LAist: Mysteriouser and mysteriouser

Palms Editor

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 06:37:41 -0800

Regarding the address for the MJT: The MJT, like the Masonic Hall, the Center for Land Use Interpretation and Riordan Plumbing, is on the north side of Venice but is serviced by the Culver City Post Office. There are three blocks north of Venice with that "distinction." I can only surmise that the businesses there asked to be included within the Culver City P.O. as a kind of "branding." Both the city line and the post office boundaries are quite irregular in that area. Media Park and the Ivy Station are on the south side of Venice, within the Culver City P.O., are leased to Culver City yet are within the limits of L.A. and "patrolled" by the cops at the LAPD Pacific Division, when they have the time. (The Palms LAPD Senior Lead Officer didn't even know he had this duty until about a year ago.) Half of Culver City's "Main Street" is actually Bagley Avenue within L.A. (Palms) — thus helping to give credence to Culver's claim of having the "shortest Main Street in the world."

me

Wed, 10 May 2006 21:28:07 -0800

i dearly love that place but every time i've gone there most of the exhibits seem broken: buttons do nothing when you push them, lightbulbs need replacing, heaven help anything that relies on a computer to function. haven't been there in a while though - maybe things have been fixed?

Carolyn

Tue, 09 May 2006 22:29:51 -0800

CityNerd, I would have called it West LA -- but it says Culver City on their website. Then again, the Museum of Jurassic Technology is rarely straightforward...

LA City Nerd

Tue, 09 May 2006 22:24:05 -0800

Actually, the Museum of Jurassic Technology is in the Los Angeles community of Palms, not Culver City.

AP

Tue, 09 May 2006 18:54:26 -0800

Admission to MJT is free, though a donation of $5 is much appreciated.