EVERYDAY

California African American Museum: Free admission daily but parking is $10.

California Science Center: Free admission daily but parking is $10; some exhibits are an extra charge

Fowler Museum at UCLA: Free admission daily

Getty Center: Free admission daily but parking is $15

Getty Villa in Malibu: Free admission daily but parking is $15

Griffith Park Observatory: Free admission daily

Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton: Free admission daily (Wednesday-Sunday)

The Nethercutt Museum: Free admission daily

The Paley Center for Media: Free admission daily

Traveltown in Griffith Park: Free admission daily

Wells Fargo History Museum: Free admission Monday-Friday (closed Sat.-Sun.) from 9 am-5 pm

MONDAY

LACMA: Free admission on holiday Mondays throughout the year (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents Day, etc.)

TUESDAY

The Arboretum of Los Angeles County: Free admission on the Third Tuesday of each month.

Autry National Center: Free admission on the Second Tuesday each month

George C. Page Museum at the La Brea Tarpits: Free admission on the First Tuesday of each month

Kidspace Museum: Free Family Night is the first Tuesday of every month from 4 pm-8 pm.

LACMA: Free admission on the Second Tuesday each month and free after 5 pm daily. LACMA also has program for free membership for children (and one free adult guest per child). Here is the link for the NextGen membership form.

Natural History Museum: Free admission on the First Tuesday of each month. Parking is $10.

WEDNESDAY

Craft and Folk Art Museum: Free on the First Wednesday of each month

THURSDAY

Hammer Museum: Free admission every Thursday

Skirball Cultural Center: Free admission each Thursday

MOCA: Free admission at all three MOCA locations on each Thursday from 5-8 pm

Huntington Library and Gardens: Free admission on the First Thursday of each month with prior reservation through their website.

Japanese American National Museum: Free general admission every Thursday from 5 to 8 pm and every third Thursday of the month. Also free one Saturday each month. This event is called Target Free Family Days and include entertainment, cooking projects and arts and crafts.

FRIDAY

Museum of Latin American Art: Free admission each Friday

Long Beach Museum of Art: Free admission each Friday

Pasadena Museum of California Art: Free admission on the First Friday of each month

Claremont Museum of Art: Free admission on the First Friday of the month from 5-8:30 pm

Norton Simon Museum: Free admission on the First Friday of each month from 6-9 pm

Pacific Asia Museum: Free admission on the Fourth Friday of each month

SATURDAY

Los Angeles Fire Department Museum: Free admission on the only day it is open: Saturdays from 10 am -4 pm

La Habra Children’s Museum: Free admission on the first Saturday of the month.