Museum of Contemporary
Art La Jolla, CA

Location: 700 Prospect Street, La Jolla, San Diego, California (map)
Phone: (858) 454 3541 (24-hour recorded information)
More Info: Website

Art Museum Collections

The Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla is located near downtown La Jolla on the peninsula and overlooks the beautiful ocean. The museum is a short walking distance from Ellen Browning Scripps Park and La Jolla Cove.

Permannt Collection, Emerging Artists

The permanent collection of the museum includes several works created after 1950, representing all media and genres: painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, video, film, and installation.

The museum is known for collecting works by promising emerging artists and under-recognized mid-career artists, as well as by major figures in contemporary art.

Museum's Greatest Strengths

Among the greatest strengths of the Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, Collection are minimalism and Pop art of the 1960s and 70s, conceptual art from the 1960s to the present, installation art, Latin American art, and art from California and the San Diego/Tijuana region. Many works in the collection are the result of artists' residencies or works commissioned for MCASD exhibitions.

Nancy Rubins Pleasure Point Exhibit

Overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Pleasure Point is an accumulation of rowboats, canoes, jet skis, and surfboards. Attached to the roof of the contemporary art museum and cantilevered above the heads of viewers, Nancy Rubins' gravity-defying sculpture is held together under tension through welds and wire.

Art Museum Tours

Public Tours

Free public tours are available every Thursday at 6pm and weekends
at 2pm.

To book a private guided tour, please contact:
Education Department
858 454 3541 x151
or e-mail education@mcasd.org.
(Please remember to book your tour at least
three weeks in advance.)

School Tours

The Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla also offers grade school (4-12) tours and university and college tours.

Museum Cafe

Relax over some cappuccino or a light snack while visiting the museum. Located at the northeast section of the building.