The annual Museums Free-For-All day for over 30 Southern California museums is back again. This year the free admission day will be on Saturday, March 23, 2024. Keep in mind that the free admission only applies to general admission and not to specially ticketed exhibitions. Additionally, it does not include free parking. So start planning your museum tour route now to maximize on all that free admission.
There are over 30 museums participating in the free general admission day this year, and the focus of the museums range from art, cultural heritage, film, natural history, and science. Plus, they run the entire length of Southern California from Long Beach to Los Angeles to Santa Barbara. So there truly is something of interest for everyone everywhere.
Here are the participating museums. For the latest updates and information, check out the SoCal Museums website here.
- Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (Advanced reservations encouraged.)
- American Museum of Ceramic Art (Advanced reservations are required.)
- Armory Center for the Arts
- Autry Museum of the American West (Advanced reservations are required.)
- Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College
- Bowers Museum
- The Broad (Advanced reservations are encouraged.)
- California Botanic Garden
- California Science Center
- Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum
- Catalina Museum for Art & History
- Cayton Children’s Museum (Advanced reservations are required.)
- Columbia Memorial Space Center
- Craft Contemporary
- Forest Lawn Museum
- Fowler Museum at UCLA
- Frederick R. Weisman of Art, Pepperdine University
- The Getty Center (Timed tickets are required for The Getty Center.)
- The Getty Villa (Timed tickets are required for The Getty Villa.)
- GRAMMY Museum
- Hammer Museum
- Holocaust Museum LA (Reservations required.)
- Institute of Contemporary Art, LA
- The International Printing Museum
- Japanese American National Museum (Advance tickets strongly recommended.)
- Laguna Art Museum
- La Brea Tar Pits & Museum (Advance tickets required.)
- LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
- Lincoln Memorial Shrine
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (Advance tickets are required.)
- The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) (Advance tickets are recommended.)
- Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA)
- Museum of Ventura County
- Orange County Museum of Art
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (Advanced reservations encouraged.)
- Santa Monica History Museum
- Skirball Cultural Center (Advance tickets strongly recommended.)
- Wende Museum
- Zimmerman Automobile Driving Museum
- The Museum of Tolerance will be participating on Sunday, March 24 only.