The Ultimate Staycation: Free Museums!
By Susan Motander
Published: Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Check out MuseumsLA.org for an interactive map of all the museums offering free admission.
One complaint many people have about visiting local museums is the cost. Almost all local museums have at least one free day a month. It merely takes a little research to find those days. Sure, you can check their web sites or call the museums, but that research takes time. And who out there has any of that to spare?
The good news is that several museums in Los Angeles and Orange Counties will be free for all or part of the weekend of October 3 and/or 4.
There are 22 museums participating in the event.
Those open both days are The Armory Center for the Arts (145 North Raymond in Pasadena, the California African American Museum (Exposition Park), California Science Center (Exposition Park), Craft and Folk Art Museum (5814 Wilshire Blvd in L.A.) Fowler Museum at UCLA, The Getty Center (1200 Getty Center Drive, L.A.), The Getty Villa (17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades – reservations are required), Museum of Latin American Art (628 Alamitos Avenue, Long Beach), Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (117 North Sycamore, Santa Ana), Orange County Museum of Art 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach, and The Paley Center for Media (465 N Beverly Dr Beverly Hills.
Open for free only on Saturday October 3 will be the California Science Center (Exposition Park), Japanese American National Museum (369 East First Street), Santa Monica Museum of Art and The Studio for Southern California History (525 Alpine Street, L.A.).
Those open free on Sunday will be the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana (2002 North Main Street), The Grammy Museum at L.A. Live (Olympic Boulevard and Figueroa Street, L.A.), Hammer Museum at UCLA, the Museum of Contemporary Art (250 South Grand Avenue, L.A.), Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (Exposition Park), and the Skirball Cultural Center (2701 N Sepulveda Blvd, L.A.).
For more information about these museums or check their web site at musuemsla.org. There you can find a full list of participating museums, as well as an interactive map of all the museums locations across Southern California. This is an opportunity that is too good to miss.
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