Free Museum Days

(Please be sure to call the museum in order to confirm free days and hours.)

Arboretum of Los Angeles County

301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia

(626) 821-3222

Free: 3^rd Tuesday of the month, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Autry Museum of Western Heritage

4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park

(323) 667-2000

Free: Thursday, 4 - 8 p.m.; 2^nd Tuesday of the month, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

California Science Center

700 State Drive, Los Angeles

The California Science Center is located in Exposition Park at the corner of Figueroa Street and Exposition Boulevard, west of the 110 (Harbor) freeway. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Sports Arena are south of the Science Center.

(323)SCI-ENCE

(323) 724-3623

Free: Admission is free to permanent exhibit galleries.  The California Science Center is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. except for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.

Craft and Folk Art Museum

5814 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles

(323) 937-4230

Free: 1^st Wednesday of the month, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

J. Paul Getty Museum

1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1000, Los Angeles

(310) 440-7300

Always free: Tuesday – Thursday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Friday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m., Sunday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Closed Mondays and major U.S. holidays)

Note:  parking is $5 per car

Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens

1151 Oxford Road, San Marino

(626) 405-2141

Free: 1^st Thursday of the month, noon – 4:30 p.m.

Japanese American National Museum

369 1^st St., Los Angeles

(213) 625-0414

Free: Thursday, 5-8 p.m.; 3^rd Thursday of the month, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Long Beach Museum of Art

2300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach

(562) 439-2119

Free: 1^st Friday of the month, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

L.A. County Museum of Art

5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles

(323) 857-6000

Free: 2^nd Tuesday of the month, noon- 8 p.m.

MOCA at the Geffen Contemporary

152 N. Central Ave., Los Angeles

(213) 626-6222

Free: Thursday, 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)

250 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles

(213) 626-6222

Free: Thursday, 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Museum of Jurassic Technology

9341 Venice Blvd., Culver City

(310) 836-6131

Free: after 7:45 Thursday, after 5:45 Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Museum of Neon Art

501 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles

(213) 489-9918

Free: 2^nd Thursday of the month, 5-8 p.m.

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles

(213) 763-3466

Free: 1^st Tuesday of the month, 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Pacific Asia Museum

6 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena

(626) 449-2742

Free: 3^rd Saturday of the month, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Page Museum at La Brea Tar Pits

5801 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles

(323) 934-7243

Free: 1^st Tuesday of the month, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

UCLA Hammer Museum

10899 Wilshire Blvd., Westwood

(310) 443-7000

Free: Thursday 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.