Bergamot Station Arts Center includes over 30 commercial art galleries, the santa monica museum of art, design studios, other related businesses, and a café. Since Bergamot Station opened in 1994, and to some extent because of its existence, this area of santa monica has become a growing region for arts and creative businesses. The immediate area is now home to art galleries, restaurants, architects,home furnishings stores, graphic designers, film studios, computer graphics companies and other allied professionals.

With its direct freeway access and over 500 parking spaces, Bergamot Station Arts Center has become a destination facility for this growing local creative community, as well as the Los Angeles area at large. Its diverse art exhibition programs are augmented with a variety of special events, both local and international in scope.