This weekend, enjoy a day of culture, history and art — all for free! On Saturday, February 2 and Sunday, February 3, dozens of will open their doors and invite visitors to attend their museums free of charge. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Descanso Gardens, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Kidspace Museum are among the group of museums that will offer free admission this weekend. Checkout the list of the 45 participating museums below.
Free Museums on Saturday Only
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (Opening late 2019; Free-for-All pop-up accessible via Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
Autry Museum of the American West
Columbia Memorial Space Center
Descanso Gardens (Free tickets available at descansogardens.org/tickets.)
Japanese American National Museum (Free tickets available at janm.org/freeforall.)
La Brea Tar Pits and Museum (General admission only; free tickets available at tarpits.org/freeforall.)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and Sea Center (Museum admission only)
Free Museums on Saturday Only
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (General admission only; free tickets available at nhm.org/freeforall.)
Skirball Cultural Center (Noah’s Ark timed-entry, one-hour tickets are limited and distributed first-come, first-served.)
The University Art Museum at California State University, Long Beach
Zimmer Children’s Museum by Sharewell
Free Museums on Saturday & Sunday
The Broad (Free advance general admission tickets strongly recommended to avoid waiting in the standby line. Visit www.thebroad.org to make a reservation.)
California African American Museum
California Science Center (General admission only. A timed reservation with a convenience fee is required for Space Shuttle.)
Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art
The Getty Villa (Timed tickets are required for the Getty Villa. Visit www.getty.edu to make a reservation.)
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust