the collection is nicely varied and covers a wide range of vehicles from the very first vehicles through to the modern day. We particularly enjoyed the famous movie vehicles and took lots of pictures. Leave enough time for the three floors, you start at the top and there is currently a really interesting Tesla exhibit on the bottom floor that we ran out of time to explore fully. There’s also a cool racing simulation game in one area that will appeal to any gamers!
  • YavarK
    YavarK
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    A must visit for car enthusiasts.
    In downtown LA. The venue has car parking in the building. The vault is a must see. Not sure if they had a Special exhibition on Porche and Tesla, but it took up a lot of space, and frankly was a bit much! Other than that, a nice place to visit. Modest entry fee. Has a nice restaurant, not that we tried it. Lots to do for young kids.
  • alexlL3654CM
    alexlL3654CM
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    We are Porsche/We are Petersen
    Great staff... love the new lights and storyboards in the Vault..exhibits keep getting better..liked storyboards in the We are Porsche exhibit
  • J3277UGdanielp
    J3277UGdanielp
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    A car lover's dream place
    When I was planning my visit to Los Angeles as a lover of all things on 4 Wheels this museum was at the top of my visit list. And I am happy to say it did not disappoint the main museum was fantastic on its own and well worth the admission price. But if you're a car nut like me you have to visit their vault yes it costs an extra fee but you are never likely to see a collection of vehicles like it anywhere else it's well worth the extra fee. The building has excellent facilities with rest rooms on each floor and it is very disabled friendly from what I could see but I am not disabled. And water fountains provided which I also thought was a nice touch.
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Paul G
1 contribution
Oct 2020
This museum is an amazing resource for understanding the role of the Automobile in American Culture. It could easily keep you and your young ones occupied for half a day or more. The resources for kids allow them to explore the automobile and the role of an Automobile designer. The Restaurant has excellent food by the world renowned Drago family.
They also have monthly Cars and Coffees at no charge if you want to get a taste of the experience.
Written November 9, 2020
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Thank you so much for your glowing recommendation and positive review of the Petersen Museum. We are overjoyed to hear that you really enjoy our collection of automobiles. We try our best to make sure the history of the automobile is preserved and accessible to everyone and it is worth it for visitors like you. We hope you will visit us again soon as we have updated our exhibits a lot since your last visit. Thank you for your time and have a great day! Sincerely, Michael
Written July 20, 2022
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cgny1fwd
Houston, TX1,307 contributions
Mar 2020
Beautiful exhibits, but they are mostly of cars built for Hollywood movies. The exploded VW electric vehicle was really interesting as was some of the other electric vehicle exhibits. But many classic cars. To see them, you have to take the Vault tour, which I did. It was very interesting and there are many special vehicles. However, it is guided (great guid) and you can't wander amongst the vehicles. It is also expensive.
Written March 12, 2020
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tommy boy
1 contribution
May 2021 • Solo
this place is a joke! you can see most of these cars driving around beverly hills.Alot of reproduction cars including the Batmobile.I have gone to tons of local car shows that were better than this.....and they were FREE! And they had the nerve to TRY to charge me an extra $20 to see the American cars.Super disappointing, don't waste your money this is not the place to go to see awesome cars ,its just alot of radom filler cars.OVER RATED!!!!!!
Written May 30, 2021
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Rob S
3 contributions
May 2023 • Solo
. The Vault has some reallt special cars in there. Its a real pity they do not have adequate information in relation to the car itself or its history. Also the cars are packed together so you cannot fully appreciate them. Worth a visit but disappointed
Written May 18, 2023
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zeeshan66
Orlando, FL84 contributions
Mar 2023 • Solo
Its a great museum very well laid out. The majority of exciting/interesting things to see are in the vault. That should be included in the ticket. I wish the vault had more cars labeled. There are a lot of docents around to ask questions though so its fine. Don't skip the gift shop lots of cool stuff in there! I spent about 4 hours and that was good time but you can easily spend 6-8. There's a restaurant on site. lots of rest rooms.
Written March 24, 2023
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Cathy G
Quebec City, Canada6 contributions
Jul 2019 • Family
July 25, 2019, we were in the museum for 90 minutes when the crime was committed. During this brief time, in the middle of the day, the rear window of our car was smashed in. Our son’s camera, accessories, and bag, which was hidden from sight and behind darkened windows, were stolen. The museum security personnel were helpful, some more than others, yet were unable to help with attaining video footage, even though we were parked extremely close to the entrance and exit! It seems that our son was targeted. We called the Wilshire Division of LA Police Dept., but that was a dead end, no help to us as this type of crime happens frequently.
Although the museum had a variety of cars to view on the three floors, our good time there was thwarted by the parking garage. Park with extreme caution! Do not, for one instance, allow yourself to believe in a false sense of security, or that your belongings or person is safe in the museum’s parking garage!
Park at your own risk! The museum is not in a safe neighborhood/area. The security guards mentioned to us that there is a large homeless and gang population in the neighborhood that borders the museum and that this type of crime is common in the parking garage and on-street parking. We only wish they had told us before we drove into their parking garage.
Written July 26, 2019
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jmsblest
Malverne, NY22 contributions
Jun 2018
I chose this museum for my husband, but I was impressed at how much there was to see and do for all age groups. There is an interactive display about many historical topics, and you can enjoy this sitting! There is also a play area for children. Definitely good for a family.
Written June 23, 2018
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jamesgoren
New York NY103 contributions
Aug 2020
I love cars' museums, I visited several all over the world. The Petersen is without a doubt one of the best. There is always a special exhibition and the Vault is just amazing
Written November 9, 2020
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Thank you so much for your very kind and positive review of the Petersen Museum. We hope to see you soon as we have updated our exhibits quite a lot since your last visit. There's a lot more new cars to see! Thank you for your time and have a nice day! Sincerely, Michael
Written July 20, 2022
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Louinator59
Bellflower, CA117 contributions
Jan 2020
I bought the annual membership and we just filmed a Youtube video at he Museum and focused on the Hollywood Movie cars from Transformers, Batman, Mad Max, Star wars, and more. Watch the video on YouTube # Sv2SsRvv5_E
Written January 16, 2020
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Daniel Adami
New York City, NY19 contributions
Jun 2018 • Solo
A museum that expresses the desire to show the world what car means that has made the history of cinema or a race or something. The cars of Batman and Cars show the accuracy of the place in every detail.
I would like to congratulate the managers of the museum who have made the idea very clear and can be proposed not only to lovers of historic cars, but also to curious onlookers.
I had this experience in August 2017
Written May 23, 2019
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