Share the wonder of art, science, history and other various interests with your child for FREE using this handy list. Please make sure to check the museum's website prior to your trip, as they sometimes change their "free day" policies depending on sponsorship funding.
Monthly Free Museum Days
Bowers Museum (1st Sunday. Only to Kidseum and Family Festivals in the Key Courtyard. Regular museum paid admission will apply on Free Family Festival day. The Target Corporation is no longer sponsoring free admission to the museum on the first Sunday of the month.) Bowers offers free admission to all Santa Ana residents on Sundays. Proof of residency through an ID, driver's license or utility bill is required.
Craft and Folk Museum (1st Thursday 6.30-9.30pm)
Huntington Library (1st Thursday. Advance tickets are required and can be obtained the month prior to visit. Check here for tickets)
Japanese American National Museum (Every Thursday from 5-8 PM and every 3rd Thursday of the month-all day)
Kidspace Children's Museum (1st Tuesday from 4-8pm)
Los Angeles County Arboretum (3rd Tuesday)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (2nd Tuesday, select federal holidays. Check website for additional sponsored free days)
Natural History Museum (1st Tuesday except July & August; Every Tuesday in September)
Norton Simon Museum (1st Friday, 5-8 pm)
Pacific Asia Museum (2nd Sunday)
Page Museum, La Brea Tarpits (1st Tuesday except July & August)
Pasadena Museum of California Art (1st Friday 12-5pm. 3rd Thursday 5-8pm)
South Coast Botanic Garden (3rd Tuesday)
The Autry (2nd Tuesday)
The Children's Museum at La Habra (1st Sunday. A limited number of hand stamps are given for Museum entrance for 1pm & 3.15pm time slots and are subject to availability)
Weekly Free Museum Days
Japanese American National Museum (every Thursday 5-8pm and all day every third Thursday)
Long Beach Museum of Art (Friday)
Museum of Latin American Art (Sunday)
Skirball Cultural Center (Thursday)
Always Free
Alhambra Historical Society (Check website for hours of operation, supported by volunteers)
California African American Museum
California Science Center
Fowler Museum of Cultural History
Glendora Historical Society Museum
Griffith Observatory
Hollywood Bowl Museum
Hurst Ranch, West Covina (Check ahead for hours of operation, supported by volunteers)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (Free with online NextGen enrollment)
Los Angeles Maritime Museum
MOCA Pacific Design Center
Olvera Street, El Pueblo de Los Angeles
Pacific Railroad Society, San Dimas
Santa Monica Museum of Art (Suggested $5 donation)
The Getty Center ($15 parking)
The Getty Villa (Timed ticket required, $15 parking)
The Los Angeles Fire Department Museum (Saturdays, 10-4)
Travel Town Museum
UCLA Hammer Museum
USC Fisher Museum of Art
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum, City of Industry
PLEASE CONFIRM ALL DATES AND TIMES ON MUSEUM'S WEBSITE AS THEY MAY CHANGE OR END THE OFFER AT ANY TIME!