On the last Saturday in January, more than 50 museums in the L.A. area will offer free admission (not including specially ticketed exhibitions), allowing local residents an amazing opportunity to check out the culture of their city free of charge.

Participants for this year include many locations that are not normally free such as the Natural History Museum, LACMA, MOCA, and Descanso Gardens along with museums that regularly offer free admission such as both Getty campuses and The Broad.

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List of participating institutions:
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• The Academy Museum
• Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands
• Annenberg Space for Photography
• The Aquarium of the Pacific
• Armory Center for the Arts
• Autry Museum of the American West
• Battleship USS Iowa Museum
• Bowers Museum
• The Broad
• California African American Museum
• California Science Center
• Chinese American Museum
• Craft & Folk Art Museum
• Descanso Gardens
• FIDM Museum & Galleries
• Fowler Museum at UCLA
• Getty Center
• Getty Villa
• GRAMMY Museum
• Hammer Museum
• The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
• Japanese American National Museum
• Kidspace Children’s Museum
• Laguna Art Museum
• LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
• Los Angeles Fire Department Museum
• Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
• Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum
• Muckenthaler Cultural Center
• The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
• Museum of Latin American Art
• Natural History Museum
• Norton Simon Museum
• Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
• Orange County Museum of Art
• Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits
• The Paley Center for Media
• Palm Springs Art Museum
• Pasadena Museum of California Art
• The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
• San Bernardino County Museum
• Santa Barbara Museum of Art
• Santa Monica Museum of Art
• Skirball Cultural Center
• The Museum of Tolerance
• Torrance Art Museum
• University Art Museum, CSU Long Beach
• USC Pacific Asia Museum
• Watts Towers Arts Center
• Zimmer Children’s Museum

website: www.socalmuseums.org