Free Museum Days
Please verify the information below BEFORE you leave the
house! "Free days" are frequently
changed and/or cancelled. The days and times can be hard to keep track of, so look for announcements about Free Museum Days in our Weekly Newsletter, too.
Always Free
California African American Museum
Olvera Street, El Pueblo de Los Angeles
Fowler Museum of Cultural History
The Getty Center ($15 parking)
The Getty Villa (timed ticket required, $15 parking)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (free with NextGen enrollment)
The Los Angeles Fire Department Museum (Saturdays, 10-4)
The Nethercutt Collection and Nethercutt Museum
Santa Monica Museum of Art (Suggested $5 donation)
Monthly Free Museum Days
Page Museum, La Brea Tarpits (1st Tuesday)
Natural History Museum(1st Tuesday)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (2nd Tuesday, some free days)
Autry Center (2nd Tuesday)
Los Angeles County Arboretum (3rd Tuesday)
Huntington Library, (1st Thursday, tickets required)
Norton Simon Museum (1st Friday, 6-9 pm)
Japanese American National Museum (3rd Thursday)
Pacific Asia Museum (4th Friday)
Pasadena Museum of California Art (1st Friday)
Weekly Free Museum Days
Wednesdays
Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, Claremont
Thursdays
Museum of Contemporary Art(MOCA Grand Ave, 5-8pm)
MOCA Geffen Contemporary (5-8 pm)
Skirball Cultural Center (every Thursday)
UCLA Hammer Museum (every Thursday)
Japanese American National Museum (5 -8 pm, 3rd Thursday all day)
Fridays
Long Beach Museum of Art (every Friday)
Museum of Latin American Art (every Friday)
Bowers Museum (Fridays 4-8 pm, first 100)