Free Museum Day 2025 in Los Angeles

The cultural life of Los Angeles offers no shortage of opportunities for knowledge and entertainment. In addition to the free beaches of Santa Monica and the hills of Griffith Park, the city also has many museums which may be visited for free on designated days, such as Museum Day. However, there are other days of a year when museums in Los Angeles are free of charge. In fact, some of them offer free entrance all year round, whereas others have one free day each month (usually, it's the same day every week, for example, every first Tuesday).

Museum Day Dates

The Museum Day is held on a different day every year, so be sure to check with local media for confirmation. You can visit LA museums free of charge either on the penultimate Saturday of September or within the Museums Free-For-All event held on the last Sunday of January or in February. Sometimes, like with the 2024 edition, the Museum Day is held in March or April.

Participating Museums

More than 30 museums take part in Museum Day, drawing in thousands of visitors to their exhibits and displays. A must-visit destination is the Autry Museum of the American West. The museum's exhibitions focus on the history of Native Americans and Western America. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, just 11 miles (18 km) from central Los Angeles, is another institution that boasts fascinating exhibitions.

The J. Paul Getty Museum, also known as The Getty, is the acropolis of art on top of the Los Angeles hills. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is well worth seeing too. Collections of the LACMA Museum have long been considered the most impressive in the whole city. Check out its installations like Chris Burden's Urban Light, consisting of 202 city metal lanterns assembled throughout the city and brought to working condition, or Levitated Mass—a 340-ton boulder "hovering" above the road.