Free SoCal Museum Day

Posted by Blake Aylott on January 24th, 2017

The last Sunday of January 2017 is a special day for everyone in SoCal. On January 29th over thirty museums will be free to enter.

These museums —presenting art, cultural heritage, natural history, and science—will open their doors and invite visitors to attend their museums free of charge. How great is that?

This special occasion is called the Museums Free-For-All, brought to you by SoCalMuseums.org. This event encourages people to get out and explore the participating museums, while it is free.

This offer is for general museum admission at participating museums only and does not apply to specially ticketed exhibitions. Regular parking fees apply. Consult individual museum websites for hours, directions, and other visitor information.

Many people are using the Metro to get around, but the Taxi App, RideYellow, has announced that with the promo code "MUSEUM", users can get off of their first ride in the app. RideYellow is the revolutionary taxi app that provides the best taxi Long Beach service in SoCal.

2017 Participating Museums:

Annenberg Space for Photography

Armory Center for the Arts

Autry Museum of the American West

Bowers Museum

The Broad

California African American Museum

California Science Center (Excludes IMAX films and The Science Behind Pixar Exhibition. A timed reservation with a convenience fee is required for Space Shuttle Endeavour.)

Columbia Memnorial Space Center (Admission January 28th, instead of January 29th)

Craft & Folk Art Museum

Descanso Gardens

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine

Getty Center

Getty Villa

Hammer Museum

Japanese American National Museum

Kidspace Children's Museum

Languna Art Museum

La Brea Tar Pits and Museum

La Plaza de Cultura y Artes

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA)

Museum of Tolerance

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Orange County Museum of Art

The Paley Center for Media

Pasadena Museum of California Art

Peterson Automotive Museum

Pomona College Museum of Art

Santa Barbara Museum of Art

Skirball Cultural Center

Sunnylands

Zimmer Children's Museum

I hope that everyone takes advantage of this day and makes the best of it. Let me know what your favorite museum is on this list and/or which ones you are planning on going to.