Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
949-494-8808; 150 Laguna Ave; chairs/umbrellas/boards
per day $10/10/15;
9am-9pm)
.
Laguna Art Museum
MUSEUM
senior/child $7/5/free, 1st Thu of month free; 11am-5pm Fri-Tue, to 9pm Thu)
This breezy museum has changing exhibitions featuring contemporary Californian artists,
and a permanent collection heavy on Californian landscapes, vintage photographs and
works by early Laguna bohemians.
Pacific Marine Mammal Center
ANIMAL PARK
( 949-494-3050;
www.pacificmmc.org
; 20612 Laguna Canyon Rd; admission by donation;
10am-4pm)
A nonprofit organization dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating injured or ill marine
mammals, this center northeast of town has a small staff and many volunteers who help
nurse rescued pinnipeds - mostly sea lions and seals - before releasing them back into the
wild. There are several outside pools and holding pens - but remember, this is a rescue
center, not SeaWorld.
DON'T MISS
FIRST THURSDAYS
On the first Thursday of the month, downtown Laguna Beach gets festive during the
First
Thursdays Gallery Art Walk
( 949-683-6871;
www.firstthursdaysartwalk.com
;
6pm-9pm 1st
Thu of month). You can make the rounds of 40 local galleries and the Laguna Art Museum
via free shuttles circling Laguna's art-gallery districts.
Activities
Central Beaches
BEACHES
Near downtown's village,
Main Beach
has volleyball and basketball courts, a playground
and restrooms. It's Laguna's best beach for swimming. Just north at
Picnic Beach
, it's too