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ATTRACTIONS

What to visit in Pomona? To make a ''what to do and see'' list, before your visit to Pomona, check out the list below, which contains some of the most popular and favorite attractions in the city.

>> American Museum of Ceramic Art, which has the mission to ''educate by presenting, collecting and preserving significant ceramic achievements of the world's cultures from ancient times to the present and through aesthetic and technical study to develop a deeper understanding of cultural values and traditions'', featuring exhibits that include works signed by internationally recognized clay artists from the Arts and Crafts Movement, the 60's Clay Revolution and the current Studio Pottery Era, including vessels, tile collections and sculptural works, from wide-spread eras and regions.

>> NHRA Motorsports Museum, which reveals the impact that the motorsports have made on the American culture, through exhibits that interpret the vehicles, stories, and artifacts related to automotive speed, offering visitors an impressive array of vintage and historical racing vehicles, including photographs, trophies, helmets and driving uniforms, artifacts, paintings, and other memorabilia chronicling more than 50 years of American motorsports.

>> Pomona College Museum of Art, featuring a vast collection of over 5,000 examples of Pre-Columbian to 20th-century American Indian art and artifacts, as well as basketry, ceramics, and beadwork, including the Kress Collection of 15th- and 16th-century Italian panel paintings, and a large collection of American and European prints, drawings, and photographs.

Annual Events

The Annual Pomona Irish Fair And Music Festival is, perhaps, one of the most expected annual events in Los Angeles County and the premier annual event in Pomona.

This fabulous event offers visitors, every year, in March, acres of Irish fun, the entertainment offered, stretching on 9 stages, in addition to the quality music, the festival also featuring storytellers, dancers and various art demonstrations, for the enjoyment of the enthusiastic visitors who come in a larger number, every time the festival takes place.