Art museums have a reputation for being cold, snooty places where you aren’t allowed to touch anything.  It’s no surprise that “normal” people are often intimidated or overwhelmed by the idea of visiting a museum–  unfortunately so, since today’s art world has something for just about everyone to appreciate.

Luckily for L.A. museum patrons, private art appreciation organization Quick Culture is dedicated to make museum experiences more accessible to non-art history majors.  The company provides art appreciation and culture tours that are customized for specific audiences, including children, families and travelers.

For adults, Quick Culture offers genre-focused one-hour tours, as well as a signature three-hour event, called “ART & the Art of Conversation,” which combines an extended LACMA tour with a three-course dinner at the museum’s restaurant, Pentimento.  Also available are private city walking tours, which lead small groups through exclusive galleries and studios around L.A.’s art districts.

And while an art museum might seem like the last place a child would want to spend an afternoon, Quick Culture’s guided kids’ tours of art museums like LACMA are engaging, educational and surprisingly non-boring.  The tours swap stuffy audio guides for stimulating dialogue, and implement props to provide a hands-on experience that blends facts with fun.

Quick Culture can even help couples, families and groups craft personalized travel itineraries, which highlight the best of art and culture in any of more than 65 countries throughout the world, while meeting the travelers’ interests and needs.

Though big museums may never stop being “scary” to the average person, organizations like Quick Culture can provide a helpful hand to hold, while helping to convert museum-phobes into unlikely art appreciators.