Los Angeles Museums

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Free Culture--To beef up attendance and give indigent folk like us travel writers a break, almost all of L.A.'s art galleries and museums are open free to the public 1 day of the week or month (or both), and several charge no admission. Use the following list to plan your week around the museums' free-day schedules; refer to the individual attractions listings in this chapter for more information on each museum.

Free Every Day

J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center

Museum of Television and Radio (donation suggested)

Frederick's of Hollywood Lingerie Museum

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, after 5pm

California African American Museum

California Science Center

Bergamot Arts Station & Santa Monica Museum of Art

Free Every Thursday

Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), from 11am to 8pm

Museum of the American West, from 4 to 8pm

UCLA Hammer Museum, from 11am to 9pm

Japanese American National Museum, from 5 to 8pm

Skirball Cultural Center, from noon to 9pm

Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, from 5 to 8pm

Free Every Friday

Schindler House, from 4 to 6pm

Free Every First Tuesday

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, from 9:30am to 5pm

Page Museum at La Brea Tar Pits, from 9:30am to 5pm

Free Every First Wednesday

Craft & Folk Art Museum, from 11am to 5pm

Free Every First Thursday

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens, from noon to 4:30pm

Free Every First Friday

Norton Simon Museum of Art, from 6 to 9pm

Free Every Second Tuesday

Museum of the American West, from 10am to 5pm

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, from noon to 8pm

Free Every Third Tuesday

Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, from 9am to 4:30pm

Japanese American National Museum, from 10am to 8pm

Free Every Fourth Friday

Pacific Asia Museum, from 10am to 8pm