Free days at Los Angeles area Museums

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NOTE: This list is three years old and the free day may have changed, so check with the museum first to confirm the free day.

 

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Posted: August 29, 2008

 

Free Every Day

Bergamot Arts Station & Santa Monica Museum of Art, Tues-Sat 11am-6pm, 2525 Michigan Ave, Santa Monica, CA, 310/829-5854

California African American Museum, Wed-Sat 10am-4pm, 600 State Dr, Los Angeles, CA (Exposition Park), 213/744-7432

California Science Center, Daily 10am-5pm, (323) 724-3623, 700 State Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90037 (next to USC Exposition Park)

Frederick's of Hollywood Lingerie Museum, Mon-Sat 10am-9pm; Sun 11am-6pm, 6608 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA, 323/466-8506

J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Tues-Thurs and Sun 10am-6pm; Fri-Sat 10am-9pm, 1200 Getty Center Dr, Los Angeles, L.A.'s Westside & Beverly ,  310/440-7300

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mon-Tues and Thurs 5pm-8pm; Fri 5pm-9pm; Sat-Sun 5pm-8pm, 5905 Wilshire Blvd, Hollywood, CA, 323/857-6000

Museum of Television and Radio ($10 donation suggested), Wed-Sun noon-5pm, 465 N. Beverly Dr at Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills, 310/786-1025

UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Wed-Sun noon-5pm, Thur noon-8pm, UCLA's north campus

 

Free Every First Tuesday

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, from 9:30am to 5pm, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA (next to USC), Exposition Park, 213/763-DINO

Page Museum at La Brea Tar Pits, from 9:30am to 5pm, (323) 934-7243, 5801 Wilshire Blvd (x Fairfax Ave), Los Angeles, CA

 

Free Every Second Tuesday

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, from noon to 8pm, 5905 Wilshire Blvd, Hollywood, CA, 323/857-6000

Museum of the American West, from 10am to 5pm, 4700 Western Heritage Way, In Griffith Park, Hollywood, 323/667-2000

 

Free Every Third Tuesday

Arboretum of Los Angeles County, from 9am to 4:30pm, 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, (626) 821-3222 (take 210 to . Baldwin Avenue)

Japanese American National Museum, from 10am to 8pm, 369 E. 1st St at Central Ave, 213/625-0414

 

Free Every First Wednesday

Craft & Folk Art Museum, from 11am to 5pm, 5814 Wilshire Blvd (between Fairfax and La Brea aves), 323/937-4230

 

Free Every Thursday

Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, from 5 to 8pm, 152 N Central Ave Los Angeles, CA 90013 phone: 213-626-6222 (take 101 to Central)

Japanese American National Museum, from 5 to 8pm, 369 E. 1st St at Central Ave, 213/625-0414

MOCA Gallery at the Pacific Design Center.  8687 Melrose Blvd., West Hollywood (310) 289-5223 11am to 8pm (Between San Vicente & La Cienega blvds.)

Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), from 11am to 8pm, 250 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (take 101 to Grand Ave)

Museum of the American West, from 4 to 8pm, 4700 Western Heritage Way, In Griffith Park, Hollywood, 323/667-2000

UCLA Hammer Museum, from 11am to 9pm, 10899 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90024, 310.443.7000

 

Free Every First Thursday

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens, from noon to 4:30pm, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108, 626-405-2100 (210 to Sierra Madre Blvd)

 

Free Every Second Thursday

Museum of Neon Art from 5pm-8pm.  501 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles | (213) 489-9918

 

Free Every Friday

Schindler House, from 4 to 6pm, 835 North Kings Road, West Hollywood, CA 90069-5409, (323) 651-1510

 

Free Every First Friday

Norton Simon Museum of Art, from 6 to 9pm, 411 W. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 626/449-6840

 

Free Every Fourth Friday

Pacific Asia Museum, from 10am to 8pm, 46 N. Los Robles Ave, Pasadena, CA, 626/449-2742 ext.10