There are so many great exhibits around town right now. I've culled some info from LA Weekly regarding the ones I'd like to visit. Now I need museum buddies! Of course, I could always go by myself and be that creepy loner girl staring at art fag boys (I can call them that, because I love them). Click "more" to see where we can go and have fun!

CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER, 700 State Dr., Exposition Park. Open daily, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; free (except IMAX Theater; see Film & Video Events); $5 parking. (323) 724-3623. Explorazone Make cloud rings, a miniature windswept desert landscape and an enclosed tornado using mist and fans in these 33 hands-on displays focusing on "wind, weather, turbulence, math, motion and illusion"; thru Aug. 16.

GETTY CENTER, 1200 Getty Center Dr. Open Fri.-Sat., 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Tues.-Thurs. & Sun., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; free, parking $5. Note: Parking resv. no longer required. (310) 440-7300. Photographers of Genius at the Getty Works by 38 of the usual suspects — Eugène Atget, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Man Ray, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Weston, etc. — that celebrate the 20th anniversary of the museum’s department of photographs; thru July 25.

HOLLYWOOD ENTERTAINMENT MUSEUM, 7021 Hollywood Blvd. Thurs.-Sun., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; $8.75, $5.50 seniors, $4.50 students, $4 children 5-12, under 5 free. (323) 465-7900. At the Brown Derby: Jack Lane Caricatures From Hollywood’s Heyday Jimmy Durante’s schnoz as well as 35 other original drawings of the celebrity watering hole’s famous patrons, which hung in the Derby for 40 years; thru June 7. Film Noir: The Music That Sets the Tone Music sketches, photographs, correspondence, disc recordings and more chronicle the creation of film scores by Henry Mancini, Bernard Herrmann, Elmer Bernstein, Franz Waxman and others; thru June 7.

HUNTINGTON LIBRARY, ART COLLECTIONS AND BOTANICAL GARDENS, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. Open Tues.-Sun., 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; $12.50, $10 seniors, $8.50 students, $5 children 5-12, under 5 free, free to all first Thurs. of the month. (626) 405-2141.

LONG BEACH MUSEUM OF ART, 2300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach. Open Tues.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; $5, $4 students & seniors, children under 12 free, free to all first Fri. of the month. (562) 439-2119. Masters of Their Craft: Highlights From the Smithsonian American Art Museum Vases, coffeepots, earthenware and blown glass are among the 50 artworks by contemporary craftsmen such as Dale Chihuly; June 4-Aug. 1. The Enamels of Annemarie Davidson Plates, boxes, ashtrays, trivets, desk sets and bookends are among the 20 enamel works; thru Aug. 15. The Modernist Jewelry of Claire Falkenstein More than 100 examples of the California-based artist’s forged- and cast-metal jewelry from rings to buttons; thru Aug. 15.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (MOCA AT THE GEFFEN CONTEMPORARY), 152 N. Central Ave., dwntwn. Open Mon. & Fri., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thurs., 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; $8, $5 students & seniors, children under 12 free, free to all Thurs. (213) 626-6222. Street Credibility More than 200 examples of "post-documentary photography" by Diane Arbus, Larry Clark, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander and others; thru June 7.

MUSEUM OF TELEVISION & RADIO, 465 N. Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills. Open Wed.-Sun., noon-5 p.m.; free. (310) 786-1000. Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That: The History of Gay & Lesbian Images on Television focuses on the evolution of gay characters on TV. "Outing Space…and Beyond: The Fantasy Genre" includes episodes from Quantum Leap and Star Trek: The Next Generation; June 4-10 (screenings 3 p.m.). American Pop "Teen Idol," the third in this multipart screening series, features performance clips of Fabian, the Monkees and Britney Spears; June 4-Aug. 1 (screenings 1 p.m.). It Was 40 Years Ago Today . . . The Beatles in America Radio recordings including interviews with the Beatles during their 1964 and 1965 U.S. tours; thru June 20.

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, 900 Exposition Blvd., Exposition Park. Open Mon.-Fri., 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; $9, $6.50 seniors & students, $2 children 5-12, under 5 free, free to all first Tues. of the month. (213) 763-DINO (3466). Robinsons-May Pavilion of Wings Thirty different species of free-floating butterflies and pesky moths in the museum’s outdoor landscaped house; thru Sept. 6;

ENTERPRISING WOMEN: 250 Years of American Business Costumes, diaries, business and legal documents, photographs and other artifacts tell the stories of more than 40 successful businesswomen, including such Angelenos as Meg Whitman (eBay president and CEO), Ruth Handler (co-founder of Mattel Toy Co. and creator of Barbie), and actress and producer Mary Pickford. Los Angeles Central Library, 630 W. Fifth St., dwntwn.; Mon.-Thurs., 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun., 1-5 p.m.; thru Sept. 19. (213) 228-7500.