Choose a route
Downtown Pomona is a durable arts, culture, food, and shopping starting point. Fairplex works best when there is a specific event you want to attend.
Explore Pomona
Build a Pomona day that fits you.
Start with a reliable anchor, then check the official source before you go.
First visit
A first Pomona visit, with fewer guesses.
Begin with one of two distinct anchors, confirm the changing parts directly, then use current arrival information.
Verify what changes
Hours, admission, event schedules, entry policies, accessibility, and parking can change. Let the responsible venue or organizer make the final call.
Plan the arrival
Check current parking, transit, rideshare, and route sources after you select the destination. Do not carry one event’s instructions into another plan.
First visit
Pair Downtown Pomona’s arts and music district with a museum, a meal, or an event. Fairplex is a separate event district and is easiest to plan around its official calendar.
Try a different side of town
Use the area guides to connect parks, campus destinations, historic architecture, and independent businesses without pretending every neighborhood is a tourism district.
Family day
Start with museum programming, a city park, the library, or a public campus event. Confirm age guidance, reservations, and facility access directly.
Curated starting points
Places to explore
Attractions · Fairplex and Ganesha
Fairplex
Fairplex is a major Pomona event campus and the home of the LA County Fair. Use its official calendar for current fairs, exhibitions, motorsports, educational events and visitor instructions.
Museums · Fairplex and Ganesha
Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum
Located at Fairplex, the museum preserves and interprets vehicles, artifacts and stories connected to hot rods, racing and American motorsports culture.
Museums · Fairplex and Ganesha
RailGiants Train Museum
RailGiants displays preserved locomotives and railcars at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds. It operates on selected dates, so visitors should confirm the current Fairplex or museum calendar.
Museums · Downtown Pomona and the Arts Colony
American Museum of Ceramic Art
AMOCA presents ceramics through exhibitions, collections, outreach and studio programming. Check the museum directly for current exhibitions and visiting details.
Arts & Culture · Downtown Pomona and the Arts Colony
dA Center for the Arts
The dA is a multidisciplinary nonprofit offering exhibitions, classes and accessible community arts experiences in Downtown Pomona.
Arts & Culture · Downtown Pomona and the Arts Colony
Institute of Latino Art
The Institute of Latino Art is a Pomona nonprofit presenting exhibitions, education and public programs shaped by Latino and diasporic cultural histories.
Arts & Culture · Downtown Pomona and the Arts Colony
Fox Theater Pomona
The Fox Theater is a Downtown Pomona live-event venue. Use only the official calendar and ticketing links for event dates, age restrictions and entry policies.
Civic Resources
Civic Resources · Downtown Pomona and the Arts Colony
Pomona Public Library
The city library offers circulating materials, reference help, internet access, digital resources and programs for children, teens and adults.
Historic Places
Historic Places · Cal Poly Pomona and Spadra
Phillips Mansion
The 1875 Phillips Mansion preserves part of the former Spadra area's history. Restoration and tour availability have changed, so confirm access with the Historical Society of Pomona Valley.
Photo credits
Photography used on this page
Credits identify each photographer, source record, and license. Some web-ready images were cropped or compressed from the source file.
Fairplex, Pomona
TheRealThummer, “L.A. County Fair at Dusk (cropped),” public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Source on Wikimedia Commons ↗ Public domain — creator dedication (PD-self) ↗
Pomona Arts Colony, Downtown Pomona
Photo by kl91711, “Downtown Pomona 03,” CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped from the original if applicable.
Downtown Pomona
MarsRover, “Pomona Fox Theater,” public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Source on Wikimedia Commons ↗ Public domain — released by the photographer through PD-user-w ↗
See the complete image-credit record for all approved Local Pomona photography.