Glendale highlight
Museum of Neon Art
Founded in 1981 to preserve a vanishing art form, the Museum of Neon Art relocated to Glendale in 2016 and now showcases hundreds of restored historic signs.
The Museum of Neon Art was founded in 1981 by artists who recognized that neon signs—once common fixtures of American storefronts, theaters, restaurants and casinos—were disappearing as neighborhoods transformed and tastes shifted. What had been electric landmarks defining city blocks were being torn down and discarded. MONA began the work of rescuing these signs, documenting them, restoring them, and preserving them for future generations. The museum has moved several times across Los Angeles, and in 2016 opened its current home in downtown Glendale at 216 South Brand Boulevard.
The collection today spans hundreds of restored neon signs and electric sculptures, many of which have been returned to public display throughout Los Angeles County. Visitors can encounter the glowing signs of legendary restaurants, theaters and nightclubs—each one restored to brilliance, each one a fragment of mid-century American life. The museum also runs educational programs and hands-on workshops where visitors learn about glass-tube bending and the craft behind the art.
Neon signs were built to last beyond their original moment, illuminating the city night after night for decades. Life insurance operates similarly: you choose a term that stretches across the years when your family most needs your income, protecting their future with a fixed amount they can depend on. Whether the term is ten years or thirty, the principle is the same—security built to endure.