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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art was established as a museum in 1961. Originally, it was part of the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art, founded in 1910 in Exposition Park near the University of Southern California. Howard F. Ahmanson, Sr., Anna Bing Arnold and Bart Lytton were the first principal patrons of the museum. In 1965 the museum moved to a new Wilshire Boulevard complex as an independent, art-focused institution. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is the largest art museum in the western United States. Photograph caption dated March 19, 1963 reads "Spectators view two of 'Treasurers of Versailles' now on display at the Los Angeles County Museum. Museum-goers will be able to see this exhibit of French art treasures through April 28 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. the remainder of the week, except Mondays when museum is closed. 'Treasures of Versailles' is made up of 181 paintings, sculpture, furnishings and other works of art on loan from French government."
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