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Enjoy FREE Museum Days!

By Kathy E. MK Arcadia Publisher January 13, 2017

Whether you're trying to escape the heat for the afternoon or you're looking for something to do while waiting out the rain, several Greater Los Angeles Area museums offers FREE museum days.

We make every effort to ensure that the events listed have the most up to date information but museums change their free day avalibility based on sponsorships. Please make sure to check the museum's website prior to your trip, as their policies may change.


Monthly Free Museum Days

Kidspace Children's Museum (1st Tuesday 4-8 p.m. except in September)

Page Museum, La Brea Tarpits (1st Tuesday except July and August, Parking $9)

Natural History Museum (1st Tuesdays except July and August)

Huntington Library (1st Thursday, advanced tickets required beginning the 1st of the preceding month ) 

Norton Simon Museum (1st Friday, 6-9 pm)

Pasadena Museum of California Art (1st Friday and 3rd Thursday from 5-8pm)

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (2nd Tuesday, check for other sponsored free days)

The Autry (2nd Tuesday)

Los Angeles County Arboretum (3rd Tuesday)

Japanese American National Museum (Every Thursday from 5-8 PM and every 3rd Thursday of the month-all day)

Pacific Asia Museum (4th Friday)

Craft and Folk Museum (1st Wednesday)

Bowers Museum (1st Sunday)

La Habra's Children's Museum (1st Sunday 1-5 p.m, Session times are 1-2:45pm and 3:15-5pm, check website for details)

Weekly Free Museum Days


Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA Grand Ave, Thursday 5-8pm)

MOCA Geffen Contemporary (Thursday 5-8 pm)

Skirball Cultural Center (Thursday noon-9pm)

UCLA Hammer Museum (Thursday)

Long Beach Museum of Art (Friday)

Museum of Latin American Art (Friday, check website for Free Family Sundays ) 

Japanese American National Museum (Every Thursday from 5-8 PM and 3rd Thursday of the month-all day)

Always Free

Alhambra Historical Society (Check ahead for hours of operation, supported by volunteers)

California African American Museum

California Science Center

Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum

Olvera Street, El Pueblo de Los Angeles

UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History

Pacific Railroad Society in San Dimas 
 
The Getty Center ($15 parking)

The Getty Villa (timed ticket required, $15 parking)

Griffith Observatory

Hollywood Bowl Museum

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (free with NextGen enrollment)

The Los Angeles Fire Department Museum (Saturdays, 10-4) 

Los Angeles Maritime Museum

MOCA Pacific Design Center

Santa Monica Museum of Art (Suggested $5 donation)

Hurst Ranch, West Covina (Check for hours of operation) 

Travel Town Museum

Walt Disney Concert Hall 

USC Fisher Museum of Art 



Special thanks to Courtney @ Santa Monica Macaroni Kid for her collaboration with this Museum Guide!