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Museums Free-for-All Day, Sunday, January 29, 2017

January 12, 2017
SoCal Museums announces the 12th Annual Museums Free-for-All on Sunday, January 29, 2017. Dozens of museums—presenting art, cultural heritage, natural history, and science—will open their doors and invite visitors to attend their museums FREE of charge.

The event also hopes to raise awareness of free visitor days available year-round at museums across Southern California. A calendar of free days can be found on the SoCal Museums’ website at SoCalMuseums.org/free.
Museums Free-for-All has partnered with Metro, encouraging visitors to Go Metro to explore participating museums, many of which are a short walk away from Metro bus or rail. Visit metro.net/discounts in January to learn about discounts at participating museums.

This offer is for general museum admission only and does not apply to specially ticketed exhibitions. Regular parking fees apply at each museum. For more information, visit SoCalMuseums.org. Consult individual museum websites for hours, directions, and other visitor information.

2017 Participating Museums

Annenberg Space for Photography
Armory Center for the Arts
Autry Museum of the American West
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 Memorial Space Center
Offering free admission on Saturday, January 28, instead of Sunday, January 29
Craft & Folk Art Museum
Descanso Gardens
Free, timed tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis at www.descansogardens.org
Fowler Museum at UCLA
Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine
Getty Center
Getty Villa
Free, timed tickets are required. Visit www.getty.edu.
Hammer Museum
Japanese American National Museum
Kidspace Children’s Museum
Laguna Art Museum
La Brea Tar Pits and Museum
General admission only; free tickets available at tarpits.org/freeforall
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
Free tickets available at nhm.org/freeforall
Orange County Museum of Art
The Paley Center for Media
Pasadena Museum of California Art
Pomona College Museum of Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Skirball Cultural Center
Noah’s Ark timed-entry, one-hour tickets are limited and distributed first-come, first-served
Sunnylands
Zimmer Children’s Museum