Los Angeles Fire Department Museum

This was a fun 1.5 hour trip with my rescue obsessed toddler. They had some very kind, handsome firefighters there that loved on him. The memorabilia was interesting, the kids area was fun and the movie was informative. The gift shop also had some great souvenirs for decent prices!

Nice pocket museum with lots to see. Models, toys, real trucks, ladder trucks, historical exhibits, helmets from the 1790s to the present. Helpful volunteers tell about the equipment and the LA department background. 2 – 4 hours to see it all. A good time for kids and adults.

What a great find! For almost a year I passed this corner without having a clue and now I’m happy to have discovered it with my fire truck obsessed son.
This museum is open only Saturdays and admission is donation only.
The place is clean! The first floor houses real fire trucks and an ambulance from the olden days as well as little rooms of fire truck memorabilia.
The second floor has a play area for kids to run around, a corner of fire truck toys and fireman jackets (so heavy!) and boots to try on. There is more memorabilia as well as plexi-​glass covered fireman holes where they used to slide down to the first floor.
I do agree with another reviewer that it would be fun if there was a truck for the kids to sit in or a fireman to give an explanation of the various items on the truck (hoses, point our where the tools are kept, ladders, etc.)
The volunteers are very helpful and have a lot of pride in working there. Parking is available on the street.

My son, like most young boys, loves fire trucks, so this outing was a no brainer. Nice place with some cool and very old artifacts. Fun for all ages although I was hoping they would have at least one fire truck cab to climb into, but nothing in their collection is suitable for that. Kids really liked the children’s area with dress-​up, crawl space, and a toy fire engine to climb into and use the siren.

The LAFD Museum is truly one of Hollywood’s best kept secrets. In decades of living in, working in, and visiting Hollywood, I can’t even count the number of times I must have been within a couple of blocks of it and not even realized it was there. Once it was on our radar, though, it took a few months of us saying we need to bring the kids there and check it out before we did but I’m so glad I did. This free (donations welcome) museum is awesome. Located in a former firehouse, it features an incredibly extensive collection of fire memorabilia spread throughout its two floors. The downstairs has large equipment (trucks, cars, wagons) from throughout the last two centuries as well as smaller exhibits like the different sirens/​lights that have been used. Upstairs, some of the highlights include fire fighter helmets from all over the world (a few from the 1800’s!), equipment for the kids to try out, Smokey Bear exhibits, and firefighter-​related Hollywood memorabilia. This museum is truly a special place with a surprisingly amazing collection of pieces. We only had a short visit there, but definitely plan on a return visit in the near future.

We visited this museum two days ago. It’s located in a former/​old & historic fire station and even the ceiling on the first floor is beautiful. The museum is only open on Saturdays (10 – 4) because it’s staffed entirely by volunteers (retired fire fighters, plus the volunteer who was working in the gift shop is the daughter of a former firefighter). The president of the (historical society) museum happened to be one of the volunteers working there, and we had an enjoyable conversation with him & one of the other volunteers.
The first floor has some beautiful fire engines and other equipment, some of which is quite old. There’s also a small gift shop and I bought a nice polo shirt. Admission is free, although they hope visitors are willing to donate $ 5/​person. Lastly, there are beautiful bronze life-​size statues of a few firefighters in front of the station and they comprise the Fallen Firefighter Memorial.