The Los Angeles museum created by billionaire Armand Hammer to house his personal art collection got off to a terrible start when it opened in 1990. First, Hammer himself died only days after the opening, and lawsuits over the money used to build the museum followed. The organization “limped on with no clear identity, serving chiefly as a venue for staid traveling shows. [But] no more. Today the Armand Hammer, on Wilshire Boulevard in the Westwood section of Los Angeles, is considered one of the city’s hottest cultural attractions, with a keen eye for emerging artistic talent and a busy schedule of ‘destination evenings’ that routinely draw crowds to the museum for readings, concerts and films.”