One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
The Museum Of Ice Cream Announces Its L.A. Opening Dates
Forget everything Nietzsche ever said—God is alive and well, and we have the evidence to prove it. And by proof of the existence of God, we obviously mean an opening date (at long last!) for L.A.'s highly anticipated Museum of Ice Cream. Yes, a museum of ICE CREAM.
After an extremely hyped, limited run in New York last summer (30,000 tickets sold out in five days) the Museum of Ice Cream will be making its way to Los Angeles this April. This is their second location.
The Museum of Ice Cream, according to our sister site Gothamist in New York, "is a museum only in the loosest sense of the word." Think of it more like an eminently Instagrammable, real life Willy Wonka dreamscape of ice cream-themed art and spectacle. Or, as they put it in a press release, "an experiential ice cream journey." See the pictures for a peek at what the New York location looked liked.
The L.A. location will be FOUR times larger than the New York City incarnation (sorry Rotten Apple, but West Coast is the best coast) and will have 10 completely reimagined installations.
The team behind the museum confirmed Tuesday that the L.A. location will also include the same famed "swimmable sprinkle pool" that New Yorkers went nutso over, as well as "a room with 10,000 bananas, a 'mint' grow house, and more."
The L.A. museum will feature a rotating "scoop a week" residency in partnership with some of the best local creameries in town, including McConnell's, Salt & Straw, Coolhaus x Cuisinart and CREAM.
The Museum of Ice Cream will pop up in the Arts District from April 22 to May 29. Tickets, which include two curated ice cream tastings and surprise edible treats, will cost $29 per person, and $18 for children and seniors. Tickets go on sale April 3 at 9 a.m. PST for the general public (presale tix for American Express card holders will be available on March 30) and can be purchased at museumoficecream.com.
The Museum of Ice Cream will be located at 2018 E 7th Place in the Arts District in downtown Los Angeles. They will be closed on Tuesdays.
Sponsored message
One year ago, Congress voted to defund public media, eliminating a critical $1.7 million from our budget every year going forward. But they couldn’t silence us, and we’re not going anywhere. LAist is now 100% community funded and that means we’re taking our future into our own hands and turning to you to keep local reporting strong.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief
