Timeout.com | Nov 8, 2024
The Getty and the Broad are two of my favorites, but almost every other museum in L.A. offers free admission, either on select days or all the time. You can always visit the Hammer Museum, MOCA Grand, California Science Center and CAAM for free, while LACMA and the Natural History Museum have free opportunities for locals on weekday afternoons. Botanical gardens tend to be a bit harder to book; spots like the Huntington offer a once-a-month free day that you’ll need to be quick to book.
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You don’t have to pay a museum’s admission fees at these times.
LOS ANGELES
While the Broad, Hammer Museum, Getty Center, Getty Villa, California African American Museum, Armory Center For the Arts, Fowler Museum at UCLA, California Science Center, and MOCA are always free, the following L.A. museums offer days sans admission fees.
The Autry Museum in Griffith Park: Every second Tue 10am–4pm
Craft Contemporary: Sun 11am–6pm pay what you wish
The Huntington Library: Every first Thu 10am–5pm with advance ticket
Japanese American National Museum: Thu 11am–5pm
Kidspace Children’s Museum: First Fridays, 3-6pm
LACMA: Every second Tue 11am–5pm. L.A. County residents Mon, Tue, Thu 3–5pm; Fri 3–8pm
Museum of Latin American Art MOLAA: Free Days Sundays. Always free for youth 12 & under
Natural History Museum: Every first Tue (except July and Aug) 9:30am–5pm, L.A. County residents Mon–Fri 3–5pm
Pacific Asia Museum: Thu, every second Sun 11am–5pm
La Brea Tar Pits & Museum: Every first Tue (except July and Aug), every Tue in Sept 9:30am–5pm; L.A. County residents Mon–Fri 3–5pm
Skirball Cultural Center: Thu noon–5pm
ORANGE COUNTY
Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA): Free admission; online reservation
Hilbert Museum of California Art: Free admission; reservations are required
Surfing Heritage & Cultural Center: Free admission; Tue-Sat 11am-5pm
Laguna Art Museum: Free monthly on the first Thurs 6-9pm
