Museums

WEEKENDS THIS SUMMER - Various Location around Los Angeles Join The Getty Center as they celebrate its 25th Anniversary! J. Paul Getty Trust is partnering up with neighborhoods across Los Angeles to produce ten bespoke community-centric festivals that embrace the local community and showcase Getty-inspired programming. The objective of Getty 25 is to celebrate the […]

SUNDAYS- Venice Beach Pier Venice Oceanarium EVERY SUNDAY, 11am - 2pm. @ Venice Pier. A Museum without Walls teaches kids about Marine Biology & the Santa Monica Bay!  Our oceanographic display includes rare specimens, shark jaws, and historical artifacts. Be a Citizen Scientist and help us gather ocean data from our water testing kits. Observe […]

WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY  - Pasadena Visit USC Pacific Asian Museum! An integral part of the University of Southern California, the USC Pacific Asia Museum creates inspiring encounters with the art, history, and culture of Pacific Asia to promote intercultural understanding in the service of elevating our shared sense of humanity. RESERVE YOUR TICKETS TODAY! USC […]

TONIGHT- The Hammer Museum The Hammer Museum and the UCLA Film & Television Archive present a free screening of Family Flicks: Wadjda Recommend for ages 8+ Ten-year-old Wadjda has her eyes set on a shiny green bicycle to feel the wind on her face and the thrill of racing her friend Abdullah. Only this is […]

TODAY- The Getty Center's Central Garden Garden Concerts for Kids is a free outdoor music series for kids and their families in the Getty Center's Central Garden featuring some of the best children's musical artists from across the nation. Please feel free to bring a picnic blanket, but lawn chairs are not allowed. TODAYS SCHEDULE […]

FREE EVERYDAY- off PCH in Malibu The Getty Villa houses the J. Paul Getty Museum's collection.This collection antiquities includes over 1,200 works are on view in 23 galleries devoted to the permanent collection along with five additional galleries for changing exhibitions.  There are objects dating from 6,500 B.C. to A.D. 400. The Getty Villa offers […]

FREE WEEKDAYS- UCLA Westwood Village The UCLA Collection of Meteorites is the largest on the West Coast and contains over 2500 samples from about 1500 different meteorites. It is the fifth largest collection of meteorites in the United States and the second largest housed at a university.   Our collection includes the main masses of about 40 […]

FREE EVERYDAY- The Sepulveda Pass The Getty Museum, located on the west side of the Sepulveda Pass, is one of the most visually stunning locations in Los Angeles. The Getty is an architectural master piece, over looking a garden like no other, featuring some of the best views of the Los Angeles basin.  The J. […]

California African American Museum (CAAM) Temporarily Closed For Repair FREE! TUES - SUNDAY- Exposition Park The California African American Museum (CAAM) focuses on enrichment and education on the cultural heritage and history of African Americans with a focus on California and western United States. Admission is free to all visitors. The California African American Museum's mission is to […]

OPEN DAILY- California Science Center The Fire! Science & Safety exhibition invites you to explore Casa Del Fuego, Apartment 911 as a fire danger detective, seeking out fire and burn hazards so you can help make families, pets and homes safer. Hands-on interactives give you a chance to explore the science of fire—safely—by creating “fire” out of different ingredients in our firepit, […]

FREE EVERY DAY! @ UCLA The Fowler Museum at UCLA explores global arts and cultures with an emphasis on works from Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and the Americas—past and present. The Fowler enhances understanding and appreciation of the diverse peoples, cultures, and religions of the world through dynamic exhibitions, publications, and public programs, informed by […]

THE SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER - Sepulveda Pass The Skirball Cultural Center is a place of meeting guided by the Jewish tradition. Welcoming the stranger and inspired by the American democratic ideals of freedom and equality. We welcome people of all communities and generations. The Skirball Cultural Center participates in experiences that celebrate discovery and hope, […]

FREE FOR ALL EVERY THURSDAY- Skirball Cultural Center Noah’s Ark at the Skirball has returned! This award-winning children's and family destination invites visitors of all generations to play, climb, build, explore, make believe, and make friends—all while exploring an eight-thousand-square-foot wooden ark, filled to the rafters with whimsical animals and new storm clouds that will […]

NOW ON EXHIBIT - Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale Enriching the community through artwork. The Forest Lawn Museum first opened in 1952 and is located adjacent to the Hall of Crucifixion-Resurrection at Forest Lawn – Glendale.  Forest Lawn’s founder, Dr. Hubert Eaton, wrote in his Builder’s Creed that our park should be “a place where artists […]

FREE TUE - SUN- Bunker Hill, DTLA The Broad makes its collection of contemporary art from the 1950s to the present accessible to the widest possible audience by presenting exhibitions and operating a lending program to art museums and galleries worldwide. By actively building a dynamic collection that features in-depth representations of influential contemporary artists […]

FREE! EVERY FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH - Burbank Looking for a Fun Place for Kids to learn and enjoy? The Martial Arts History Museum is designed as an Asian educational, cultural, and artistic experience, it is a place in which visitors and young people can learn about each of the different Asian countries (China, Japan, […]

ON PERMANENT DISPLAY- Westwood Village, UCLA UCLA Fowler Museum presents Reflecting Culture: The Francis E. Cowler, Jr. Collection of Silver Comprising 251 objects representing 16th through 19th century Europe, Great Britain, and the United States, this exhibition interprets silver in its social contexts. Gleaming vessels from renowned workshops—such as those of British silversmith Paul de […]

EVERY THURSDAY 12:30–1:00PM- Online via ZOOM.  Would you like to learn how to meditate? Join the Hammer Museum each Thursday for Mindful Awareness Meditation Online. Mindfulness Meditation is the moment-by-moment process of actively and openly observing one’s physical, mental, and emotional experiences. Mindfulness has scientific support as a means to reduce stress, improve attention, boost […]

OPEN THURSDAY - SUNDAY- Santa Monica The Santa Monica History Museum was founded under the “Historical Activities Committee” of Santa Monica’s Centennial Celebration in 1975 and by a public poll, with their goal to collect, preserve, and be the caretaker of history. Its name at that time was the Santa Monica Historical Society and it […]

ONE MUSEUM. TWO LOCATIONS- Free Every Thursday Welcome to The Museum of Contemporary Art. With two distinct venues—MOCA Grand Avenue and The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA—and Michael Heizer’s seminal artwork Double Negative (1969-70) in the Nevada desert, we engage audiences through an ambitious program of exhibitions, educational programs, and publishing. Welcome to The Museum of Contemporary Art, […]

NOW OPEN  FRIDAY - SUNDAY- Griffith Park Griffith Observatory is a free-admission facility located on the south side of Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park. The building and grounds are accessible for all visitors. The building is busiest on weekends, during summer and holiday periods, and at sunset. Griffith Observatory’s grounds and roads are generally open […]

ONGOING EXHIBIT- Westwood Village, UCLA UCLA Fowler Museum presents Intersections: World Arts, Local Lives The Fowler’s permanent collection exhibition, Intersections: World Arts, Local Lives explores how arts from cultures in Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and the Americas conceptually intersect with each other. Most of this gallery is currently closed as we update the existing installation and contend […]

EVERY THIRD THURSDAY- Autry Museum Join us monthly at the Autry Museum to enjoy an evening al fresco at the Odd Market, an “indie” bazaar with food trucks, live music, and the coolest SoCal vendors for crafts, vintage items, home goods, and oddities. Select museum galleries will be open from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. For […]

TONIGHT- The Hammer Museum The Hammer Museum and the UCLA Film & Television Archive present a free screening of Gender Adventures FRI AUG 19, 7:30 PM Part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive series Cinema's First Nasty Women. Register at cinema.ucla.edu to attend this in-theater screening. From the Old West to the (now not so) distant […]

SATURDAY - El Segundo Have your kids get a start-up at art! PLAY @ ESMoA, our early childhood program designed for 3-5 year olds and their favorite adult companion. Join us once a month and explore Experience 51: TIME with artist and teacher Natalie Strong. PLAY @ ESMoA will introduce the youngest visitor to art […]

NOW EXHIBITING - El Segundo Museum of Art Experience 51: TIME, a project by artist and production designer Rick Carter, is an immersive collage that contemplates the concept of time. The exhibition features paintings, drawings, and collages by Carter along with photographs, movie memorabilia, and additional works by eight other artists who were invited to participate. […]

FREE TUE - SUN- Bunker Hill, DTLA The Broad Museum presents An in-depth installation of Andy Warhol, opening May 26, 2021, features 26 works (11 on view for the first time at The Broad), including Mao (1973), 40 Gold Marilyns (1980), and a major new acquisition, Liz  (1963). Liz  is a celebrated work featuring a silkscreened image of Elizabeth Taylor, who represented both […]

NOW AND EXTENDED THROUGH NOVEMBER 20- Westwood Village, UCLA The Fowler Museum at UCLA presents ‘How Do You See This World?’: The Art Of Almighty God ‘How Do You See This World?’ is a retrospective of paintings by the prolific Ghanaian artist Kwame Akoto (b. 1950). Addressed as “Almighty” by friends and acquaintances, Akoto is the owner […]

TODAY- The Getty Center's Central Garden Garden Concerts for Kids is a free outdoor music series for kids and their families in the Getty Center's Central Garden featuring some of the best children's musical artists from across the nation. Please feel free to bring a picnic blanket, but lawn chairs are not allowed. TODAYS SCHEDULE […]

TONIGHT- The Hammer Museum The Hammer Museum and the UCLA Film & Television Archive present a free screening of Islands / You and the Night SAT AUG 20, 7:30 PM Part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive series Outfest UCLA Legacy Project. Register at cinema.ucla.edu to attend this in-theater screening. ISLANDS Les îles, France, 2017 Winner of […]

TONIGHT- The Hammer Museum The Hammer Museum and the UCLA Film & Television Archive present a free screening of Islands / You and the Night SAT AUG 20, 7:30 PM Part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive series Outfest UCLA Legacy Project. Register at cinema.ucla.edu to attend this in-theater screening. ISLANDS Les îles, France, 2017 Winner of […]