🏛 Museums in Los Angeles
60 museums · 2 free today — opening hours, admission, free-day rules and what's currently on view. Free days are re-checked against each museum's own visit page.
🏛 All museums
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🖼 Art museums🏛 History & culture🔬 Science & nature🎬 Film, TV & music🧸 Kids museums🚗 Cars, planes & tech🌿 Gardens & estates📷 Photography & design🎩 Oddities & attractions
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Always free
The Getty Villa
17985 Pacific Coast Hwy, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
(11958) · Art museum
🆓 Free admission (advance tickets)
🖼 Sculpted Portraits from Ancient Egypt
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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007
(14721) · Science & nature
🎫 Free for LA County residents · Mon–Fri 3 PM–5 PM
🖼 Dinosaur Hall
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Petersen Automotive Museum
6060 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
(13969) · Cars, planes & tech
🖼 Performance & Prestige
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Always free
The Getty
1200 Getty Center Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90049
(37332) · Art museum
🆓 Free admission (advance tickets)
🖼 Odilon Redon: Otherworldly Visions
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The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Rd, San Marino, CA 91108
(8406) · Garden & estate
🖼 Laura Aguilar: Body and Landscape
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Always free
The Broad
221 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012
(18208) · Art museum
🆓 Free admission
🖼 Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind
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Norton Simon Museum
411 W Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91105
(3493) · Art museum
🆓 Next free: Fri, Oct 2, 4 PM–7 PM
🎫 Free for students
🖼 The Art of Kandy: Sri Lanka’s Last Kingdom
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
(21094) · Art museum
🆓 Next free: tomorrow
🎫 Free for LA County residents · Mon–Fri after 3 PM · Free for kids
🖼 Christina Quarles: Now We’re There (And We’ Only Just Begun)
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Battleship IOWA home of the National Museum of the Surface Navy
250 S Harbor Blvd, San Pedro, CA 90731
(8802) · History & culture
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Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden
301 N Baldwin Ave, Arcadia, CA 91007
(5625) · Garden & estate
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Always free
California Science Center
700 Exposition Park Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90037
(20608) · Science & nature
🆓 Free admission
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Always free
Griffith Observatory
2800 E Observatory Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90027
(19446) · Science & nature
🆓 Free admission
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Descanso Gardens
1418 Descanso Dr, La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011
(10670) · Garden & estate
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Autry Museum of the American West
Griffith Park, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027
(2318) · History & culture
🆓 Next free: Wed, Oct 7
🖼 ReVOlt 1680/2180: Sirens & Sikas
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Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049
(2249) · History & culture
🆓 Next free: Thu, Sep 10
🖼 Common Ground
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Bowers Museum
2002 N Main St, Santa Ana, CA 92706
(2201) · History & culture
🖼 California Watercolor: A Changing Scene, 1930–1980
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Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
6067 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
(4299) · Film, TV & music
🎫 Free for kids
🖼 Barbie to Anna Karenina: The Cinematic Worlds of Sarah Greenwood and K
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Bubble Planet: An Immersive Experience - Los Angeles
634 Mateo St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
(3386) · Kids' museum
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Always free
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
3720 Stephen M White Dr, San Pedro, CA 90731
(4764) · Science & nature
🆓 Free admission
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Madame Tussauds Hollywood
6933 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028
(7574) · Oddity museum
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Nethercutt Museum
15151 Bledsoe St, Sylmar, CA 91342
(1463) · Cars, planes & tech
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Always free
California African American Museum
600 State Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90037
(1426) · History & culture
🆓 Free admission
🖼 A New Song: Langston Hughes in the West
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Always free
Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024
(2177) · Art museum
🆓 Free admission
🖼 Five Centuries of Works on Paper: The Grunwald Center at 70, Part II
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Greystone Mansion & Gardens: The Doheny Estate
905 Loma Vista Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
(3609) · Garden & estate
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Always free
The Fowler Museum at UCLA
308 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA 90024
(342) · Art museum
🆓 Free admission
🖼 Belongings: Changing Hands and Shifting Meanings in African Arts
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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
40 Presidential Dr, Simi Valley, CA 93065
(2741) · History & culture
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GRAMMY Museum
800 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015
(2731) · Film, TV & music
🎫 Free for kids
🖼 Sublime: Straight From Long Beach
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South Coast Botanic Garden
26300 Crenshaw Blvd, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274
(2640) · Garden & estate
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Always free
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
250 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012
(2574) · Art museum
🆓 Free admission
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Museum of Illusions
1232 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA 90401
(882) · Oddity museum
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Kenneth Hahn Hummingbird Garden
4509 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90008
(37) · Garden & estate
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The Queen Mary
1126 Queens Hwy, Long Beach, CA 90802
(28732) · History & culture
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum
18001 Yorba Linda Blvd, Yorba Linda, CA 92886
(1577) · History & culture
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Kidspace Children's Museum
480 N Arroyo Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
(3122) · Kids' museum
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Hollywood Wax Museum
6767 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028
(4571) · Oddity museum
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The Gamble House
4 Westmoreland Pl, Pasadena, CA 91103
(1231) · History & culture
🎫 Museums for All: free for up to four people on docent-led, family and garden tours · Free for military
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Compton Art and History Museum
306 W Compton Blvd #104, Compton, CA 90220
(212) · History & culture
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Robert Irwin's Central Garden
1200 Getty Center Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90049
(181) · Garden & estate
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Lions Automobilia Foundation & Museum
2790 E Del Amo Blvd Entrance on, S Santa Fe Ave, East Compton, CA 90221
(132) · Art museum
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Marconi Automotive Museum
1302 Industrial Dr, Tustin, CA 92780
(870) · Cars, planes & tech
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Lanterman House
4420 Encinas Dr, La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011
(43) · History & culture
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Always free
Hilbert Museum of California Art
167 N Atchison St, Orange, CA 92866
(586) · Art museum
🆓 Free admission (advance tickets)
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Museum of Tolerance
9786 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90035
(2136) · History & culture
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Rancho Los Cerritos
4600 Virginia Rd, Long Beach, CA 90807
(529) · History & culture
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UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden
10801 Le Conte Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095
(1287) · Garden & estate
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Always free
Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch and Gardens
6400 E Bixby Hill Rd, Long Beach, CA 90815
(424) · History & culture
🆓 Free admission
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Charmed House
1329 Carroll Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90026
(388) · History & culture
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Los Angeles County Fire Museum
16400 Bellflower Blvd, Bellflower, CA 90706
(367) · Art museum
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Amir's Garden
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(322) · Garden & estate
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Always free
UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art | Costa Mesa
3333 Avenue of the Arts, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(1081) · Art museum
🆓 Free admission
🖼 The House America Built
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Craft Contemporary
5814 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
(273) · Art museum
🆓 Next free: Sun, Sep 13
🖼 tierra
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Blackbird Airpark
2503 E Ave P, Palmdale, CA 93550
(202) · History & culture
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Outer Limits Tattoo
22 S Chestnut Pl, Long Beach, CA 90802
(199) · Art museum
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International Printing Museum
315 W Torrance Blvd, Carson, CA 90745
(194) · Art museum
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Martial Arts History Museum
201 N Brand Blvd Ste B100, Glendale, CA 91203
(188) · Art museum
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Italian American Museum of Los Angeles IAMLA
644 N Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
(136) · History & culture
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Blue Ribbon Garden
111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012
(86) · Garden & estate
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Pasadena Model Railroad Museum
5458 Alhambra Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90032
(64) · Cars, planes & tech
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Leica Gallery
8783 Beverly Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90048
(56) · Photography & design
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ARTVANTA ART MUSEUM
23350 Lake Manor Dr, Chatsworth, CA 91311
(37) · Art museum
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